B2B marketers: marketing automation and conversation

US-based lead management specialist Genius recently published the results of a survey in a report titled ‘B2B Marketing Skills Survey’. In this report, Genius takes a look at the evolving role of the B2B marketer.

It is evident that this role is evolving. It is even inevitable with the increasing focus on customer-centricity, the rise of social media, and the shift in buyer behavior. However, the economic changes along with the growing attention for the ROI of marketing, cause changes as well.

The survey, which marketing automation vendor Genius carried out in cooperation with BtoB Magazine, points out that B2B marketers generally make little use of tools to expand their reach and build (online) relationships with customers and prospects.

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B2B companies increase or maintain their marketing budgets this year and look at online and social media marketing

According to Loop Demand Gen, an integrated business-to-business (B2B) demand generation and telemarketing services company, the majority of B2B marketers will have at least the same marketing budget in 2010 as they did in 2009.

This despite current economic conditions and budget cuts in many organizations.

In a survey the company found that only 25 percent of respondents will add marketing positions in 2010, which suggests that marketers are challenged with accomplishing more with fewer staff.

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