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  • Americans Hazy on the Meaning of 'Cloud Computing'

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    More than one-half (54%) of online adults in the US say they never use the cloud; however, 95% of those who think they're not using the cloud, actually are: 65% use online banking, 63% shop online, 58% use social networking sites, 45% play online games, and 29% store photos online—all cloud-based activities—according to a survey from Citrix.

  • Don't Let Data Drive, Let It Inform: Beth Kanter and KD Paine on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye (KD) Paine, authors of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World, discuss performance metrics and nonprofits.

  • From Tampons to Tablets: The Best and Worst Product Names of 2012

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    We're astounded, amused, and occasionally awestruck by brand names that naming consultants and other marketers come up with over the course of a year. So here are the most inspired (and most misguided) product brand names of 2012.

  • Holiday Season Online Retail Spending Up 13%

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    Total US retail e-commerce spending for the first 44 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season reached $33.8 billion, up 13% over the corresponding days in 2011, according to a report by comScore.

  • How to Tell Your Brand's Story: Four Questions You Must Answer

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    Whatever happened to Cinderella's shoe? Who knows? It didn't go viral. Put another way: Story generation and the way we develop content have changed, so you must change, too—and answer these four questions.

  • 2012 State of Online Video [Infographic]

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    The amount of content videos and video ads viewed in 2012 reached record-breaking numbers, according to SundaySky report. To help illustrate those stats and the state of online video in 2012, SundaySky created this infographic.

  • Social Media Is a Corporate Blind Spot for B2B Execs

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    More than one-third (36%) of US executives say they either never consider (7%) or rarely consider (29%) their company's social media reputation when making important business decisions, according to a survey from Zeno Group.

  • Prepare for 2013: 10 B2B Marketing Trends and Developments

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    Again, that time of year has come. It's predictions season... And in the spirit of the season, here are 10 marketing trends of 2012 that will grow even more prominent in 2013.

  • Mobile Web, Apps Driving US Social Media Growth

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any other category of websites—roughly 20% of their total time online via personal computer (PC) and 30% of their total time online via mobile—according to a report by NM Incite and Nielsen.

  • Five Online Shoppers Ruling the Holiday Interwebs [Infographic]

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    Shoppers plan to spend $92-$96 billion online during the 2012 holiday season. To help brands understand how to reach those online shoppers, Maxymiser created this infographic of five online-shopper personas.

  • Five Tips for Building a Case for Marketing in the Boardroom

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Marketing is often viewed as a cost center, and marketers meet resistance when their budgets are being approved. But Marketing is an asset, and you need to position it to your CEO in terms of the revenue it delivers. Here are some best-practices that can help you do that.

  • #SocialSkim: Social Media Update, Week of December 10, 2012

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    In this first of many MarketingProfs #SocialSkim social media news and views to come, we scan the Web to make sure you're up to date on everything happening in the ever-evolving social space. Skim and learn!

  • Facebook, Pinterest Trigger More Offline Actions Than Other Social Sites

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    On average, nearly one-half (47%) of social media users say they've taken some type of action offline (e.g., attending an event, meeting someone in person, or making a purchase) after interacting with a social networking site, according to a survey from ACTIVE Network.

  • Achieve Visual Storytelling (and Sales) Success With Whiteboards

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    Whiteboards are an essential visual storytelling tool that you as a marketer can help create for salespeople to differentiate your company from the competition—and get customers and prospects to choose you.

  • Email, Social, and Mobile Are Marketers' 2013 Budget Priorities

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    Email, social media, and mobile rank as marketers' top spending priorities for 2013, according to a survey from StrongMail: 55.5% of marketing executives say they plan to increase spending on email campaigns in 2013; 51.8% plan to boost spend on social media; and 42.8% plan to up their spend on mobile marketing.

  • Work Hard and Be Amazed: C.C. Chapman on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    C.C. Chapman, co-author of Content Rules, has a new book out, Amazing Things Will Happen, which is a collection of short pieces, lessons, and observations intended for "anybody out there," C.C. says, "who may be stuck in a rut or maybe just not doing exactly what they wanted with their lives."

  • Brands That Surged (and Brands That Sank) After Hurricane Sandy

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, millions lost electricity, heat, and water. But just a few days later, many companies promoting to those millions had—cluelessly—gone back to business as usual. Here is a list for brands that "surged" and brands that "sank" in Sandy's aftermath.

  • Apple, Best Buy, and Kohl's Delivering Best Shopping Experiences via Mobile

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    Overall, consumers are unimpressed with their mobile shopping experiences at the top 20 brick-and-mortar retail brands: Retailers' apps and mobile sites are often too slow to load, challenging to navigate, and error-prone at checkout, according to a survey from Mobiquity.

  • The Contentious State of B2B Content Marketing [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    A recent content marketing study from MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute found that B2B marketers are uncertain about whether they are effectively using content marketing tactics. This infographic captures and presents some key data from that study, including about budgets, social presence, and content challenges.

  • Your Brand and Nine Legal Issues Related to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Management

    Protecting your brand, one of the most fundamental aspects of your market presence, is not something that should be taken lightly or ignored. From the very beginning of your business, you need to create and maintain a solid intellectual property (IP), patent, and copyright strategy.