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AUGUST 5, 2010

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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. Related Posts: Top Takeaways From Blogwell Philly 2010 Holy Cow! Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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JUNE 2, 2010

The days of sending a list of contacts to sales is over. To sales, they are a waste of time. Second, you need to have compelling content that meets the prospects needs. In the next post , I will list the actions you can take today to deliver targeted leads to sales. Some creative marketers call these lists suspects.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

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JUNE 24, 2010

Re-purpose existing content for mobile downloads. That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Because of these two things, in order to win a B2B sale you first have to build trust, demonstrate how reliable your product is, and show how it is suitable for the particular business you’re speaking with. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy. and then provide targeted content based on that information.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Because of these two things, in order to win a B2B sale you first have to build trust, demonstrate how reliable your product is, and show how it is suitable for the particular business you’re speaking with. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy. and then provide targeted content based on that information.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Below are some of the metrics that you can use for measurement: Followers/Connections Impressions Clicks Sales/Registrations It is recommended to use these two free tools for tracking your campaigns: Google Analytics – use those on your landing pages to track site metrics such as traffic sources, time on site and sales funnel.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&# He also implores us to block the traditional metaphor of the funnel which I also wrote about since it no longer aligns to the consumer buying process.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels. Not watching the backend results: look at conversion rates with sales and ultimate ROI.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I was truly impressed with the quality of the presenters and their content. A common theme: almost all the presentations highlighted the importance of identifying and working with the top influencers in your target market as a key starting point and component of success. Identify your influencers. Click here to cancel reply.

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JULY 6, 2010

But the same content will not always work in both mediums. Content strategy needs to be considered and offers may need to be adjusted. Registration-required content is not always viewed favorably by social respondents. Registration-required content is not always viewed favorably by social respondents.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3). Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3). Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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JULY 1, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Talk to sales to identify what kind of support they need from marketing in order to deliver their annual numbers. Well we need to focus on wringing out every lead and every deal from our funnels. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. So what happened in B2B Marketing?

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MAY 18, 2010

While great content is extremely important, it is essential to use your blog, Twitter/LinkedIn accounts, and other social media tools (RSS syndication) to build a group of influencers that will amplify your content. Not building networks or using syndication – This is not the “Field of Dreams” (if you build it, they will come).

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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. I agee that ALL marketing spend should be tied to quanitifiable results that the sales team and executives want to see.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&# It means having real conversations with them.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

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JULY 15, 2010

As well, we received a large amount of anecdotal feedback about how great the content was. Some of the top ones included: What is the best way to align your efforts with sales ? How to create valuable content on a small business budget? We do 100’s of webcasts a year, this turned out to be one of the best.”

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AUGUST 3, 2010

In the past I spoke about The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing and described the importance of understanding and analyzing keywords. He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. Analyze keywords.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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MAY 3, 2010

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MAY 3, 2010

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. Sales complains that the quality stinks. Sales says they want better leads. As the end of the fiscal period comes to a close and the pressure to hit the sales goals becomes tangible, the debate begins. Help sales fill their pipeline funnels.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For the self-employed, blogging is a means to attract new business and new clients to their business, whereas “hobbyists&# are simply looking for “personal satisfaction.&# Compared to the averages, corporate bloggers main goal is to get published or get featured in traditional media.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Sales projections? These had to be validated by the sales folks. Confessions Of A B2B Marketer 5 Sales Closing Techniques 7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Operational dependencies?

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JULY 21, 2010

CIOs and Directors were more willing to provide phone numbers and contact details than were lower-level buyers and CIOs were more likely to provide accurate contact details. Title and topic of content influenced searches more so than content types.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. While none of those ideas are bad at all, I have found it helpful to use the following 4 Cs to guide marketers on the journey to successful social media marketing. The reason is context.

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JUNE 18, 2010

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MAY 5, 2010

When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy. I know how to do SEO and paid search and analyze top keywords. I know how to create content that people respond to.

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MAY 5, 2010

When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy. I know how to do SEO and paid search and analyze top keywords. I know how to create content that people respond to.

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JULY 13, 2010

As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities. and “ what can we achieve ?”

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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