9:00am |
General Session
INTEL: LEADERSHIP IN INTEGRATED MARKETING Integrated marketing continues to rank as a top concern among client-side marketers, according to ANA research. There has been an “explosion of choice” of communication options and agency types, which has complicated the lives and practices of marketers, creating massive challenges for effective integration. Intel is one of the companies getting integrated marketing right. Nancy Bhagat was hired at Intel to create and manage the Integrated Marketing Group, which pioneered a new open source agency model and drove various digital innovations, and will share key learning and best practices behind the success of Intel’s integrated marketing programs.
Nancy Bhagat Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group Director, Global Marketing Strategy and Campaigns Intel Corporation
Q&A Session John Obrecht Editor BtoB magazine and BtoB's Media Business XILINX: LEADERSHIP IN UNDESTANDING EMPLOYEE IMPACT ON THE BRAND Embarking on a brand refresh project can be challenging on many fronts, especially when updating a technology brand with a twenty-five year history. To be successful, a brand needs to be kept current while remaining true to the culture and values of the company. Xilinx, a small/midsize technology company, was able to successfully work through this challenge in its brand refresh initiative despite limited resources and a severe economic climate (a recession!). Xilinx understood the tremendous impact its employees had on its brand and why realigning employees to a revised set of expectations was critical. Xilinx called this “branding from the inside out.”
Kyra Whitten Senior Director, Worldwide Communications Xilinx, Inc.
Rachel Watkins Director, Employee Communications Xilinx, Inc.
CISCO: LEADERSHIP IN NEW STRUCTURES FOR B2B GLOBAL MARKETING Most companies grow their marketing functions organically from business units out or from countries in, but there comes a time when the entire model needs to be reinvented. New channels of marketing have changed how and where marketing is done along with the scale and speed that audiences are reached. Marketing must engage with customers and partners at multiple touch points, make it easier to execute at corporate and in the field by bringing the right services and execution support to where they are needed, and clearly define roles and responsibilities from program development through to field execution. This session will explore new structures for global marketing in B2B companies and the disciplines required to support them. It will provide guidance about where resources should reside, what processes can best enable success, and how to implement associated change management practices.
Peter Alexander Vice President, Worldwide Field Marketing Cisco Systems, Inc.
B2B SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DYNAMICS OF PEER INFLUENCE For B2B marketers seeking the reach offered by traditional advertising, social media is a challenge. Per Forrester Research work, people in the U.S. generate more than 500 billion online impressions on each other regarding products and services — more than one-fourth the number of total online advertising impressions. Further, 16 percent of the online consumers generate 80 percent of those impressions. This data comes from Forrester’s Peer Influence Analysis, a model that helps marketers quantify reach and connect efficiently with the mass influencers for their products and services. Based on this analysis, B2B marketers can develop programs that draw in, engage, and unleash the power of customer influence in social applications, reaching buyers at all stages of the long B2B purchase cycle. This presentation will describe the four-step IDEA process to tap into B2B customers: identify mass influencers, deliver social customer service, empower customer with mobile information, and amplify fan activity.
Josh Bernoff Senior Vice President, Idea Development Forrester Research Coauthor of Groundswell, on how to turn the force of customers connecting to your own advantage.
Q&A Session John Obrecht Editor BtoB magazine and BtoB's Media Business
B2B MARKETING LEADERSHIP STUDY Findings will be debuted from a new “B2B Marketing Leadership Study,” whose objective is to determine what sets B2B marketing leaders apart across industry sectors.
Matthew Egol Partner Booz & Company
Bill Stabile Senior Director, Brand & Marketing Communications Siemens Corporation Chair, ANA Business-to-Business Marketing Committee |