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Silicon Valley Thought Leaders Discuss Social Media Best Practices at Forrester Event

Kim Celestre, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research moderated an energetic panel of Silicon Valley thought leaders who discussed "The Top 5 Social Media Trends You Should Care About". Panelists discussed: 5 key trends that are relevant to tech marketers.

  1. Connecting social traffic to lead generation needs to be a key evolution in b2b marketing. #fsp12
  2. there is a big divide between what social marketers are doing and what social media users want from brands says @LostInTheFlog #FSP12
  3. infographics, infographics, infographics... so far both @JeanetteG and @LostInTheFlog agree on their many strengths & wide usability #FSP12
  4. .@Serena_Software does 6-7 figure deals in integrated software with long sales timeline - hard to say exact impact of video campaign #FSP12
  5. Who are those couple hundred B2B evangelists in your space, delivering great engaging content already. Focus on them, not detractors #FSP12
  6. Focus on pushing content toward key evangelists, not paid bloggers who will already have an opinion of your product. #FSP12
  7. Conversation around Cisco's The Internet of Things campaign, thought leadership, driving leads through social. #FSP12
  8. infographics only part of the bigger discussion: content is key. proud @HearsaySocial is leading the way there: bit.ly/MbGRk2 #FSP12
  9. RT @leimer: Focus on pushing content toward key evangelists, not paid bloggers who will already have an opinion of your product. #FSP12
  10. Don't push sales on your core audience, build business value from helping them amplify your brand message. Track to lead gen. #FSP12
  11. Cisco talking about worldwide social media ambassador program...over 450 employees adding subject expert content and conversation. #FSP12
  12. RT @leimer: Interesting conversation around sharing Forrester content in social channels and the fine line of freemium #FSP12 #temkinquestionlooms
  13. RT @ronnykerr: B2B is now B2P (business-to-people) and use your people to have an authentic voice says @JeanetteG #FSP12 #socialmarketing
  14. The new mantra B2P (business to people). It's all about people. Love the approach via @JeanetteG #FSP12

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