Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products. Market to them and never forget that even in B2B, human beings still make the decisions. Know your prospects pain points. Know them all. Know how they rank.

Content Marketing 91

Content Marketing Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 91

Martech

JANUARY 22, 2024

We’ve seen chats ranging from simple queries on how to buy marketing technology to folks asking for help evaluating vendors, creating marketing strategies and email copy — and so much more. In fact, over at Search Engine Land , more than 1,000 people have registered to gain access to SearchBot, a search marketing version of MarTechBot.

Transform 110

Transform CMO User-Generated Management 110

Search Engine Land

JULY 3, 2023

Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on. Future product or solution searches could look like this: Aim for your products and solutions to be included in topically relevant AI-generated responses by leveraging relevant sources selected as training data for LLMs. Controlling brand-related online samples.

Management 96

Management PR User-Generated SEO 96

Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to the dictionary , marketing is “the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service. ” The day-to-day activities of a marketer depend on what they’re marketing, whom they’re targeting, and what platforms they use to promote products or services.

PR 145

PR Non-Profit Marketers Marketing 145

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Time Line Close The Time Line close is effective when a product or service will impact a prospect’s project plan, especially if the purchasing decision is a prerequisite to other activities in the project plan. is a great closing tool with a product that has many clear benefits. I am sure it will help many of our agents.

Telemarketing 101

Telemarketing B2C Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 101

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Brands are valuable assets that companies create, nurture and maintain with great care, right? It gets to a brand’s long-term sustainability. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Branding 85

Branding Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty 85

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

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Telemarketing 92

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing B2C Customer loyalty 92

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Telemarketing 80

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 80

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Telemarketing 80

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 80

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

They are looking for companies to be transparent and responsive in their interactions, to provide valuable content and even expecting to be asked for product and service improvement ideas. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Whitepaper 96

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 96

Search Engine Land

JUNE 24, 2024

Dig deeper: How the Google-Reddit partnership impacts brand management What does this mean for a brand’s online reputation? Generative AI talks about your brand Although the LLM can generate completely new texts, specific text passages are often reproduced almost literally. Business email address Subscribe Processing.

User-Generated 88

User-Generated Management Brand Management Branding 88

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

Social Media Marketing 81

Social Media Marketing B2C Telemarketing Whitepaper 81

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

But trust me, aside from those examples, I am 100% with you on showing results and making sure EVERY marketing program has a sound business case or ROI. I started in sales, then moved into product management with P&L responsibility. Then ran marketing for 2 firms.

New Markets 81

New Markets Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 81

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

It also gave me the ability to directly measure analyst, media, blogger, and customer sentiments and comments about our company, our products, and our employees. Related Posts: B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 Why am I in Marketing? The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing Why Do You Tweet?

Customer loyalty 86

Customer loyalty Customer Telemarketing Inbound Marketing 86

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It can include 140 character tweets, photos, brief product updates or FAQs. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. People do not “like&# brands on Facebook because they want to be marketed to.

Whitepaper 85

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 85

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2010

Include thought leadership whitepapers, customer videos, podcasts, case studies, demos and product comparison guides. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Make sure you cover each buying stage. My favorite line has to be “Don’t call me!

Telemarketing 85

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 85

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

It also gave me the ability to directly measure analyst, media, blogger, and customer sentiments and comments about our company, our products, and our employees. Related Posts: B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 Why am I in Marketing? The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing Why Do You Tweet?

Customer loyalty 82

Customer loyalty Customer Telemarketing Inbound Marketing 82

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty User-Generated Inbound Marketing 75

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Think about the entire lifecycle from new product ideas all the way to customer retention. Another huge mistake I see marketers make in planning is to put it off because “I don’t have my budget&# or “I haven’t been told what our goals are for next year.&# It starts with reaching across functional areas.

Marketing Plan 81

Marketing Plan Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 81

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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Telemarketing 97

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated 97

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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Telemarketing 97

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated 97

Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2024

According to Merriam-Webster , marketing is "the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service." The day-to-day activities of a marketer depend on what they’re marketing, whom they’re targeting, and what platforms they use to promote products or services.

Copywriting 126

Copywriting CMO PR Social Media Marketing 126

Digital Marketer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Reddit is getting a huge visibility in Google’s organic search. Just about any brand triggers [PRODUCT/BRAND NAME REDDIT] suggestion in Google’s Autocomplete results: [Reddit] comes up in many brand-driven Google’s Autocomplete suggestions prompting consumers to search it even if they didn’t initially intend to.

Management 95

Management Branding Social Media Marketing Place 95

Rock Content

MAY 8, 2024

As you monitor brand mentions, you will also have opportunities to amplify positive content. If someone raves about your products in a video, promoting that video can broaden your network and nurture relationships with those who love your brand. How to video search on Google? Why do a reverse video search?

Brand Management 90

Brand Management User-Generated Video Marketing Promotion 90

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Are we considering the larger implications of social media on the organization as it relates to employee adoption, customer service, product development and innovation? How can social media extend our brand relationship with our target market?

Marketing Mix 81

Marketing Mix Telemarketing Customer loyalty Thought Leadership 81

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

One responder can lead us to several opportunities within the company if the discussion we have is centered around the needs and pains of the company and not only one product or service. The representative needs to have many assets at the ready, as people like to view products or services in various ways.

Telemarketing 88

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 88

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Maybe this will change with future iterations of the product but I remain to be convinced. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Google announced its own App store just today and I think “cloud&# applications will rapidly dominate.

Inbound Marketing 102

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketers 102

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

You can’t “sell&# someone unless they are in the market to buy a product or service like yours. Be “in front of&# the prospect when they are ready to buy… …then you will be the one they think of when they are ready to make a purchasing decision for a product or service like yours. So if you: a.

Telemarketing 94

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketers Marketing 94

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

They always saw our new product ideas first, they always helped drive our strategy and when we made mistakles, they let us know. I think every B2B company needs a large and influential customr advisory board and large retention marketing programs. I think we see something closer to the right mix.

Transform 92

Transform Whitepaper Telemarketing B2C 92

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

Consumers will see directly through tactics that result in a one-sided chat that focuses solely on the brand and it will turn them off almost instantly. These chats can also allow a brand/product to create significant social capital.

Telemarketing 77

Telemarketing Marketing Mix B2C Inbound Marketing 77

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

So why is this important for B2B Marketers? Innovation is not necessarily about new products or technical developments but can be just as much about people, marketing approaches, and processes. The wants and needs of the market are not always serious and sometimes are downright frivolous. How about your clients’ needs?”

Energy 74

Energy Telemarketing Shipping B2C 74

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

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Inbound Marketing 79

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketers 79

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

Get Ready to Lead - Social media and inbound marketing is providing marketers with a unique opportunity to lead our companies to our greatest innovations in demand generation, new products, higher customer retention, and a lower cost of sales. As always, comments and topic suggestions are welcome.

Inbound Marketing 77

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

Get Ready to Lead - Social media and inbound marketing is providing marketers with a unique opportunity to lead our companies to our greatest innovations in demand generation, new products, higher customer retention, and a lower cost of sales. As always, comments and topic suggestions are welcome.

Inbound Marketing 77

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

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Inbound Marketing 76

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketers 76

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I would add that the first meeting for any new marketing person is to sit down with the head of sales and ask “what do you need?” Next, make sure you go on a sales call but I’ll go further to state that marketers should know how to demo products and how to make that 30-second pitch on why customers should chose you and your company.

Marketers 96

Marketers Marketing Manufacturing Telemarketing 96

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

So why is this important for B2B Marketers? Innovation is not necessarily about new products or technical developments but can be just as much about people, marketing approaches, and processes. The wants and needs of the market are not always serious and sometimes are downright frivolous. How about your clients’ needs?”

Energy 64

Energy Telemarketing Shipping B2C 64