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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

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? Hold tweetups or tweetchats.

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5 Steps To A Better Marketing Plan

Marketing Insider Group

The first step to great marketing is having a great marketing plan. However, not everyone bothers to plan – even though most agree that it is the foundation to successfully achieving your marketing objectives. ” If you haven’t started your marketing plan exercise, now is the time!

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Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Blogs help deliver information from the company to the consumer. Your statistics back up my thinking!

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How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan

Marketing Insider Group

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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Money Is the Root of All Marketing Plan Evil

Marketing Insider Group

Which means your 2011 marketing plan has just a few more chances to be analyzed, reviewed and refined in order to help you meet your objectives for the year. Are you on track to meet your plan? One of the biggest reasons I see B2B marketing plans veer off course starts right at the beginning. So don’t wait!

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Marketing: What It Is and 4 Ways To Boost Your Business

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What Are the Four Ps of Marketing? The roots of modern marketing can be traced back to 1964 when Neil Borden, from Harvard Business School, wrote about the 12-component marketing mix. Neil attempted to define the main tasks undertaken by those working in a marketing capacity.

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3 Steps To Make Blogging A Top Priority

Marketing Insider Group

Are blogs an important part of your marketing mix? Blogging should be one of the first thing every marketer considers when starting their marketing plan, when distributing budgets, or when assessing their results. Inbound marketing leads cost 62% less than outbound.