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Report:How B2B Marketers Use Social Now

Emerging Trends In B2B Social Marketing For 2013

Our data shows that social channels are key to the decision processes of your business-to-business (B2B) customers and prospects, so to avoid falling behind or missing emerging trends, you should...

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For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Report:Best Practices In Digital Money Management

Processes: The Digital Money Management Playbook

The critical question for eBusiness and channel strategy professionals who have launched, or are about to launch, digital money management is how to drive customer adoption and use. To help,...

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Report:Forrester Research Mobile Advertising Forecast, 2013 To 2018 (US)

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Spending by companies on mobile and tablet marketing segmented by display, search, and social. Includes data on mobile Internet users and spending by company size as well as mobile video...

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Report:Western European Social Media Marketing Forecast, 2012 To 2017

Growth Slows But Remains Strong Despite Legislative Uncertainty

Social media marketing spending in the European Union (EU) will rise over the next five years, boosted by increasing numbers of addressable devices; consumers' willingness to use them; continued...

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Report:B2B Groundswell Awards For Communities

Learn From The Winners About Best Practices To Emulate

Outstanding business-to-business (B2B) community and social marketers took a variety of approaches to community marketing in Forrester's 2012 B2B Groundswell Awards, and each of them has demonstrated...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Social Relationship Platforms, Q2 2013

The Eight Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

In Forrester's 49-criteria evaluation of social relationship platform (SRP) vendors, we identified the eight most significant vendors — Adobe, Hearsay Social, salesforce.com's Buddy Media,...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:How To Exploit The Database Of Affinity

And Why Google, Not Facebook, Will Dominate Affinity Marketing

Every day, huge numbers of people tell us what they like by voting for things, talking about things, reviewing things, and engaging in other online social interactions. All these behaviors add up to...

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Report:Forrester Research Social Media Forecast, 2013 To 2018 (US)

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Online social media spending by companies, segmented by spending on integrated campaigns, agency fees, display ads on social networks, and technology spending. Includes social spending directed...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Winning Social Media Marketing In China

Identify The Right Social Platform To Reach Your Audience And Achieve Your Objectives

Most marketers realize the importance of going social to reach hypersocial Chinese consumers — but China's highly fragmented social media landscape makes it challenging to select the right...

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Report:Forrester Research Social Media Forecast, 2012 To 2017 (Western Europe)

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Online social media users, user penetration, and social media advertising spending for 17 Western European countries. Includes historical data back to 2008 plus a five-year forecast.

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Report:The Four Social Marketing Tools You Need

Tools And Technology: The Social Marketing Playbook

Marketers spend billions of dollars on social media every year, and they're increasingly turning to technology vendors to support their social programs. But for many marketers, the social technology...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:The SMART Tech Selection Guide For Community Marketers

Tools And Technology: The B2B Online Community Playbook

Many IT managers tell us that marketers seem quick to jump to technology selection without first articulating the business reason for or the organizational impact of those choices. On the other hand,...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:The ROI Of "Owner" Communities

A Tool To Help You Uncover The Economic Value Of Your Community

Two of the most common questions we receive from B2B marketers are "How do I know if it's worth having a community?" and "How can I prove to my executives that my community is worth their...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Role Profile: B2B Online Community Manager

This report is designed to give B2B marketing professionals an introduction to the online community manager role as well as an overview of the general challenges facing an individual in this...

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Report:Forrester Research Social Media Forecast, 2012 To 2017 (US)

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Online social media spending by companies, segmented by spending on integrated campaigns, agency fees, display ads on social networks, and technology spending. Agency fees spending is broken out by...

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Report:Forrester Research Interactive Marketing Forecast By Industry, 2012 To 2017 (US)

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Company spending on interactive marketing spending segmented by industries. Each industry's spending is further broken into the various components of interactive marketing: display, paid search, SEO,...

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Report:Win The Social Marketing Measurement Game

Performance Management: The Social Marketing Playbook

You've no doubt heard the question: "How do we know that social marketing drives sales?" But just as not all TV spots or billboards are intended to drive direct response, not every social marketing...

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Report:2013 Planning Brief: Listen To Customers, Engage With Influencers

How To Build A B2B Influencer Engagement Initiative

As you plan your 2013 social marketing initiatives, one area for you to focus on is influencer identification and engagement. B2B social marketers have begun to move beyond reactive responses to...

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Report:"Owner" And "Sponsor" B2B Community Success Metrics

Benchmarks: The B2B Online Community Playbook

As a B2B social marketer in charge of either owner or sponsor strategy communities, meaning communities that you operate — and fund — on your domain, you need to be able to set...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:Organizing For Community Success

Organization: The B2B Online Community Playbook

For B2B marketers, when it comes to planning, designing, and implementing a successful online community, the rubber meets the road at organizational effectiveness. In order to sustain a healthy...

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Report:The Essential Steps To Community Success

Road Map: The B2B Online Community Playbook

In this report, we provide you with a comprehensive road map to guide you through each essential step to build a strategy to revive your current online community or to launch a new one. Follow this...

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Report:Spotlight On Award-Winning Communities

Processes: The B2B Online Community Playbook

This report showcases the exemplary community processes into practice by Forrester's 2011 Groundswell Award winners and finalists. These community leaders did not achieve success by luck, rather they...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:Content Management Process And Organization Capabilities Assessment

B2B marketers realize that delivering an effective content marketing strategy is now a critical differentiation imperative as they align with the customer life cycle. Review the criteria and answer...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:European Tech Buyers Continue To Consume Digital Content Socially

The 2012 B2B Social Technographics® Of European Buyers

Technology buying is a highly considered, collaborative process, and one ideally suited for social interactions. To see how emerging digital media affects the process, Forrester surveys technology...

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For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Report:The Purchase Path Of Online Buyers In 2012

In 2011, Forrester partnered with GSI Commerce and its digital agency True Action to evaluate how shoppers touched various marketing touchpoints, such as paid search and email, prior to completing a...

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