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  • The Top 20 Social CMOs of the Fortune 100 [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    BusinessNext Social conducted a study of CMOs in the Fortune 100 to see which of them were most socially active in 2012. Surprisingly, only one in five Fortune 100 top-level marketing/communications executives have an active public presence on social networks, the analysis found.

  • Small Businesses Tepid on Social Media, Prefer WOM and Advertising

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Only one-third (35%) of small business owners cite social media as a beneficial tactic for their business, though views about the benefits of social marketing vary by industry, according to a survey from Hiscox.

  • Six Ways to Use Online Video for B2B Event Marketing (a Case Study)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Online video is a highly engaging and versatile tool for B2B marketing and lead generation, including tradeshow marketing. This brief case study shares how a B2B technology company used online video to increase in-person tradeshow meetings with targeted decision makers by 218%.

  • Social Media Disconnect: Are Marketers Out of Touch?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Though consumers and marketers are fairly aligned in their focus on Facebook—similar proportions of each segment use the social networking site—marketers tend to be out of synch with their audiences regarding the use of other popular social channels, according to a study by Pitney Bowes Software.

  • 10 SEO Tips to Improve Your Search Rankings--and Your Website

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Don't just try to move up a few places in search results with your SEO efforts; rather, turn a visit to your website into a better experience and help your site to naturally grow in popularity.

  • To Grow You Must Change: John Jantsch on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    John Jantsch believes that if businesses are to grow, they need to be ready, willing, and able to change. To navigate and instigate such change, business leaders need a clarity of purpose and they need to set big, audacious goals.

  • Social Media, Online Video Driving Ad Spend Growth

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Bolstered by Internet advertising—particularly social media and online video—global ad spend growth is forecast to strengthen over the next three years, rising from an estimated 3.3% growth in 2012, to 4.1% growth in 2013 and 5.6% growth in 2015, according to projections by ZenithOptimedia.

  • Eight Ingredients of Effective Inbound Marketing for Generating and Qualifying Leads

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    As marketers, we instinctively realize it's impossible to pinpoint when our prospects will be buying. That's why it's critical not just to keep in touch but also to make sure your company shows up in all of the right places when the prospect is selectively attracted to buy from you.

  • Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend Sparks 50M Tweets

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    From Nov. 22 to 26, 2012, some 50 million tweets related to Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping were generated, with peaks of nearly 100 tweets per second, according to a report by DataSift.

  • Why We Blew Up the MarketingProfs Homepage: Behind the Scenes

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    Today, we've launched a far simpler and cleaner homepage that we think helps visitors make sense of MarketingProfs and directs them efficiently and easily to the content they are looking for.

  • PEAR, or Why a .3% Click-Through Rate for a Banner Ad Is Perfectly Acceptable

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Your banner ads aren't all about the click-throughs and immediate purchases. Brand retention and recognition are key goals of online advertising, because you want customers to seek you out when ready to make purchases.

  • B2B Content Marketing: Adoption Surging, but Objectives Are Shifting

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Content marketing continues to be an integral strategy for B2B companies; however, objectives for content strategies are shifting toward thought leadership and educating the market, according to a survey from Curata.

  • Five Ways Marketers Can Boost the ROI of Big Data

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Big Data, applied to marketing, is transforming how marketers in myriad industries attempt to reach consumers. But achieving meaningful returns from Big Data investments can be an elusive goal. Here are five of the best ways to increase the ROI you achieve on your Big Data expenditures.

  • Why Email Marketing Still Matters [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    Over the years, many have augured the death of email, most recently foretelling that social media would make email obsolete. Nevertheless, for marketers, email remains an invaluable, even indispensable, tool. And this infographic from Eloqua spells out why.

  • SMBs Still Favor Face-to-Face Marketing Tactics

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    Traditional face-to-face tactics are still fundamental for SMB marketers: Personal relationships and networking (95%), tradeshows and industry events (89%), and in-person events (86%) rank as the most popular marketing tactics for finding new customers, according to a survey of small and midsized businesses conducted by Forrester Consulting for Act-On Software.

  • Six Tips for a B2B Facebook Contest

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Have you ever wondered whether a Facebook contest will work for your B2B company? Here are some helpful tips to consider before creating a Facebook contest.

  • Social CTAs Drive Engagement on Facebook

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    When you want your target audience to take a particular action, including on Facebook, you must ask them to do it, according to a study by Dan Zarrella for HubSpot that explored how various call-to-action phrases impact the engagement of Facebook users.

  • Did You See That? EyeTrackShop's Jeff Bander Talks Eye Tracking on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    Before we can effectively communicate with our customers, we need to get their attention. According to Jeff Bander of EyeTrackShop, this means that when evaluating the effectiveness of our ads or calls-to-action or emails or whatever, we need to answer the question, "Did they see them?"

  • Driving Direct Sales With Social Media

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Although social media is a relatively new marketing channel, there is fairly strong consensus that it can help with business growth. What few people realize, though, is that you can actually drive direct sales from social media—provided you have the right strategy in place.

  • Black Friday Online Sales Surge to Record $1B

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    On Black Friday (November 23), myriad holiday shoppers avoided the crowds at brick-and-mortar stores in favor of their Web browsers. Some 57.3 million Americans visited online retail sites on Black Friday, up 18% from the same day in 2011, according to data from comScore.