Pointing out interesting things in marketing
Why do companies pursue content marketing, and how are they doing it? A new Infographic from Marketo and ColumnFive Media reflects the growing importance of content marketing, and gives us some insight into the specific tactics being used today. Here are some of the highlights: Companies with over 1,000 employees use an average of 9 … Read more
Here is a new, must-see video for B2B marketers interested in social media. It has been prepared by our friends at Earnest Agency in the UK. Of the stats presented, here some which are especially noteworthy: CIO’s could well be the biggest blocker to social media adoption. Fifty-four percent of CIO’s prohibit use of social … Read more
With Twitter Lists being rolled out to a greater portion of users earlier today, there is a lot of buzz being created around the new feature. In a nod to my friend Manoj at Web Analytics World, who just posted a set of web analytics Twitter lists, here are a some marketing lists to follow … Read more
Banner B2B Social Media Map View more documents from Jay Ball. Want to see how Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, and ON24 relate to each other? Or have you ever wondered what role Ning, Scribd or Sonic Foundry have to play in the promotional mix? Here is a new social media map courtesy of London-based agency, Banner. … Read more
Blogging from SES San Jose, 2009 At a conference like SES, you’ll find search agencies, representatives from the search engines, consultants, bloggers, … and marketers. The marketers will fall into dozens of categories, by industry, company size, etc., and B2C and/or B2B. I’ve spent a great deal of time with B2B marketers over the last … Read more
I can hardly believe we’re only a few days away from wrapping up the BuyerSphere webinar series. It has been quite a journey. Since the beginning of April, Enquiro has been building an amazing package of webinars and research papers which go to the very core of B2B marketing. Experts from Google, Business.com, Covario, Demandbase … Read more
I had the pleasure of producing Enquiro’s recent webinar titled Beyond the B2B Buying Funnel. Being a B2B marketer myself, I’m quite fond of the funnel concept and use it to map things like lead volume vs. position in the sales/marketing cycle. An interview I conducted with Jim Sterne takes a look at funnels of … Read more
I’d like to send out this call for b2b survey participants. Enquiro Research works tirelessly to put out excellent B2B focused research. Now is your chance to be a part of it. We would like your input in an online survey, in order to understand more about your experiences when making business purchase decisions, and/or … Read more
Michael Stelzner is one of the leading authorities on the topic of writing and marketing white papers. He has written more than 130 white papers for many of the world’s most recognized companies, including Microsoft, Dow Jones, FedEx, Motorola, Monster, Hewlett-Packard and SAP. In this 17 minute interview, you’ll hear me ask Michael about white … Read more