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Marketing Watchdog Journal
 

August 2009, Issue 66




A message from Rob Solomon, CEO of Bulldog Solutions
New benchmark data: How do you compare?
Want to see how your peers are addressing strategic planning, content development, database strength and the challenges of implementing marketing automation? And see how you compare to those who are doing it well?

Register for the BtoB Online Webinar, New Benchmark Data on Effective Demand Generation: How Do You Compare? An expert panel from Bulldog Solutions, Frost & Sullivan and Eloqua will look at new research showing how BtoB marketers like you are finding and nurturing high-quality leads and accelerating their sales pipelines. You can also get a sneak peek at some of the research in our BullData feature.

In This Issue

Bulldog Content Network
Jim McKinley  
Featured Article

5% of All Internet Activity Is Spent on Search Engines. What About the Other 95%?
While pay-per-click search ads can be effective, research shows that only 5% of all Internet activity is spent on search engines. What about the other elusive 95%? Here are five tips on how to use Google and Yahoo content networks to generate qualified sales leads.
> Read more
By Jim McKinley, Founding Partner of 360Partners



Bulldog Content Network
Larry Bills  
Social Media

BtoB Blog Boot Camp: Building a Stickier Site
Hoover's recently redesigned and re-launched Bizmology, a leading-edge BtoB blog dedicated to superior content and user-friendly design. Based on that boot-camp-like experience, here are some insights into what goes into the care and feeding of a successful BtoB blog.
> Read more
By Larry Bills, Senior Editor, Hoover's, Inc. Read the Bizmology blog at www.bizmology.com.



Brian Maschler  
Behind the ScenesLead-Generation Best Practices

Behind the Scenes: A Multimedia Gallery with Substance and Flash
How do you transform a collection of loose URLs into a portfolio worthy of the content in it? Here's a look behind the scenes of the design and development process behind our new Multimedia Gallery.
> Read more
By Brian Maschler, Senior Creative Developer, Bulldog Solutions



Online Marketing Connect Lead-Generation Best Practices

Give a New Hat to a Co-worker (and Other Tips for Responding to an Evolving Marketing Landscape)
In this Q&A from the July 22 Online Marketing Connect Webinar, Ahmed Taleb of Bulldog Solutions and Michael Rapp of Fujitsu Network Communications answered questions about how to target audiences and implement best practices in the midst of a rapidly evolving marketing environment.
> Read more
Q&A from Case Study: How Strategic Planning Helped One Company Refine Their Message and Target the Right Audience, with Ahmed Taleb, Senior Director of Strategic Planning, Bulldog Solutions; and Michael Rapp, Manager of eMedia for Fujitsu Network Communications

Must-Read Industry Articles

Social Media: The Pathway Toward Gaining Competitive Intelligence
Do smart BtoB marketers use every available source of information to learn about developments in their competitive spaces? Not necessarily, according to a recent Hoover's poll gauging our audience's use of social media for gathering competitive intelligence.
By Tim Walker, Social Media Manager, Hoover's Inc., in BtoB Online

A Corporate Blogging Primer
When used correctly, blogs can be an excellent tool for engaging prospects and customers—especially in today's environment, when the companies we deal with are more machine than human.
By Jim Gilbert, eMarketingandCommerce.com

Simple but Powerful E-Mail Tips You Might Have Forgotten
Here's a refresher course on the top 12 simple things e-mail marketers can do to increase our success.
By Jeanniey Mullen, ClickZ


Bulldog Blog

  • How Facebook Can Get You Fired
    August 20, 2009 -- Amy Bills
    Buzz Marketing Blogger Paul Dunay (and sometime Bulldog Content Network contributor) has some sage and funny insight into ways Facebook can get you in trouble.
  • Message Testing Wisdom from Behind the Scenes
    August 18, 2009 -- Amy Bills
    Tom Pearson, Bulldog senior marcom specialist, republished in a recent Marketing Mirrors edition of the Business Marketing Association of Colorado's newsletter.
  • Powerhouse Marketing Panel to Speak on New Benchmark Data
    August 17, 2009 -- Amy Bills
    Which is more disturbing: That only 28% of BtoB marketers in a recent survey say they're generating enough demand to satisfy their sales team...



  • Marketing Watchdog Journal is a monthly newsletter from Bulldog Solutions, a lead optimization and lead management company dedicated to helping our clients generate more, better leads and turn them into revenue. We welcome your feedback on this newsletter's content and design, and encourage you to share your ideas for topics you would like us to cover in future issues. Please send your comments or questions about Bulldog Solutions to Amy Bills, Director of Field Marketing.
     
     
     

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