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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity SMM

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. A slightly higher percentage of marketers than last year (41% vs. 39%) called “marketing to a lengthening sales cycle&# a top challenge. You can download the executive summary for free (or pay $400 for the full report ).

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11 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2011

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Around this time last year I wrote about the 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 and while I would say 7 out of 10 have already materialized and the others are on their way. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? Keep in mind we all start in the same place and that’s at ZERO!

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2011 Social Media Marketing Trends

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing has progressed from radical new idea to widely adopted practice in a remarkably short period of time. Three-quarters of b2b buyers use social media at some point during their purchase decision process, and marketers are responding with increased spending on social media marketing. So what’s next?

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B2B Blogging Trends for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Blogging is often viewed as the core component of a B2B social media marketing strategy, and other than discussion forums, it’s the most mature component of social media. Facebook, Twitter and even newer tools like Quora may be sexier and get more attention, but blogs are the workhorses essential to making social media marketing work.

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Survey Shows Marketing Budgets to Increase Spend in Social Media, Search Engine Marketing in 2011

Bill Hartzer

An annual marketing budget survey of business-to-business marketing trends released today is showing that marketing departments are going to increase their budget in Social Media and in Search Engine Marketing in 2011. Two years ago, marketing budgets still were split 60-40 traditional to online.

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How to Spice up Your Social Media Strategy in 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There’s something to be said for social media’s role in market research and more direct connections between consumers and producers. And you don’t have to invade your market’s personal networking space to do it either. How to Spice up Your Social Media Strategy in 2011 is a post written by Tamar Weinberg. ].

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My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. The Facebook analytics tools post is actually from December 2011 but since it was a top performer this year I’m letting it make the list. Related posts: My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers. 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages.