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How Would You Answer “Why Does Most Marketing Stink?”

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The statistics do not paint a pretty picture: Consumers are bombarded with over 5,000 marketing messages a day, up from around 2,000 just a few years ago – Tweet This! Two-Thirds of us are on the “Do Not Call List” to avoid telemarketing – Tweet This! So stop creating marketing that stinks.

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The Secret To B2B Social Media?

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Share Today I presented on the Focus webinar titled “ The Secrets to B2B Social Media Success Revealed&# where I discussed how to integrate social media into your marketing mix. We have to become social marketers, sales people and customer service reps. The bottom line: the question is no longer “Should we?”

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Integrating Social Media and Search

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My sister blog B2C Marketing Insider recently ran this article called Where Search Meets Social: Integrating Social Media into Organic and Paid Search Can Generate Exponential ROI written by Kent Lewis, President and Founder of Social Media and Marketing agencies Anvil Media and Formic Media. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

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Finally, online advertising and mobile commerce have massive upside potential. The iPad, released on April 3, 2010 was the fastest device to reach 1 Million units sold (28 days) excluding only the Nintendo Wii and DS which were released during the holiday period.

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Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Summit

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Advertising: Mary actually showed a bit of her personality here as she nostalgically remembered that the good ads of yesteryear caused us all to act. But she says advertising is back as creative is becoming more relevant. But not anymore as it is hard to decide whether you would rather be Apple, Google or Facebook.

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Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? | B2B Marketing Insider

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But Alex argues that there are 5 good reasons why this technology can support an integrated marketing approach in 2011: It is the shiny new toy. And on the creative side where we advertisers are fighting to break through the boring clutter and break out from the pack, this is an important point Personalization.

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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

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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.