Fri.Oct 14, 2011

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How to Get the Best from Inbound Marketing?

Tomorrow People

The key to successful inbound marketing strategy is to apply a methodology consistently. Keep the following issues in mind to ensure that you apply inbound marketing effectively to your business: Every new lead starts with listening. Your potential customers have a great deal to tell you. Are you listening out - or missing out on vital insight that could help grow your customer-base and your business?

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What I Learned From Steve Jobs

ViewPoint

Visionary, entrepreneur and leader, Guy Kawasaki is Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures , a founder of Alltop , and the author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. As a member of the early Apple Macintosh team, an Apple evangelist and an Apple Fellow, Guy worked closely with Steve Jobs and is uniquely qualified to share these business lessons learned from him.

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Does integrity make you a social media loser?

Chris Koch

In three plus years of tweeting, I’ve picked up what I perceive to be the general etiquette for engaging on Twitter. I’ve also done research asking B2B marketers how they engage and how they educate their employees and SMEs to engage. I’ve rolled all that up into an approach that I doubt constantly. I don’t seem to be alone. Lots of people seem to be having Twitter identity crises these days.

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Takeaways from BtoB's NetMarketing Breakfast in Boston

ViewPoint

It's great to be home after a very productive trip to the Northeast. PointClear sponsored the October 11, 2011 breakfast featuring speakers from Intertek Group, Deltek, Hitachi Data Systems and OppenheimerFunds, Inc. The Westin in Waltham did a great job and the setting was conducive to a lively event. Here are just a few notes I jotted down during the event: By the end of 2012, at least 25% of the content on websites will be video.

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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How Buyer Perceived Risks (BPR) Affects Buyer Behavior and Purchase Decisions

Tony Zambito

Image by IceSabre via Flickr The notion that perceived risks influences purchasing behavior has been around for quite some time.

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B2B Marketing: Content Mills… …really?!

B2B Marketing Traction

OK! I get that the blog abandonment rate is 95%! It’s haaarrrd to think of messages to Tweet! …And that you need content to improve search engine performance and attract visitors to your website. But what happens when those visitors actually read the content on your site? Definition of Mill. mill /mil/- (noun) one that produces or processes people. or things mechanically or in large numbers.

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Does integrity make you a social media loser?

Chris Koch

In three plus years of tweeting, I’ve picked up what I perceive to be the general etiquette for engaging on Twitter. I’ve also done research asking B2B marketers how they engage and how they educate their employees and SMEs to engage. I’ve rolled all that up into an approach that I doubt constantly. I don’t seem to be alone. Lots of people seem to be having Twitter identity crises these days.

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What You Ought to Know About Inbound Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

Confused about Inbound Marketing? Never heard of it? View this hilarious and entertaining video from HubSpot and it will tell you everything you ought to know about inbound marketing. Click here to view the embedded video. In the past I’ve written about manufacturers such as Indium Corporation and Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. and their success stories of inbound marketing with content.

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Selling Power TV with Bill Binch

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Rick Siegfried Recently our Senior Vice President of Sales, Bill Binch, was interviewed by Gerhard Gschwandtner, Publisher of Selling Power, on Selling Power TV. Below you can check out all 3 clips, which encircle all that is B2B sales success. Sales Success with the Changing B2B Buyer. In this first clip, Bill reviews why it is important to know who your buyer is.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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Take the guess work out of B2B guest blogging

MLT Creative

One of the best ways to add more voice and variety to your B2B blog is to open it up to guests bloggers. Your blog may start out with one individual responsible for all of its original content. If that’s showing positive results and attracting engagement from your marketplace, you’re doing a great job. But you can do better. I suggest acting like a journalist and seek out more content from others within your company.

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4 Tips for Truly Memorable Product Announcements

Hubspot

Who doesn't like a good product announcement? Done well, announcements add color to an otherwise static month. They give us something to look forward to, and something to gossip about. They can also catapult a company to a larger stage. Here are a few ideas for planning out your next product launch or other company announcements. Draw Out the Suspense.

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5 Creative Ways to Recycle Content

Hubspot

During a time when being eco-friendly and "going green" is the concern of many, how can marketers make sure they're also doing their part? Easy! R-E-C-Y-C-L-E. Recycle content , that is. Okay, so you won't exactly be saving any trees or anything (unless you quit it with all that direct mail you're doing, which we recommend anyway), but you'll still be making your marketing more efficient.

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Top 5 Tips for Creating Effective Forms

Hubspot

This blog article is an excerpt from our newest ebook, 25 Website Must-Haves for Driving Traffic, Leads & Sales. You can grab your free copy of the full ebook here. Forms are the key to a landing page. Without them, there is nothing for the visitor to do on that page. Forms come in handy when it's time for people to sign up for a free trial, subscribe to your updates, or download an offer.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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3 Ways to Get the Most Out of Inbound Press Releases

Hubspot

Press releases were originally designed as a tool to generate media coverage and attention. Now, in the days of inbound marketing , press releases have a totally different purpose. Press releases should be viewed as news updates directed at your potential and current customers instead of just the broad media. These types of news releases can keep your prospects engaged while also working as a powerful SEO tool for your business.

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How to Create a Custom Twitter Background [With Video!]

Hubspot

Face it -- a company Twitter profile is incomplete without a custom Twitter background. Users who stumble across your profile will expect to see some basic branding such as company name, logo, and URLs to lead them to other useful information. Chances are, you have access to some design software somewhere in the office, and trust me, you don’t need a creative team to execute this simple task.

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