Successfully Engaging with B2B Buyer Communities

Kristin McKenna presents three keys to successfully engaging communities in B2B [...]

What Are the Keys to Finding Success with B2B Content Marketing?

Adam Needles presents his thoughts on the keys to finding success with B2B content marketing strategies and [...]

All Eyes on B2B Content Marketing

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I recently joined Silverpop’s field marketing team and am focused on B2B marketing and marketing automation best practices, and this is my first blog post.

I intended to write a ‘best week ever’ piece focusing on key trends in the B2B marketing space for my first post. But the more reading I did over this past [...]

What is Driving B2B Marketers to Adopt Marketing Automation Technology?

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This week we’re finalizing the schedule and agendas for our Spring 2010 B2B Marketing University series (Twitter:  #B2BUniversity) — a program Silverpop launched this past September to deliver top-quality, in-depth education to B2B marketers to help them tackle the ‘brave new world’ of B2B marketing.  (BTW — We will be posting updates on this 2010 [...]

How Do You Get Your Arms Around the 'Brave New World' of B2B Marketing? Where Do You Start?

Given a challenging environment for B2B marketing today, where should a B2B marketer start? How can we get our arms around this ‘brave new world’? Adam Needles outlines a series of basics for B2B marketers to focus on to help rationalize their more-complex [...]

The Danger of an Either/Or B2B Marketing and Sales Mindset

Adam Needles looks at the importance of viewing sales and marketing activities in an integrative mindset and putting them in the context of the buyer’s processes and [...]

B2B Marketers' Current Top Issues ... Plus the State of Their CRM Platform Adoption

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Over the past few weeks I’ve been on the road with our B2B Marketing University series — most recently in Palo Alto and Boston, and this week in Atlanta. The first two events were attended by more than 330 B2B marketers, and we anticipate 175 attendees this Thursday here in Atlanta.

Given the large turnout of [...]

Four Keys for Success Using Buyer Personas to Focus B2B Marketing Automation Campaigns

I posted a new piece on my Propelling Brands blog this past week that examines the application of buyer personas in the B2B marketing arena — which I wanted to follow up on.

B2B marketers find a growing challenge when it comes to actually implementing their marketing automation campaigns. First, complex, multi-step logic can be [...]

Seven Principles for Building More Buyer-centric B2B Marketing Programs

Adam Needles explores ways that B2B marketers can build more buyer-centric marketing [...]

So the Nature of the B2B Buyer Is Changing? So What?: Understanding the New Sales Funnel Via Meg Heuer of SiriusDecisions

Adam Needles digs into implications of the changing B2B buyer and leverages insights from a leading analyst who has been closely following the changing B2B marketing [...]