Category Archives: Blogs

6 Easy Steps to Increase Leads from Your Corporate Blog

1. Title your posts for Google and Twitter. Forget nuance. If your blog post showed up in a Google listing, would someone click on it? Is it short (well short of 140 characters) so that someone can easily retweet it without editing? Does it immediately communicate, in specific, tangible terms,… Read More

Great New Resource for B2B Marketers – B2B Marketing Zone

Here’s a new site to head for when you’re looking for the latest insight, news, or tips on B2B Marketing. B2B Marketing Zone was launched earlier this month by a pair of Web entrepreneurs, Tony Karrer (BrowseMyStuff) and Tom Pick (WebMarketCentral). B2B Marketing Zone is designed to be a one-stop… Read More

How Often Should I Email My Database?

A client writes: “What’s best practice in terms of how many times per month you hit each key contact in your database?” This is becoming a common question, driven in part by the trend in B2B towards more proactive lead nurturing and the rapid adoption of marketing automation systems. Suddenly,… Read More

Not Another Article About How to Market During a Recession

No, nothing of the sort. But let’s face it – times are tight, budgets are tighter, and companies we talk to are all looking for ways to make their marketing investment go further. Here then, are some recommendations for how and where to spend today’s demand generation dollars for greatest… Read More

RSS Gains Traction as B2B Marketing Tool

Check out this interesting recent article, “Success Metrics Evolve with RSS,” from the September 15 issue of BtoB Magazine, discussing the continuing evolution of RSS as a B2B marketing tool. Topics covered include: * recent industry developments, including (notably) Google’s integration of RSS feeds into its AdSense advertising tool *… Read More

Social Media & B2B Demand Generation

At CDI, a question we get asked often these days is: What are you doing in social media? Perhaps a better question might be: What do social media have to do with demand generation? The answer is: plenty, but perhaps not in the way you’d think. As a most basic… Read More