When Brands Get Weird or Go Quiet

Following is a guest post from our friends over at Long & Short of It, masters of ideation, customer insights and market research. They like to say they “dig and find lots of data and then turn it into actionable insights.” Following is their guest post.  There’s...

Mobile Marketing for B-to-B: Change in the Air(waves).

There is a revolution starting in the world of mobile marketing and it isn’t just for B2C – it is for everyone, including B2B. According to a recent article in Mobile Marketer, B-to-B mobile marketing will go from 26m in 2009 to 106m in 2014 according to Forrester Research.

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B-to-B Marketers: 5 “Must Haves” Before Starting Social Media

Unless you live under a rock, everyone knows about social media at least in broad terms. Social media holds a tremendous amount of potential for businesses looking to grow. Many companies, in an effort to get started, jump right in, and while that’s not the end of the world, I think if they really want social media to have a positive impact on their business, they should consider the following.

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Webinars: Tips on How to Promote Using E-mail

Webinars are a way to leverage the Internet and are becoming a more acceptable way of communicating to both existing as well as new customers. We use them to promote new products and services as well as present industry events and overviews. Many of our clients also use them for training.

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National Tradesmen Day

Where would we be without them? The unsung heroes of American Industry.

At Sonnhalter, we know tradesmen well. They are the customers of the clients we serve. They’re construction workers and maintenance professionals. Electricians and plumbers.

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Why Page One On Organic Searches Are So Important

We all want to come up on page one of Google, Yahoo, Bing and all the other search engines. There’s a good reason that we need to strive for that. According to a recent article in emarketer data from an icrossing study shows only a small amount of people go beyond the first page.

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How Much of Your B-to-B Marketing Budget is Going Towards Social Media?

Marketers across the board are realizing that social media is here to stay and those that have jumped in have found that they are making new friends. How does that translate though into spending out of your marketing budget? With budgets shrinking over the last 18 months, marketers have had to do more with less and find social as a viable option.

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LinkedIn: Great Tool to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

I’m an Evangelist when it comes to using LinkedIn as a networking tool in the B-to-B arena, and I try to get all my clients to see the benefit. I think LinkedIn is one of the most under-utilized tools in a B-toB marketers tool bag.

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Lead Generation: Focus of B-to-B Online Marketers

Online marketers usually focus on three key major objectives: Customer Retention, Brand Awareness and Lead Generation. Not surprising given the state of the economy, lead generation is getting more attention according to a recent study by AMR International.

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