When the Business Marketing Association rolls out unified branding and relaunches its website on May 20, the changes will not just be cosmetic. The transformation also will help the association better meet the promise of its new tagline, "BMA: Your connection to B2B." Read more.

Jeff Winsper founded Black Ink ROI to help marketers track and quantify results, steering clear of the kind of qualitative results that once defined our discipline. Data is changing the way we measure success, he says. It also challenges our process. He put together a panel of marketers who he describes as 'neck deep' in their efforts to prove--and improve--their value. And he's bringing them to BMA14. Read more.

The BMA announced winners and finalists for the international 2014 B2 Awards competition. Competitors vied for top slots in a field crowded with 1,000 entries from 23 U.S. states and nine countries. Agency, corporate marketer, service provider and marketer of the year will be announced at the Global BMA Conference. But, for the first time, you can view more than 200 finalists and award recipients before the event, courtesy of Brainshark. Read more.

By Andrea Hubbert, president-elect, BMA Milwaukee 

BMA Milwaukee has focused its keynote series on the changing role B2B marketing plays in driving business results. We capped off our keynote series last week with a program that honored our chapter's presidential legacy and awarded scholarships to two future B2B marketers. Kathy Button Bell, BMA national board chair, also was on hand, delivering a rallying cry to "destroy silos." Read more.

By Michelle M. Smith, BMA VP-Research 

Today's marketing executives face a daunting task. We continue to weather economic uncertainty at the same time that we are charged with doing more with even less, faster than ever before. Further, we face the challenge of engaging customers who are consuming marketing and advertising messages via an unprecedented number of options. Our messages risk being lost in the noise. Read more.

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Traction Factory takes Best in Show in Milwaukee

The artwork created by Donny Gillies is more likely to be found on skate decks and album covers than in a B2B ad campaign. But advertising agency Traction Factory asked "Dirty Donny" to lend his heavy metal style to the launch of a new cordless wrench developed by toolmaker Snap-on. Scott Bucher, who heads the agency, spoke to us about the campaign, which earned Best in Show at the BMA Milwaukee Bell Awards in April. Read more.

Digital revenues rose 13.8% in 2013, according to a recent analysis by Ad Age DataCenter. The number of employees at more than 900 surveyed agencies peaked as revenues rose to a record $39.1 billion. Agency stock prices reached all-time highs, and advertisers projected increased spending. Read more.

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