Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed. There are 3rd party companies that boast the “Immediate warm transfer” of a prospect searching your web site, but this is not always the case, and can be costly.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. Second, you need to have compelling content that meets the prospects needs. Sounds easy right?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 15, 2010 Subscribe The Secret To B2B Social Media? Why am I in Marketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

At the same time, you know that social media has changed the marketing landscape : shouting to prospects with endless email offers may produce leads but you’re worried about the longer term implications to your market. So how do you incorporate social media into the marketing mix? Allow your content to be shared.

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Valasys

MARCH 5, 2019

For a marketing manager of an up-and-coming software company, a dried up pipeline is his arch nemesis – a problem that comes from staying away from lead generation. According to the 2018 State of Inbound survey, 63% marketers consider lead generation their top challenge and for good reason as well. Merely getting clicks isn’t enough.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider. Author: Robert Krekstein is a results-driven executive with 18 years of experience in both marketing and selling. He has demonstrated success in the creation and active management of aggressive marketing and sales plans. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers. Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

It was Frank Sinatra singing “ White Christmas “ It’s a great time to be a marketer: Toys R’ Us sent their first toy catalogue this past weekend. Plus one shameless backlink to a story of my own on marketing planning. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Internet Trends From The Web 2.0

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? So what’s a marketer to do?

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EveryoneSocial

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When anyone describes marketing today, they’re most likely talking about digital marketing. Print ads, billboards, telemarketing, radio, and television were the main sources of marketing to audiences for decades. But today, there are many digital marketing channels that have changed the industry completely.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

While integrated marketing approaches are nothing new, email and social media are especially complimentary marketing tactics. But the same content will not always work in both mediums. Content strategy needs to be considered and offers may need to be adjusted. It also allows the marketer to track who is responding.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

It includes an excellent overview of how to maximize your Twitter searches to identify prospects. Social Media Tips for Marketers The highlight of this article is the section on “The Art of Conversation” from Jason Falls, who shares essential tips for everyone that is looking to participate in social media.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

Now like many marketers currently experiencing a similar situation, you probably immediately thought “why me?” According to Duct Tape Marketing , social media is the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

It includes an excellent overview of how to maximize your Twitter searches to identify prospects. Social Media Tips for Marketers The highlight of this article is the section on “The Art of Conversation” from Jason Falls, who shares essential tips for everyone that is looking to participate in social media.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 22, 2010 1 Subscribe 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot! Summit Holy Cow!

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Launch Marketing

MARCH 27, 2019

A typical marketing mix for any business consists of core elements that fall into either inbound or outbound marketing categories. So, what exactly is “inbound” versus “outbound” marketing? So, what exactly is “inbound” versus “outbound” marketing? Generate Awareness with Outbound Marketing. Email Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 19, 2010 2 Subscribe Life Is Short!

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 5, 2010 Subscribe Holy Cow! But what does this mean for the B2B Marketer?

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. And so this led me to the conclusion that the broader future of B2B Marketing is Social! This got me to thinking.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

What does all this mean to the B2B marketer? I will suggest the top 6 opportunities for mobile marketing and the steps you should take now. Re-purpose existing content for mobile downloads. Search : Consider the implications of Google Goggles and mobile search on your paid and organic search strategies.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers. It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. First is “ Marketing Can Do Better &# by Umair Haque.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

And fields overflowing with the weeds of bad ideas grown from the seeds of false assumptions… A couple of months ago I experimented with a blog rant on Whatever Happened To Marketing Strategy. It wasn’t inspired by anything other than the main challenges of my peers across the diverse world of corporate B2B Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

So marketing sends more. So marketing tightens the quality standards and sends fewer but higher quality leads. My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

At the same time, it is just another marketing channel. The reason I believe marketers are so confused about social media is because of this paradox. In the past, I have written about the challenges of Social Media and The Brand , the power of Integrating Social Media and Search and asked Why Do You Tweet?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. It serves as the basis for your sales and marketing strategy.&# Marketers sell stuff and sales people market stuff. Marketing spend is much more efficient.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

You can view all the articles posted on socialmedia.org and also in the “Social Media&# category of B2C Marketing Insider. I was truly impressed with the quality of the presenters and their content. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" They showed that there are many best practices that we can all learn from.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. Plus, unfortunately, there are a few more well published and highly controversial “Michael Brenners&# out there to occupy the top spot in searches. I am in Marketing so, yes, this is my ego objective.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. Plus, unfortunately, there are a few more well published and highly controversial “Michael Brenners&# out there to occupy the top spot in searches. I am in Marketing so, yes, this is my ego objective.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. and “ what can we achieve ?”

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