As a Chief Digital Officer (CDO), you focus on new technologies to help your B2B thrive. This includes social media, mobile applications, virtual opportunities, and more. But, before you move forward to reach your next goal, stop and talk to your communications’ team members. They may have some valuable insights to share that can take […]
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65% of B2B marketers will increase Instagram organic activity in 2019: Study
Facebook and LinkedIn may continue to reign as the top social channels for B2B firms, but a majority of 65 per cent are now also making use of photo-sharing service Instagram, according to a study released late last week. The 2019 Social Media Marketing Industry Report, published by the Social Media Examiner, is based on […]
How Joshua Jackson’s acting career led him to launch Liquid Media, a B2B entertainment brand
For all the enterprise product announcements being made, Dell Technologies World holds little of the drama you’d find on Dawson’s Creek, The Affair or Fringe, but if a good story unfolds, Joshua Jackson is ready to provide the technology and services to bring it to life. The actor and co-founder/chairman of Liquid Media Group was […]
Clearbanc’s Michele Romanow explains how her ’20-Min Term Sheet’ could finance 2,000 firms’ paid marketing efforts
Michele Romanow knew she had to do something to help entrepreneurs better market themselves — and keep control over the companies they create — when she first saw the wooden iPhone cases. As a judge on CBC’s Dragon’s Den — a sort of Canadian alternative to the U.S. hit show Shark Tank — Romanow regularly […]
Oribi video ad portrays social media channels as uncontrollable, spandex bodysuit-wearing employees
B2B CMOs may occasionally have challenges wrangling the staff on their marketing teams, but that’s nothing compared to the way a firm called Oribi has portrayed the various social media channels used to communicate with customers. Based in San Francisco, Oribi offers a dashboard-like tool that is designed to track content from a company blog […]
DemandBase launches Cross-Campaign Analytics to offer a holistic view of ABM impact
DemandBase used its ABM Innovation Summit on Thursday to launch a reporting tool called Cross-Campaign Analytics designed to harmonize the data around campaigns run with its customers on its own platform as well as with publishers, demand-side platforms and more. In a keynote that was livestreamed from the ABM Innovation Summit in San Francisco, DemandBase […]
48% of buyers say B2B ads are boring (and it’s affecting the decisions they make)
When someone starts a sentence with “Did you see that ad from . . . ” you’re probably expecting to hear names like Nike or Coca-Cola rather than, say, an provider of marketing technology. According to a study of buyers from a B2B ad agency, however, one of the best ways corporate brands could help […]
What the democratization of learning means for Chief Revenue Officers and their teams
Chief revenue officers may have all the career experience they need to hire a sales manager, but judging the skills of a software developer may be a bit of a stretch. Of course, most CROs probably don’t oversee teams of programmers today, but the increasingly data-driven nature of sales means they could be pulled into […]
Inside The Mind Of . . . Rivi Bloch
Rivi Bloch is the current division chief executive of Taptica’s Performance Advertising business, as well as interim CEO of Taptica International Ltd. Rivi was born and raised in Israel, and spent several years living in San Francisco. She pursued academic degrees in Political Science and Law, and regularly draws on those experiences as Taptica continues […]
Editor’s Note: Why the path to disruption is never a one-way street
Unless it’s a misperception on my part, I feel like I’ve been hearing the word “disruption” less often lately, and I think I know why. When the business community talks about disruption, it can often refer to one of three groups. There are the disruptors — the dazzling startups who enter established industries and either […]
Apple Store designer Tim Kobe explains the ‘return on experience’ companies should build into everything they do
By now the experience Tim Kobe brought to life is familiar to anyone who has visited a major mall in search of a Mac or iPhone: the long tables with devices set up like artworks in an exhibit, the walls framed with screens and a long counter at the back with “Geniuses” ready to help. […]
Inside The Mind Of . . . Ivan Misner
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, it now has over 8,400 chapters around the world. Last year, BNI generated 9.1 million referrals resulting in $13.1 billion in closed business for its members. Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN, […]
Editor’s note: Why mindfulness is critical for marketers, sales execs, IT leaders and other B2B professionals
I have totally been lying to everyone for months. Ever since I started using a meditation app, Insight Timer, back in February my sessions have been immediately broadcast on my Twitter account afterwords. When friends and business acquaintances bring it up I’ve been feigning ignorance, acting almost embarrassed that I haven’t turned that feature in […]
May 2018: The Love Issue
The conference halls at Marketing Nation Summit in San Francisco recently might have been packed with people, but the products Marketo announced there are intended to create a similar sense of togetherness in the enterprise on a more regular basis. This includes the launch of Marketo Sales Engage, which will let sales and marketing teams create […]
Conversocial CEO predicts customer service shift from phones to private messaging applications
We tend to think of social media services as public forums where everything we say or do is visible, but the CEO of Conversocial predicts a rise in the use of private messaging functions will soon change the way businesses solve some of the most sensitive customer service challenges they face today. Conversocial, which has […]
Quixxi offers software tools and a marketplace to boost enterprise blockchain app development
As more organizations explore the potential of blockchain to facilitate all manner of transactions, an Australian startup called Quixxi is offering tools to make the creation of decentralized applications easier, as well as a marketplace where they can get rewarded with a proprietary cryptocurrency for their contributions. Quixxi started out in more traditional areas of […]
Behind the scenes with the star of ‘Social Media Marketing: The Movie’
For most people, getting up to speed on social media marketing could take weeks, if not months. In Social Media Marketing: The Movie, John Lincoln gives himself 24 hours. The CEO of San Diego, Calif.-based digital marketing agency Ignite Visibility gave himself a major challenge in Social Media Marketing: The Movie, which will premiere online […]
Editor’s Note: The B2B social media conversation everyone should be having
I may not have been super-qualified, but when one of my content marketing clients asked me to lead a social selling workshop for their team several years ago, I did my best to prepare. I walked in with ideas about a layered approach to sharing content, strategic use of hashtags and a lot more. Almost […]
Gary Vaynerchuk has one piece of social media advice for B2B firms, and it’s super simple
Maybe it’s force of habit, or maybe it’s out of genuine concern, but Gary Vaynerchuk can’t seem to resist offering me some unsolicited career advice. The man known across digital marketing circles as “Gary Vee” was the star speaker at Haste & Hustle: Generation Now, which brought together young entrepreneurs in Toronto this week to […]
G2 Crowd CMO’s content strategy aims to stay one step ahead of business software buyers
The new chief marketing officer for business software and review comparison site G2 Crowd plans to elevate its content market strategy by targeting buyers who don’t even know they’re going to want applications and services. Chicago-based G2 Crowd brought on Ryan Bonnici, most recently the senior director of global marketing at Hubspot, as its CMO […]