Throwing B2B tactics at Facebook is like fishing for trout in the middle of the ocean. Go to Google and search for “B2B” and “Facebook”. You will quickly find an endless sea of stats and figures that show how Facebook “generates this” and “increases that” (traffic mostly, but I’ll get to that later). For example: […]
Traditional business-to-business lead generation strategies like cold calling, unsolicited site visits, and email worked a few years ago but will not deliver great results today. Social media, mobile technology and content marketing has changed the B2B landscape forever. Inbound marketing strategies are now generating more demand for business products and services than traditional marketing ever […]
Since the release of Google’s Panda and Penguin search algorithms last year, much has changed for B2B companies – how they go to market; how they generate leads; how they keep leads. In fact, a recent IDG report shows that B2B buyers are influenced by social, mobile and video content more than ever before. Useful […]
Last week we discussed how to create a B2B content-centric ecosystem so that B2Bs can be better prepared for today’s B2B buyer. This is a followup post based on a recent IDG study published by BtoB Magazine. According to IDG, B2B tech buyers are becoming more and more influenced by social, mobile, and video content […]
Since 2008, we have seen B2B companies approach their content in three ways: They Deny that the new content and social rules of engagement apply to them. They Copy what B2C companies are doing but are frustrated with the results. They Invest in developing a content-centric ecosystem. Only one of those approaches yields positive results. […]
Happy New Year! After eating way too many baked goods over the holidays, we are back heads-down on some exciting new projects to kick off 2013, not to mention trying to work off some of these muffin-tops. Before we get into any new content topics, I wanted to reflect on a few highlights we shared […]
There is a fantastic SlideShare by Velocity Partners on the use of metaphors in B2B Marketing (or misuse, rather). As I wrote in my previous post, business marketing is about relationships because the journey (more on that below) that B2B companies take their customers on is all about finding a solution to their problem, not […]
Although B2B Marketing has made great strides in the last few years, it’s time for B2B Marketers to get serious about making their marketing programs strategic growth initiatives that focus on capturing market share and driving revenues, rather than wasting valuable dollars on disconnected marketing tactics. Case in point: B2B Marketing budgets will increase by […]
Dan Zarrella, the social media scientist over at HubSpot, offers some fantastic insight into getting the most out of Twitter from this excellent infographic. Because Dan spends a ton of time researching and analyzing how to optimize social media for business, this one really struck a chord with me. Dan’s advice is pretty simple: You […]
This may surprise you, but according to eMarketer and BtoB Magazine, North Americans rely equally on traditional and digital media when researching information and making purchasing decisions. Canadians prefer print, Americans prefer online… but only slightly. According to a February eMarketer article, Traditional Trumps Social Media Influence in Canada, a study conducted by the Canadian Council […]
