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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. Share this on Reddit.

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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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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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Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

According to the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) which, full disclosure, I am a member and an avid fan of their work. They recently put out a 2010 Budget and Allocations trends document which surveyed the membership to gave you the chart above. Share this on Reddit. Share it on StumbleUpon. So here is my take ….

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Why is Google Scared and What it means for B2B Marketing!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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? Share this on Reddit. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Creating Engagement in B2B Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

You can call it Inbound Marketing (like the folks at HubSpot do) or you could call it Content Marketing (like the folks at Junta42 do) but whatever you call it this is the basis for all your online activity. Share this on Reddit. Share it on StumbleUpon. Related posts: B2B Marketing Content: Lure or Lasso?

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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.