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Strategic Guy: Three Phases of Social Media Maturation

Online Marketing Institute

Regardless of the reason, the social media champion correctly concludes that how companies position, brand, promote and identify leads has shifted. Is there an appropriate way to cross this last mile to identify members of our engaged community as sales leads, potential partners or new hires? Image created by Ryan Schradin.)

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B2B Marketplaces: A New Breed Takes On an Old Problem

Webbiquity

Since the early days of the Internet, b2b purchasing has seemed like an area ripe for the efficiency and transparency improvements the web could bring. The theory has been that b2b buying processes are labor-intensive and inefficient, with heavy reliance on phone calls, emails and even face to face meetings. technologies.