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by Jeremy Rueb, VP Program Development IDG Strategic Marketing Services

Names are powerful entities. Whether we are talking about people (Windsor, Beckham, Obama), places (White House, Geneva, North Pole), or things (dog, gun, internet), names conjure up powerful images in our minds. Sometimes names generate extremely positive or negative responses–Mother Theresa vs Joseph Stalin. Sometimes our response to a name differs depending on our point of view—Barrack Obama, Andy Warhol, Silvio Berlusconi. Even in our technology corner of the universe, most of us have deep emotive and cognitive ties to names like Google, Microsoft, IDG. But why does this matter to us as media and marketing professionals?

by Ekapat Chareonlarp - Vice President, IDG TechNetwork

Traditional media has been disrupted. Advertisers are faced with more options than ever to connect with their desirable audiences. Still the vast majority of online advertising spend is focused on large websites with the largest pool of audiences like Yahoo! or Facebook, along with premium publishers such as The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

by Matthew Yorke - President, IDG Global Solutions

Put aside all the fear regarding euro zone financial crisis, Greek defaults or on the other end of the hyperbole scale the frenzied excitement at any leak of facebook or twitter growth rates and valuations. Somewhere in the middle of the two extremes is a trend that has been well reported, sometimes with over enthusiastic excitement and sometimes with curmudgeons sense of cynicism….the long awaited delivery of the mobile promised land!

Search Engine Watch

Which social network is the best for B2B marketing? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and YouTube each offer B2B marketers value. Let’s review these top sites from a B2B social marketing perspective so we can crown an undisputed champion.