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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. You are most certainly not the only one.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

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If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Get creative.

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7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

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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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The 4 Cs of Social Media

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In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. And something that is often overlooked: simply sharing the valuable content of others. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media.

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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

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In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists.

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Confessions Of A B2B Marketer

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I especially was glad to see content programs listed under your insight-driven marketing comment. I think that too often content planning is still more than an after-thought rather than part of an overall customer engagement strategy. Rob Urbanowicz Dec 11 2010 Great points Michael.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

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Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. In fact in the long run it costs a lot more. On average a software company will spend between $40 – $75K in additional “qualification” costs for every 1000 “leads”.