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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

Social media = Lots of room for improvement. A mere 12% of business executives say their companies are using social media effectively, according to a recent study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. Social media is like baseball, says Brian Watkins, Social Media Manager of Adobe. Why is that?

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The Different Inside Sales Roles Explained

Factor 8

That means these folks need more product training, more business acumen training, social media, and more robust sales skills. (We We like Vengreso and Sales for Life for social media skills). Account Managers require similar skills but are likely not selling/managing a software product. Won the business? Congratulations.

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B2B is Dead – Long Live B2P

DiscoverOrg Sales

While B2C enjoys its continual evolution of character and color as companies market to an ever-sophisticated internet audience on social media apps, B2B stands in a completely different light. In either sense, whether it’s through big budget research or social media presence, consumers are generally easier to track in B2C.

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