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How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan

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It’s that time of year for creating your marketing plan. If you are looking for a more formal approach, check out The Marketing Leadership Council which offers a marketing planning tool called MarkPlan and recently held a series of workshops on marketing planning.

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November: The Five Links You Need

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In a departure from the typical B2B marketing tips, advice and musings, I am simply sharing a series of links we all may need this November – as consumers, cooks and citizens. Plus one shameless backlink to a story of my own on marketing planning. Share: Read more from Strategy marketing plan Click here to cancel reply.

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The Secret To B2B Social Media?

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About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. 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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Whatever Happened To The Business Case

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Too often, budgets and marketing plans are simply based on last year (minus some standard percent). So as you finalize your marketing plans for 2011 , ask yourself if you have a solid business case. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

So how do we pull Marketing out of its downward spiral: the same way we deal with death and taxes. – we accept the reality and plan for it. Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. And then there are truly strategic plans that will move our organizations forward. Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog?

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Social Media and The Brand

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While this sounds very much like the common definition for Integrated Marketing Communications, the author is suggesting that we need to go farther and deeper in coordinating marketing plans. In the FastCompany Expert Blog post “How to Measure Brand Value: Likes, Followers, Influencers, Views?

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B2B Social Media Strategy and Executive Buy-in

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Social Media And Your Personal Brand 9 Essential Social Media Resources About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply.