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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Join guest host Jeff Ogden and special guest Paul Dunay, CMO of Networked Insights and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies, as they discuss: Recent changes in B2B marketing. Facebook’s IPO and what it means for marketers. New social media tools for B2B marketers. Social data and what it means to B2B marketers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Have your marketing efforts evolved with them? Marketing at the peak of the television era was relatively simple. There were also a growing number of cable channels that allowed smaller brands to afford broadcast advertising that could be delivered to more precise audience segments. The answer: You don’t. Sound daunting?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Another Advertising Week in New York is upon us and so far I have seen some great presentations from companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Quantcast, comScore, and even Yahoo! We often throw this idea around as marketers – “being relevant”, but few people discuss how! The results were different than I thought (see below).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 25, 2013

Posted in Innovation Interactive Marketing Strategy. All the tools of the trade – text analytics, social media analysis, Website personalization, community analytics, computational advertising and online testing, among other things – were used for re-elect the President of the United States. So what does a CDO do?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 18, 2012

But when it comes to marketing, there has always been a bit of the “black box” effect. Marketing is the one major budget item that traditionally has been the hardest to understand and measure from a traditional business performance standpoint. Download this report to learn about the emerging role of social media analysis.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 25, 2009

Ok, then the only advertising will be within the TV shows themselves - hence product placement or contextual. Tags: Content Marketing Online Advertising Branding Interactive Marketing Advertising. If we learned anything from Google and their business model it's that contextual ads work and they work really well.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Hindered by a small market budget, Beane embraced alternative statistics, or what marketers might call “KPIs”, to find undervalued players. The parallels between the almost ten year old book and the experience of marketing in today’s digital world didn’t escape me. We’re card counters.

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Marketing Loyalty Statistics Mobile 225

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Said differently, I think they are looking for Marketing Technologists! This got me thinking about an idea I’ve had for the past year about the need for a new role in the marketing organization: Marketing Technologist. In researching the concept further, I came across the Chief Marketing Technologist blog by Scott Brinker.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

I think Seth Godin outlined Marketing's Catch 22 best in his book The Purple Cow - (and I am paraphrasing here) - when times are tough the tendency is to conserve capital vs. when times are good the tendency is to not be aggressive. As marketers we are so often faced with the dilemma of having to cut advertising in times of economic softness.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 3, 2011

Over the weekend I got to meet with Romi Mahajan the World Wide Director of the Digital Marketing Platform Group at Microsoft. I was really surprised and excited to learn that Microsoft is taking the Digital Marketing place very seriously since they are one of the largest players in the space!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2015

Knowing how the human mind processes information and images—and putting that knowledge to use—can help you become a more engaging and effective marketer. Here’s a look at some fascinating facts about the human mind, from a marketing perspective.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for BtoB for marketers next year? Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. Facebook Advertising will take off – This year Facebook saw their advertiser base triple!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Which means Publishers (or Marketers) are now the “white noise” in comparison to User Generated Content. Notice that marketers don’t make that list (duh) but also think about how much more content you have been getting from those sources now that social media has arrived. Last year I wrote about how the balance of content has shifted.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 21, 2010

Ok ok – based on the great response I got from my readers on my last blog post The 4 C’s of B2B Marketing I thought I would try to apply the same principle to Social Media Marketing. It combines a few things you might have read about into one new concept around social media – the 4 P’s of Social Media marketing.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

According to the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) which, full disclosure, I am a member and an avid fan of their work. If you blow up the chart you can see that Social Media as a percentage of your overall interactive spend has grown from 13 percent of budget to 14 percent of budget for B2B Technology Marketers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content is Media&#. If you have been following my thoughts on the 4 C’s of Marketing – it all starts with content. Building a solid content creation engine is critical to B2B marketers today. Stumble upon something good?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 26, 2010

At a recent dinner with a buddy of mine from Microsoft (who helped launch Bing) – I learned a lot more about the search market and a very important trend that can effect the future of B2B Marketing. OK so what does this mean to B2B Marketers? perhaps there will be shortly.

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B2B Google Marketing Foursquare 205

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

So that begs the question - what’s on the horizon specifically for BtoB for marketers next year? Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. Facebook Advertising will take off – This year Facebook saw their advertiser base triple!

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Marketing Adwords Mobile Social Graph 157

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

As I mentioned in my Top 10 predictions for 2010 – I think the Mobile Marketing in 2010 will become more mainstream. As a marketer I always like to play the “odds not the lottery&# and to me when you have a market of 3.3 Related posts: Why is Google Scared and What it means for B2B Marketing! Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 9, 2010

At the recent ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum I was stunned by a presentation given by Sean Geehan CEO of the Geehan Group author of the upcoming book the B2B Executive Playbook. Which is what the CEO and the market wants from you anyway!). Its time to start embracing those few people in ways B2B marketers haven’t before.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

So in my last blog post – Going Mobile with B2B Marketing we discussed the basics of the mobile market and where to focus our attention as a B2B Marketers. Related posts: Going Mobile with B2B Marketing As I mentioned in my Top 10 predictions for 2010. Why is Google Scared and What it means for B2B Marketing!

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B2B Mobile Marketing Foursquare 174

Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

And, like the contemplations of communication theorist Marshall McLuhan, they have taken on new meaning with the collision of traditional and digital marketing strategies. In 2009 Forrester issued a report that outlined the world of interactive marketers in the digital space. It’s about the death of traditional marketing.

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Marketing Analysis Data Report 243

Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 5, 2014

This week I moderated another Social Media Today webinar as part of their Best Thinker webinar series, this time on the topic of Transforming Events into Meaningful Experiences: Lessons in Real-Time Marketing. Amber set the stage with a discussion of Real-Time Marketing (RTM) and some examples of companies doing it right.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s no secret that the rise of computer apps is transforming both the marketing and customer experience. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Christian Brucculeri, the CEO at mobile messaging company Snaps, a developer of chatbots and other marketing technology products for companies. Creating conversations, not messaging. “We

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

For Interactive Marketing Professionals. Strategies For Interactive Marketing In A Recession. Unlike Last Time, Results-Based Marketing And Social Applications Could Thrive. In the last recession, online spending cratered along with the rest of the advertising industry. Reference Guides. Emerging Trends. Planned Research.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 23, 2009

So let’s go through some of your options when it comes to the tactics of social networking marketing. Have a Strong Presence A Facebook presence, like a website, is a fundamental tactic and should be on everyone’s list of must haves for social network marketing. While the costs of social marketing are low don’t let that fool you.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 23, 2013

Posted in Advertising Applications Branding Content Marketing Customer Experience Facebook Inbound Marketing Listening Personalization Social Media. It’s important for marketers to give fans new ways to connect and advance their relationship with the brand or product being promoted. You’re not alone.

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Conversation Facebook Guidelines B2B 276

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I am just putting the finishing touches on the 2nd Edition of Facebook Marketing for Dummies (Wiley) with my co-author Rich Krueger (and BTW we have sold over 20,000 copies in less than a year!). We also just completed Facebook Advertising for Dummies (Wiley) which is due to ship in November. Share this on Reddit.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Posted in Advertising Behavioral Targeting Communities Mobile Personalization Testing Web Design. As more and more marketers are discovering, it’s impossible to think about any digital or e-commerce strategy without acknowledging the critical importance of the overall Hispanic population on today’s electronic marketplace.

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Mobile comScore Insurance Sites 225

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APRIL 4, 2013

Posted in Advertising Applications Content Marketing Crowdsourcing Visual Recognition. Marketers have been trying to capture that magic moment when a potential consumer is actually looking to interact with your brand. Related posts: 9 Reasons QR Codes are Bad for Your Brand The tale of the QR code is a sordid story. At first it.

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Crowdsourcing Mobile Applications Hashtag 185

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 29, 2013

Interactive Marketing Online Testing Strategy. For sure, online marketers who make sense of big data are going to be better able to build customer experiences around hard data and evidence rather than on hunches and guesswork. The most successful marketers are optimizing and refining all the time. We see this every day.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 14, 2012

But when we think about the advertisers to that audience its mostly CPG brands: Skoal, Budweiser, MillerCoors and M&Ms or more Retailer brands such as: Home Depot, DuPont, Caterpillar, BF Goodwrench and Lowes. Home Owners was obvious since may home owner brands already advertise on NASCAR.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Marketing is the interface a company builds to interact with the marketplace and the customer base. The marketing group, combined with the sales force, is the point in the company where the market understanding resides.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Advertising Behavioral Targeting Content Marketing Conversion Optimization Customer Experience Inbound Marketing Innovation Mobile Optimization Web Design Call to Action Mobile app Mobile marketing Mobile website Responsive Design'

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

Element #1 – Advertising – like most lead nurturing platforms today they allow tracking of your ad spend online – specifically spend on Google AdWords and the conversions from online banners (CPC and CPM spend). Related posts: Generating a Buyer Persona with Facebook Advertising I am a big fan of David Meerman Scott’s work.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 28, 2009

So it’s no surprise that the world of business -- specifically in the realms of advertising, branding, and marketing -- has to once again ennoble the concept of sincerity, which is to say, they have to simply be sincere and do work that is bounded by and radiates honesty. Tags: Sincere Marketing. and Asian companies.

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Web 2.0 Microsoft Marketing Journal 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 5, 2013

Posted in Behavioral Targeting Business Intelligence Conversion Conversion Optimization Customer Experience Interactive Marketing Internet Search SEO Strategy User Generated Content. These behaviors have redefined the way marketers now plan for online shoppers—causing a tremendous shift away from the way they used to plan their campaigns.

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