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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Advantages of LinkedIn in B2B Marketing

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The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. Weber Shandwick is creating a new unit to capitalize on content marketing --a channel which advertisers have been increasingly interested in investing. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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Following in 2nd through 7th place are paid search, email, branded communities and word-of mouth (tied), branded blogs, and online display advertising. According to Forrester’s “Q3 2013 North American and UK Digital Maturity Online” report (based on an August online survey of 395 marketers), onsite ratings and reviews are rated No.

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The R and the I – What’s Engagement Worth?

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In the famous words of legendary merchandiser John Wanamaker (a quote often mis-attributed to David Ogilvy)… “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” ” “How many recipients clicked through on that link we Tweeted out and downloaded our White Paper?”

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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 5]

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ABM is only a black box if by ABM you mean deploying technology and analytics without knowing why or how they’re being used to reach goals. Every company can benefit from the use of analytics to make data-driven decisions about who and how to engage. That’s just part of being a smart marketer today.

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PowerViews with Christopher Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. Additionally, this maturing is being advanced by the acceleration of social advertising. He also notes Facebook has just revamped totally its advertising line up with their new Reach Generator. He comments, “Salesforce.com is a good example.

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PowerViews with Chris Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

Pointclear

Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. Additionally, this maturing is being advanced by the acceleration of social advertising. He also notes Facebook has just revamped totally its advertising line up with their new Reach Generator. He comments, “Salesforce.com is a good example.

CRM 133