In B2B Marketing: Content is Media

For some reason there is a lot of confusion about the word Content lately. Back in the late 90s when the internet was just heating up we all heard alot about how “Content is King”. But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content [...]

February 16th, 2010 | Category: Advertising, Blogging, Communications, Inbound Marketing, Lead Nurturing, Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0 | 9 comments

Content: Lure or Lasso?

I picked this saying up from Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book called Crush It.

I really liked the idea of content having dual purposes and not just the purpose of posting to your website or blog.

The lure part is really about a steady stream of content that is consistent in its frequency which is why as people [...]

February 4th, 2010 | Category: Blogging, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Lead Nurturing, Social Media, Thought Leadership | 4 comments

4 P's to Social Media Marketing

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. Frankly, I have been brewing this post for a while now and its time to let it [...]

January 21st, 2010 | Category: Advertising, Branding, Buzz Marketing, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Social Media, Strategy | 13 comments

4 C's of B2B Marketing

We’ve all heard about the four P’s of marketing.

Product
Price
Placement
Promotion

The four P’s were created mainly to describe the ideal “marketing mix”. The term “marketing mix” became popularized after Neil H. Borden published his 1964 article, Concept of the Marketing Mix.

I would argue this killer combo of marketing is mainly for B2C marketing and thus it is [...]

January 19th, 2010 | Category: Branding, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Marketing, Sales, Social Media, Strategy, Thought Leadership | 23 comments

If I had a dollar …

Last week, I was interviewed by a technology services marketing team looking to improve their Demand Generation activities.

They had a very cohesive but small team and they wanted to ramp up activities to drive brand awareness and lead generation. But as you might expect they had limited funds and bandwidth (don’t we all).

I suggested a [...]

April 28th, 2009 | Category: Branding, Content Marketing, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Strategy | 13 comments

World Wide Rave – Works!

In David Meerman Scott’s ebook Lose Control of your Marketing he talks a lot about the spread of ideas. Note his ebook is a preview for his upcoming book called World Wide Rave due out in March

There are some great examples of how ideas spread in his ebook on the Top 10 unsigned bands from [...]

February 16th, 2009 | Category: Buzz Marketing, Content Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing | 5 comments

How to build a Lead Nurturing Super Highway!

Not all leads should be treated equally. In our business for example the sales cycle can be upwards of 9 months – so lead nurturing it critical to stay in front of your prospect during their journey from awareness to consideration to purchase. Furthermore, you are never quite sure when that illusive moment of need [...]

January 14th, 2009 | Category: Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing | 5 comments

CMO of the Future

The CMO title barely existed 15 years ago but it is already undergoing a significant transformation. There are some major shifts in landscape in which they operate: changes in Technology, Consumer Behavior and the Media Landscape. In a recent research report entitled Future Tense: the Global CMO published by the Economist Intelligence Unit I hope [...]

December 9th, 2008 | Category: Lead Nurturing, Social Media, Strategy | Comment

Web 2.0 Expo – cool stuff seen on the floor of the show

Here are a few companies in alphabetical order I thought had shown some real promise at the Web 2.0 Expo

Ascentium – A model for the agency of the future

I spoke to the CMO, Romi Mahajan who explained Ascentium’s go-to-market strategy to me. They are the nexus of a digital marketing company mixed with a technology [...]

September 22nd, 2008 | Category: Advertising, Buzz Marketing, Communities, Enterprise 2.0, Interactive Marketing, Lead Nurturing, Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0 | Comment

Marketing’s Customers: an Oxymoron or Reality??

They may not be the ones you think I mean. No not the internal customers or your bosses boss like the CEO, CFO or COO. I mean real customers of marketing. Let me explain …

If you are like me working to drive thought leadership out of our organization and into the hands of would be [...]

September 8th, 2008 | Category: Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing | 3 comments
 
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