In the past three years, the B2B buyer’s journey has gotten longer – in fact, buyers are getting further into the process before even speaking to a sales person – as much as 90% of the way through the process. Usually, that’s because they’re simply looking for information about their own problems and obstacles, rather […]
If you care about the success of your organization, YOU should care about Content Marketing. But what is it? and how is it any different from traditional marketing or advertising methods? Content marketing uses online content for promotional purposes leading to a profitable customer action — this could be clicking a link, filling out a […]
B2B Marketing Hiring, Measuring and Messaging In a recent Backbone Media webcast, “Top B2B Marketing Trends of 2013,” author, speaker and Hubspot advisor David Meerman Scott highlights three major challenges affecting marketers this year: finding analytics talent, lead-based measurement and “gobbledygook” messaging. Let’s look a little deeper.
The Biggest Problem with B2B Marketing? In a recent Backbone Media webcast, “Top B2B Marketing Trends of 2013,” author, speaker and Hubspot advisor David Meerman Scott discusses how he would staff his B2B marketing team and why the key measurement of success would NOT be the sales lead.
Manager of Social Enterprise Programs at IBM Predicts 2013 Trends Backbone Media recently hosted a webinar entitled “Top B2B Marketing Trends 2013,” which included a panel of B2B marketing experts that was moderated by veteran journalist Ellis Booker. In her remarks outlining her vision for the coming year, Susan Emerick, Manager of Social Enterprise Programs […]
