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2013 Year in Review: Top 6 focus areas for B2B marketers this year

markempa

Tweet As the holiday season quickly approaches an end, and marketers prepare to make 2014 their best year yet, we pulled together the top blog posts on the B2B Lead Roundtable Blog to share the most popular topics, chosen by marketers just like you. In 2012, the top focus for B2B marketers was understanding and leveraging social media.

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Are You Ready for Social + Mobile + Big Data + Cloud?

Biznology

Those who had the opportunity to attend the 2013 IDC Directions conference saw IDC Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst, Frank Gens, talk about how business technology is migrating to the 3 rd Platform. They can enable peer-to-peer communications and provide a means for content creation, distribution, and consumption.

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29 Quotes On The Future of Business

Marketing Insider Group

In an attempt to tell that story, I have covered the future of marketing and now I’m looking for the best quotes, studies and predictions on the future of business. The % of companies new to the Fortune 1000 has grown from 35% (1973- 1983) to 45% (1984-1993) to 60% (1994-2003) to over 70% (2004-2013) in each of the last 4 decades.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. What do buyers really want from social media marketers?

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5 Lessons Content Marketers Can Take Away from the 2014 World Cup

KoMarketing Associates

As my World Cup fever symptoms begins to take hold, I’ve started to draw some comparisons of this year’s event to my job as a content marketer. So, without further delay, here are the 5 lessons I believe content marketers can take from the 2014 World Cup: 1. Credit: www.forzaitalianfootball.com. Make It through Qualifying.

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Inequality of pay undermining trust in CEOs and corporate brands

Biznology

In particular an assessment of 1,500 companies with the biggest market caps by Professors from University of Utah, Purdue, and the University of Cambridge revealed that the companies run by CEOs in the top 10% of pay scale had the worst performance between 1994 and 2013: they returned 10% less to their shareholders compared to industry peers.

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A 13-step crash course in digital marketing

Biznology

Or that in 2013, digital media spending surpassed all form of print media spending (e.g. The trends suggest, if you use any type of media to support your business, it’s worth getting up to speed on digital marketing. I am a co-author along with eight other peers. What will you learn in Strategic Digital Marketing?

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