BBNmixtape

In this podcast, we'll be gathering some pre-event insights from B2B Marketing's Editor-in-Chief, Joel Harrison, who will be hosting their Ignite USA event in the bustling city of Chicago, where industry experts and thought leaders will gather in May to share their knowledge, expertise and innovativeness in B2B marketing.
Listen to our fun bonus tips at the end of the podcast for the best places to visit in Chicago while you attend the event!

Once upon a time, the brand ruled. Now, obsessed with performance marketing, B2B appears to have consigned brand marketing to the backseat. Is this wise? Richard Parsons, Founder and Managing Director of True, helps unearth the ramifications of such “sole-priority” approaches and nudges us towards restoring brand to its rightful status in the marketing pantheon.

TM ONE, the enterprise arm of Malaysia's leading telco demonstrates how their brand and content strategies are helping to generate year-on-year growth in marketing-attributed revenue, along with uplifting their brand association as a trusted partner for digital transformation.

Being on social media is important, but you don’t have to be on every platform. Figure out where YOUR audience is. When someone Googles your business name, your organic social media presence will appear on the first page, so organic social media is important for your brand.

In this episode, Josh McGee from BBN partner TricomB2B answers questions like what platform should B2B marketers put the most time and effort into? What platforms pose a challenge to B2B marketers? And why is it important to engage employees on your business's social media platforms?

In this episode of BBN Mixtape, Ed Davis speaks to three BBN Partners based out of Central and Eastern Europe: Pavel Marek of Marco based out of the Czech Republic, Attila Rasko of ContentPlus, which is located in Hungary and Andrei Stoica, who is the namesake of Stoica and operate out of Romania.

These group of Partners recently partnered together along with a fourth organization, eMarketing Stars, to survey nearly 40 corporate marketing leaders in the region about what is working, best channels / tactics as well as strategies and overall market trends for the Central and Eastern European region. It is a great piece of work and you’ll be able to find a copy of it here.