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.

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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.

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Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 76

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 75

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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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.

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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.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

It’s about how customers relate to one another in the context of brands and how those brands, companies, products and people relate to customers … It’s an experiential, holistic concept that we have deconstructed and reconstructed to map to brand value.&# They want a product that exemplifies a need.

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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 77

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 77

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.

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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 75

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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.

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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?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

These chats can also allow a brand/product to create significant social capital. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. For example, Gerber Baby Food (@gerberbabyfood) currently has about 600 followers and infrequently sends updates.

Telemarketing 72

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

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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.

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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.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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Telemarketing 82

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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Telemarketing 82

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

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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 69

Energy Telemarketing Shipping Customer loyalty 69

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 79

Transform Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty 79

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 61

Energy Telemarketing Shipping Customer loyalty 61

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 29, 2010

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Branding 75

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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 87

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketers 87

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Marketing needs to be the engine to identify qualified leads for sales. Whatever you do, do not assume that product brochures, customer case studies, or articles written by your boss will resonate. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing Inbound Marketing 75

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

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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 81

Marketers Marketing Manufacturing Telemarketing 81

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Blogs Influence On Buyers When asked “what is your likelihood to purchase a brand, product or service from these information sources?&# 42% reported that blogs influence their purchase behavior. Or from consumer to consumer to relay needed information on products and services. Overall great article.

Marketing Mix 77

Marketing Mix Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 77

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 4, 2010

The user guides and help for a company’s products can do a lot to build trust and goodwill (or undermine them, if not done well). Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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