Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How Do Increasingly Visual SERPs Impact Buying Decisions? Moz did that eye-tracking study back in 2011 when Google was just starting to show video thumbnails in search results when there were fewer of those than we see today. Some of those images will have the “Product” label making it clear you can buy the product.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 11, 2011

Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. No longer will companies buy data from one vendor but rather they will create a network of data providers to deliver to them the specific information in their target markets. Trish Bertuzzi and Laurie Page start the new year off with some surprising predictions.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 5, 2010

  The year 2011 will shape up to be a transformative one for sales and there will be significant rethinking on how sales functions are integrated into B2B organizations. Companies will see a need to shift from solely a focus on selling processes to incorporating the sales experience into a framework of the overall buying experience. 

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 6, 2011

“ Over the holidays I was honored to learn that I was being included in the Focus 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing. Social media will become increasingly mobile: As more people buy 3G and 4G phones, they are using them to connect with others at an even more rapid pace. Stronger focus on global audiences.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

Blame a few fuzzy data in a 2011 study. From voice search to delivery and everything in between, a consumer can shop and buy practically anything right from the palm of their hand. Create intuitive, seamless mobile experiences that make it easy for people to research and buy from a mobile device. The reason: convenience.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Tweet If you attended our most recent B2B Lead Roundtable Webinar, Six Funnel Focal Points to Finish 2011 Strong – Part I , you found out that even though the end of the year is less than 125 days away, there’s plenty of time to drive more opportunity through your sales funnel and to the bottom line. But it gets even better…).

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    On top of that, the entire buying experience is fragmented.    Apple has put together one of the best consumer buying experience in history.  Image via Wikipedia.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 4, 2012

These include: Salesforce Assessments (salesperson hiring /assessment) 03/28/11 Litmos (learning management) 06/10/2011 iCentera (on-demand portal software for sales enablement) 07/06/2011 Rapid Intake (collaborative rapid e-learning authoring) 09/08/2011 Webcom Inc.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Find out: How to avoid wasting time on the wrong prospects by directing energies to the ones who will be most likely to buy. If you’re eager for a solid finish to 2011, I strongly recommend you attend! Identify the best timing and methodology for contacting prospects – how long to persevere and when to call it a day.

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Everything Technology Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2010

MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers how they expect their marketing budgets to change for 2011. The growing trend of utilizing inbound marketing tactics is a result of the changed buying behaviors of B2B buyers and the perceived cost effectiveness of these marketing channels. this year over 2009.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. After 9 years of Search Engine Marketing – I think it is safe to say any keyword you are going to buy is maxed out when it comes to the Google AdWords auction process.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2011

As we wind down 2011, this is a good time to review all the industrial marketing posts that I have published here and been viewed by you, my readers, during the year. Not all the posts were written in 2011, one was way back from 2008. Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 13, 2011

Baseone, the London based B2B Marketing Agency, released its 2nd annual Buyersphere Report 2011 this   month.    This supports recent observations I’ve had about buyers self-directing their buying cycles and it makes sense as they shift to this behavior the need for more information becomes essential.

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The Point

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Though marketing budgets may begin to recover in 2011, the last two years have been marked by cutbacks in overall marketing spend and an over-arching desire to do more with less. Many of the companies we see buying marketing automation technology are upgrading from older-generation email broadcast platforms. The Changing Role of Email.

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Martech

MARCH 11, 2024

While this approach works well for roughly 5% of actively in-market buyers, it creates a poor experience for the remaining 95% of future customers who aren’t yet ready to buy. Only 5% of our market , is ready, willing and able to consider buying our product. If they’re in a buying cycle at all. Brand association.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

The post is called B2B Social Media Strategy – 5 Steps to Gain Executive Buy-in and will show you how to develop your company’s B2B social media strategy. I explain the 5 steps required to gaining executive buy-in. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 5, 2012

Salesforce.com yesterday announced agreement to buy social media publishing vendor Buddy Media for $689 million, thereby adding another big fluffy piece to its “marketing cloud”. Just for symmetry, it’s worth pointing out that Salesforce.com acquired its own social monitoring system, Radian6 , in March 2011.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 13, 2012

With $620 million in 2011 revenue and over $100 million operating cash flow, the company could certainly afford it. In theory, FICO could finance a significant expansion of Entiera’s independent business. But marketing services are clearly just a sideline for FICO.

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Martech

APRIL 18, 2023

The move comes on the eve of the 2023-24 upfronts (the period advertisers can buy inventory before a season begins). Since 2011 major network broadcast ratings have dropped more than 80% , according to SpoilerTV. The Media Ratings Council is restoring accreditation for Nielsen’s national TV ratings after a 19-month suspension.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2010

With the cloud of economic uncertainty still hanging over many industries, it is not surprising that B2B marketers are shifting their 2011 budgets more towards lower-cost inbound eMarketing tactics. MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers how they expected their marketing budgets to change for 2011.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 27, 2013

Come to think of it, the contrast still comes down to the dueling strategies I described in 2011 : Web-plus-marketing automation (Adobe and IBM) vs. CRM-plus-marketing automation (Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Microsoft). Everything will eventually converge Web-plus-CRM, with marketing automation baked in so deep you can''t see it.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 120

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. This will help you build target account lists, identify buying committee members, and retarget good-fit customers. Do I have the people to operate this system?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Mobile Devices Make Loyalty Immediate (2011-present). Four decades ago, loyalty was black and white: Reward the best customers who buy from a company often. With more options at their fingertips than ever before, customers demand a buying experience that is tailored to their specific wants, needs, and interests.”.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 17, 2012

I profiled them in a February 2011 post.) Still, with more than 500 clients, including many ad agencies, MarketingPilot is a significant player in the larger marketing software universe. (I The acquisition is significant on several levels.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 29, 2017

B2B sales and marketing are evolving quickly as buying behavior changes and new technologies take hold, so there’s a lot to talk about. Ever since Scott Brinker began tracking the martech space in 2011, when he identified 150 point solutions on the market, the category’s growth has been unstoppable.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 14, 2023

The inaugural (2011) version of Scott Brinker's marketing technology landscape graphic contained about 150 solution providers. So, the marketing technology universe has grown by an astounding 6,521% since 2011. The 2022 version of the graphic included nearly 10,000 technology solutions.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 19, 2022

Since I published my first WordPress post in 2011, I can’t tell you how many blogs I’ve written or websites my various teams have designed. We are able to reach buyers earlier in their buying journey, but also provide them a more personalized content experience based on their interests and pain points.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I really cannot overemphasize the importance of this growing sea change in the buying dynamics of today’s marketplace. Since buying and selling are two sides of the same coin, it follows that there is also a growing sea change in the art and craft of marketing and selling. Adopt Revenue Performance Management (RPM).

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Brandwatch Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The other school of thought, advocated by Bryan Sharp , contends that one of the strongest drivers in making consumers buy is simply the ability to recall that product. Nobody expects Manchester United fans to rush out and buy a Chevrolet purely because the brand appears on the players’ shirts, yet the car manufacturer pays $71.4

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Rain: The Growth Agency

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 65 every day from 2011 through 2029, this demographic represents a large and influential segment of society totaling roughly 70 million people who are expected to change the dynamics and definition of retirement.

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Televerde

JANUARY 14, 2020

We partner with the Arouet Foundation , a non-profit organization founded by Televerde in 2011 to help women prepare and support the women as the return to the community. Companies like this don’t buy from us because we have a cool business model—that’s just the icing on the cake. annually; $76M since 2011 for Arizona state.

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LeanData

APRIL 6, 2023

Your speed to lead — your lead response time — has never been more important than now, in this new era of B2B buying. New Buying Journeys Result in a Delayed Inbound Reduced inbound pipeline is just another proof point that B2B buying journeys have changed. You often get just one opportunity to make it right.

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Digital B2B Marketing

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. Very little of their business is based on advertising, whether digital or traditional. This isn’t QuinStreet’s first B2B technology media acquisition. Are “Leads” the Only Thing Left?

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 7, 2011

According to IDC’s annual “Tech Marketing Barometer Study”, marketing budgets are recovering with strength in 2011, with an expected 8% annual increase over 2010 levels. This shift is dramatic, with the traditional media spend reduced in half from 2009 to 2010, with expected continued declines into 2011.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010 CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugalnomics Focus According to a survey from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), there has not been much to cheer about this holiday season as a public sector CIO. CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugaln.

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Trade Press Services

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Chitwood provides a foundation for this understanding by acknowledging that all customers make five buying decisions in a precise, psychological order: About the salesperson About the company About the product or service About the price About the time to buy Decision #1: About the salesperson. Decision #5: About the time to buy.

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Martech

MAY 26, 2022

In court documents made public on Wednesday, the FTC and the Department of Justice said Twitter broke a 2011 agreement with regulators in which the company said it would not sell information collected to protect user privacy. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on. Processing.Please wait. Maybe, maybe not.

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