Category Archives: Marketing Guru

Marketing wisdom from Kaon Marketing Director Dana Drissel

Kaon Interactive Awarded Communicator Award By International Academy Of The Visual Arts For Mobile Product Marketing App

MAYNARD, MA – May 20, 2013 – Kaon Interactive, the leading provider of interactive 3D product marketing applications, today announced that the company has won an Award of Distinction in the 2013 Communicator Awards competition judged by the International Academy … Continue reading

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The Agency Post:Your Marketing Budget is Cut. Now What? 3 Ways to Do More With Less

It’s become the new normal in business: do more with less. And for B2B marketers, it is more than a catch phrase — it is reality. Recent surveys of large corporate marketing departments yield the following common challenges: – Imperatives … Continue reading

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iMediaConnection: How to Lower Costs by Repurposing Content

How to Lower Costs by Repurposing Content A recent CMO Council report called “Closing the Gap” found that sales teams spend approximately 40 percent of their time preparing customer-facing deliverables, while leveraging less than 50 percent of the materials created … Continue reading

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Should Sales Training Be the Responsibility of Marketing?

Did you know that the average sales call lasts approximately 1.5 minutes? And a first impression is formed in the first 7 seconds? Average Talk Time/Call = 1.5 minutes. Average Cold Call Prep Time = 3 minutes. Average First Impression = 7 … Continue reading

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Chief Marketer: Top 4 B2B Digital Content Strategies for 2013

Today’s B2B customers are driving the sales process and expect a more hands-on interactive experience. As a result, companies are looking for new ways to captivate and engage their customers to shorten the sales cycle and drive revenue. Here are … Continue reading

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4 Tips for Creating A Killer Product Presentation for Your Sales Team

According to a recent survey by the CMO Council, sales thinks presentations created by marketing are less than useful, with salespeople spending approximately 40% of their time preparing customer-facing deliverables while leveraging less than 50% of the materials created by marketing. … Continue reading

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Taking 3D from the Silver Screen to B2B Product Marketing

Following the success of Avatar, James Cameron became the poster child for modern 3D in Hollywood – setting the gold standard for how filmmakers could approach the format artistically (i.e., subtle depth as opposed to gimmicky pop-out effects). As a … Continue reading

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Ground Rules for Content Marketing Done Right

MarketingProfs’ head guru, Ann Handley, recently released 10 Ground Rules for Content Marketers, a post of blogging and marketing tips for players in the content marketing scene that I’d be remiss to not share—taking Ann’s tips to heart of course! … Continue reading

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Kaon First to Bring 3D Product Models to Google Nexus 7 Android Tablet for B2B Marketing

Offers On-The-Go Interactive, Photo-Realistic Demonstrations for Large and Complex Products  Kaon Interactive, the leading provider of 3D interactive product marketing applications, today announced the first fully interactive, real time 3D product demonstrations available on Google’s new Nexus 7 Tablet, via … Continue reading

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The World has Changed. B2B Marketers Need to Adapt.

When asked what innovations in marketing most B2B marketers are adopting, more often than not, “social marketing” initiatives top their lists. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media offer a variety of ways to message to their target audiences. That’s great, … Continue reading

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What’s in the Box? Differentiating Your Telecom Products from Your Competition.

Marketers in the telecom and networking hardware industry have struggled for years to differentiate their products, while salespeople have struggled to clearly decipher what product within their portfolio is best suited for their customers’ needs. “At first glance, the physical … Continue reading

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How iPads Revolutionize Medical Device Marketing

How iPads Revolutionize Medical Device Marketing Have you ever tried to present a complex medical device at a moment’s notice? If so, you’ll know how difficult it is to communicate complex product differentiators, workflow and processes without a visual aid. … Continue reading

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Top 3 Reasons Marketers Are Scared of Change?

Sticking to the status quo is no way to live life and it is definitely not an acceptable way to approach your B2B marketing initiatives. So why are marketing departments producing the same old static brochures and repetitive video loops … Continue reading

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3 Things that will Impress Your CMO

Have you ever tried to impress your CMO with REAL thought leadership? If so, you’ll know that it is difficult because it takes real courage to step out of the box and present new ideas that will change the direction … Continue reading

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What is “Interactive Marketing”?

Interactive marketing has emerged as one of the hottest marketing trends in 2012, with Forrester Research predicting that marketers across all industries will spend nearly $77 billion, roughly 26% of all advertising dollars, on interactive marketing by 2016. B2B interactive marketing … Continue reading

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