Tag Archives: B2B

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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Kaon Introduces Touch-Free Gesture Based v-Wave for Next Generation of B2B 3D Product Demonstrations

KAON INTRODUCES TOUCH FREE, GESTURE BASED V-WAVE™ FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF B2B PRODUCT 3D DEMONSTRATIONS  B2B Marketers Use Natural User Interface Technology to Captivate Prospects While Delivering Crucial Product Differentiation Messaging Las Vegas, NV – March 18, 2013 – EXHIBITOR 2013 … Continue reading

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Kaon Strengthens Management Team with New Executives

KAON INTERACTIVE STRENGTHENS MANAGEMENT TEAM New Executives Join To Accelerate Rapid Company Growth & Product Development in 3D Interactive Product Storytelling for B2B Sales & Marketing MAYNARD, MA – March 20, 2013 – Kaon Interactive, the leading provider of interactive … 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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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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Kaon Enhances 3D Product Marketing Applications

B2B Product Marketers Can Now Give Better Visual Product Demonstrations On Mobile Devices, at Trade Shows or for Sales Demos Kaon Interactive, the leading provider of 3D interactive product marketing applications, announced today new enhancements to its Kaon 3D Product Models … Continue reading

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B2B Marketing Budgets Up 6.8% in 2012

Marketers have long been challenged to ‘do more with less’, but 2012 is bringing good news for marketers and their budgets: Forrester Research reports that B2B marketing budgets are increasing by 6.8% on average. High tech companies are leading this … Continue reading

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Mobile Marketing Myths

Josh Clark, the founder of design consulting firm Global Moxie, recently shared his “Seven Deadly Mobile Myths” with MobiHealthNews.com, debunking commonly held opinions about the melding of business and mobility. While he was discussing mobility within the healthcare field, the … Continue reading

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Positioning and Differentiation – Why Consistency Matters

What is “positioning”? We often use that term when discussing our marketing or sales message, particularly in connection with a discussion about competition. Some marketers try to “position” their brand, their company, or their products. But really, positioning is the distinctive … Continue reading

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Marketing a Technical Product to Non-Technical People

I’m part of the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn and recently a question was posed about the best way to ‘market a technical product to non-technical people?’ Many ideas were discussed, including: Interactive demonstrations Hiring a technical writer (so … Continue reading

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iPads Impact on Sales and Marketing

There’s no doubt about it, the iPad is here to stay. According to its Wikipedia site, since its launch in April 2010, and through the end of 2011, Apple had sold more than 15 million units, representing more than 80% … Continue reading

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The Highs and Lows of Event Marketing

In a recent survey by Marketing Sherpa, large B2B companies invested about 33% (one-third) of their entire marketing budget on trade shows in 2011. Ironically, virtual events ranked on the other end of the spectrum, coming in at a mere … Continue reading

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B2B Marketers Share What Makes a Lead Qualified

MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers to share what information is required in their organizations before leads are passed to sales. It was stated in this article that of the 935 people surveyed, less than half verified that a lead actually … Continue reading

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B2B Social Media Marketing Works

I’m old enough to remember when marketers were asking whether “online” marketing would work for B2B companies. Of course, we now don’t even question that this medium works for both B2B and B2C. We are now hearing the same questions … Continue reading

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