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Eduardo Conrado, senior VP-marketing and IT at Motorola Solutions, shifted his marketing strategy two years ago, moving away from a traditional, product-driven approach and instead focusing on the needs of customers in the government, enterprise and public services markets that the company serves. Read more.
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Reduced membership rates announced earlier this month already have helped draw new young professionals to the Business Marketing Association. "It's a great move not only for BMA National, but also for each region that is looking to grow," says Jonathan McGrew, a Colorado-chapter board member who is charged with increasing early-career participation. Read more.
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By Bryan Ehrenfreund
Nearly every piece of recent research that I have seen indicates that the adoption of marketing automation platform technology will continue to expand this year, moving beyond the traditional technology sector that has been its early home. As the footprint pushes past the estimated 20% adoption rate that exists today, we must ask: Are marketers in other industries ready? Read more.
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Pearson: Social marketing trends for 2013
Bob Pearson is president of marketing agency W20 Group and author of Pre-Commerce: How Companies and Customers are Transforming Business Together. His next book, focusing on megatrends of social commerce, is due out in the fall. The industry veteran shared his social marketing outlook with BMA Buzz. Read more.
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 Almost half of business marketers plan to see budgets increase in 2013, according to a report released by BtoB earlier this month. Marketers are preparing to direct more money to digital initiatives, social campaigns, events marketing and the development of mobile strategies. Our top concern: Demand generation tactics that bring in new customers. Read more. |
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