News and Trends

General discussion of the latest marketing, advertising and technology news and trends and how that impacts the world of lead marketing.

Marketing Watchdog Journal: Video in BtoB and Minimizing “Collateral” Damage (June 2008, Issue 52)

June 26th, 2008 — Amy Bills

In this issue: Getting the best of both worlds with a video white paper and taking a fresh look at your marketing messaging. Get it now.

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A clash of cultures

June 26th, 2008 — Koen De Witte

I came across this interesting development on Paul Conley’s website. Where he’s referring to some recent moves by the incumbents of the traditional media space.

It’s true. While the internet and its new breed online audience acquisition providers rely on content referrals, the traditional media industry relies on practices that somehow are [...]

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CMO Council Webinar on Improving Customer Connections

June 24th, 2008 — Amy Bills

The American Marketing Association will host Mark Clemente, senior VP of strategy and development for the CMO Council, for a July 9 live Webinar covering key findings from the CMO Council’s Business Gain from How You Retain report.
The report was produced in April by Global Fluency (which runs the CMO Council) with CSC, IBM and D&B. It addresses [...]

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Beware the Zealot

June 20th, 2008 — Amy Bills

Some good info, although a surprisingly low-tech setup, at yesterday’s Interactive Austin 2008. Great observation came from Bill Leake, CEO of Apogee Search. (Come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen Bill Leake speak at a conference and not have something insightful and useful to say.)
The topic was Integrating New Media into [...]

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Hey marketers, want to hear a secret about salespeople?

June 12th, 2008 — Eric Brunker

First off, I am not a professional blogger, I am a sales guy, which means I have no real discernible skill. However, for the good of sales and marketing alignment everywhere, I feel compelled to let marketers behind the velvet sales rope to be briefed on one of the closest held secrets of the sales [...]

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IT Marketing Challenges: Let Us Know

June 12th, 2008 — Amy Bills

Marketing to the IT buyer is the topic of a Webinar we’ll participate in on June 18 (you can register here) with BtoB Online. We’ve defined this elusive target as the people in an organization who “determine IT needs, identify features, specify products and recomment or authorize technology purchases at work.” They range from the [...]

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Social Media and Political Telephony

June 8th, 2008 — Tim Wilson

I was at a dinner on Saturday night, and one of the fellows at my table was one of the co-founders of Broadnet. We asked him for the elevator pitch as to what the company did. He started with, “We do mass automated calling for political campaigns.” As a collective groan rose from the group, [...]

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Is Your Resume a 2.0?

June 4th, 2008 — Amy Bills

Bulldog HR Director Kim Haynes spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about how the resume is getting an upgrade.
Resumes not submitted online can automatically designate those candidates as out-of-touch with the changing face of business, and it’s likely to hurt their chances of getting an interview. “Usually when I get paper resumes I think [that [...]

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Is Gen Y Really All That Different

May 28th, 2008 — Kamran Shah

For a few years I’ve been reading up on and dealing with Gen Y. I’m probably a borderline Gen Y’er based on some definitions but have had a team that was half gen-yers in the past so I thought I’d share some thoughts.  This article by Sarah Parez got me thinking about how Gen Y and specifically:

The changing dyanmics [...]

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Marketing Watchdog Journal: Digital Translators and Lead Nurturing (May 2008, Issue 51)

May 27th, 2008 — Amy Bills

In this issue: Social media savvy, the best times for a Webinar, and how to make sure no leads are left behind. Get it now.

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