October, 2011

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All Media Will Be Social Media

Digital B2B Marketing

This is a forward looking opinion post on the potential future of digital marketing. The future of digital media is social. With the far-reaching tentacles of Google and Facebook, no digital marketer will be able to approach marketing without engaging in some form of social media. Today, companies can choose to ignore social media. Although they cannot stop the conversation, they can ignore the conversation that is happening elsewhere.

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I WANT MY OWN BI! How About Your Own Business Intelligence Dashboard!

Elegant BI

I WANT MY OWN BI! How About Your Own Business Intelligence Dashboard! I’m special! Your job isn’t like mine! I’m not interested in YOUR data! So say the employees and users in your company. But in the midst of all of this personal power, YOU must integrate and report on every job function, department and division. If you want to get the full picture of results and plan appropriately for success, you have to summarize information from disparate sources AND analyze and make decisions.

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All Media Will Be Social Media

Digital B2B Marketing

This is a forward looking opinion post on the potential future of digital marketing. The future of digital media is social. With the far-reaching tentacles of Google and Facebook, no digital marketer will be able to approach marketing without engaging in some form of social media. Today, companies can choose to ignore social media. Although [.].

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Content Will Not Be King

Digital B2B Marketing

Nearly every marketer in every industry has heard the cry “ Content is King “ Even the cover of Ad Age was emblazoned with Content is King last month, complete with a crown. Once a call for change and recognition of a new marketplace reality, Content is King has become conventional marketing wisdom. The problem is, conventional wisdom is average.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Modern Media Buying and Enterprise B2B Demand Generation

Digital B2B Marketing

The current trend in digital media is to move online advertising to trading desks, ad exchanges or real time bidding platforms. These platforms provide access to enormous pools of advertising inventory and allow media buyers to cherry pick their exact target audience , based on a wide range of audience data available for targeting. However, for enterprise B2B marketers, these approaches are not mature enough to broadly support demand generation marketing.

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Social Media Sleuthing: A-List Traffic and bit.ly Tricks

Digital B2B Marketing

Ever wonder how much traffic social media A-listers and publishers drive with their own Twitter stream? Using bit.ly , you can often see this as well as a wealth of other information, such as what content someone shares and even what accounts they manage. If you know me, you probably know that I am part analyst, part geek, and looking to peel back one more layer of the onion whenever I have time.

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Social Media Sleuthing: A-List Traffic and bit.ly Tricks

Digital B2B Marketing

Ever wonder how much traffic social media A-listers and publishers drive with their own Twitter stream? Using bit.ly, you can often see this as well as a wealth of other information, such as what content someone shares and even what accounts they manage. If you know me, you probably know that I am part analyst, [.].

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Content Will Not Be King

Digital B2B Marketing

Nearly every marketer in every industry has heard the cry “ Content is King “ Even the cover of Ad Age was emblazoned with Content is King last month, complete with a crown. Once a call for change and recognition of a new marketplace reality, Content is King has become conventional marketing wisdom. The problem is, conventional wisdom is average.

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Content Will Not Be King

Digital B2B Marketing

Nearly every marketer in every industry has heard the cry “Content is King“ Even the cover of Ad Age was emblazoned with Content is King last month, complete with a crown. Once a call for change and recognition of a new marketplace reality, Content is King has become conventional marketing wisdom. The problem is, conventional [.].

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Thought Leadership in B2B Marketing [#B2Bchat Recap]

Digital B2B Marketing

Why should companies invest in thought leadership? And just what does thought leadership mean anyways? These and other questions were debated during a Twitter #B2Bchat on Thought Leadership in B2B Marketing on October 13, and I had the privilege of moderating the discussion. Here are the key takeaways I took from the discussion. Thought Leadership Starts with Individuals Individuals drive thought leadership, and many in the discussion posit companies cannot truly be thought leaders , only their

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Thought Leadership in B2B Marketing [#B2Bchat Recap]

Digital B2B Marketing

Thought Leadership in B2B Marketing: Recap of #B2BChat discussion. Are individuals or companies thought leaders? What are today's biggest barriers to developing thought leadership? And how is thought leadership connected to heretics?

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Your Customer Service Sucks, But I’m Still A Customer

Digital B2B Marketing

Last week, my commute home was interrupted. I was frustrated when my train was behind schedule, and then taken out of service. My reaction was similar to the reaction of those around me. “We are all late because your trains are running behind schedule, and your response is to kick us off the train and tell us to wait for the next one? Seriously, TriMet?

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Your Lead Scoring Blind Spot: The Internet

Digital B2B Marketing

Marketers have a huge blind spot when it comes to nurturing and lead scoring. It does not matter if you have built a sophisticated lead management and nurturing system, driven by content consumption, engagement and response. Your blind spot is there. The problem is, you only see how people respond to your content and your offers. You only see what is happening on your own properties.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Your Lead Scoring Blind Spot: The Internet

Digital B2B Marketing

Marketers have a huge blind spot when it comes to nurturing and lead scoring. It does not matter if you have built a sophisticated lead management and nurturing system, driven by content consumption, engagement and response. Your blind spot is there. The problem is, you only see how people respond to your content and your [.].

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Standalone BI is About as Useful as Rock without Roll – Integration is the Key to Power BI!

Elegant BI

Standalone BI is About as Useful as Rock without Roll – Integration is the Key to Power BI! This is the age of information. But, without GREAT info you are guessing at strategy. It is REALLY IMPORTANT that everyone have the information they need to accurately and effectively perform. Business and technology run at light speed. You hire and train resources with the right knowledge to do the job.

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Your Customer Service Sucks, But I’m Still A Customer

Digital B2B Marketing

Last week, my commute home was interrupted. I was frustrated when my train was behind schedule, and then taken out of service. My reaction was similar to the reaction of those around me. “We are all late because your trains are running behind schedule, and your response is to kick us off the train and tell us to wait for the next one? Seriously, TriMet?

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Your Customer Service Sucks, But I’m Still A Customer

Digital B2B Marketing

Last week, my commute home was interrupted. I was frustrated when my train was behind schedule, and then taken out of service. My reaction was similar to the reaction of those around me. “We are all late because your trains are running behind schedule, and your response is to kick us off the train and [.].

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Modern Media Buying and Enterprise B2B Demand Generation

Digital B2B Marketing

The current trend in digital media is to move online advertising to trading desks, ad exchanges or real time bidding platforms. These platforms provide access to enormous pools of advertising inventory and allow media buyers to cherry pick their exact target audience , based on a wide range of audience data available for targeting. However, for enterprise B2B marketers, these approaches are not mature enough to broadly support demand generation marketing.

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Modern Media Buying and Enterprise B2B Demand Generation

Digital B2B Marketing

The current trend in digital media is to move online advertising to trading desks, ad exchanges or real time bidding platforms. These platforms provide access to enormous pools of advertising inventory and allow media buyers to cherry pick their exact target audience, based on a wide range of audience data available for targeting. However, for [.].