Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Get Customers. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. She empowers her clients to create customer-centric nurturing programs that leverage strategic story development to engage prospects until they are sales ready. Website/Blog traffic and customer engagement are two important ROI measurements. Get Customers.

ROI 100

ROI B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 100

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. They’ve only been around approximately 8 weeks, and they already have thousands of customers. Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time?

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

Yes, your prospective customers are confused and uncertain. During my 15 years of Web site strategy and usability work (before I got all social media on you) I very much tried to live by the two-click rule (discover the most common questions customers have about your business, and answer them on your site within two clicks or fewer).

FAQ 137

FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 137

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). Should companies treat customers differently?

Paid Content 133

Paid Content CRM Paid Search Agency Social Media 133

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

There are at least a few points of entry to integrate your corporate website: 1) Extending your corporate websites to social networks, 2) Allowing for customers voices through reviews and ratings, 3) Aggregating the discussion back on your own website. Registration pages go away …much to the approval of consumers.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Enterprise Management Marketing Websites Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

world-wide shows that just 25% of respondents said their friends and peers are credible sources of information about companies – a decline of 20% since a similar analysis in 2008. Who better to help me buy a flat screen TV than the employee who sees 100 customers a week? A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.)

Social Media 119

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Paid Search Agency 119

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2010

Searchers Using Longer Queries in 2009 by Small Business Search Marketing. in 2009, while 4-word searches increased from 13.3% Customer Engagement Survey Shows Twitter is King of ROI by Marketing Pilgrim. in 2009 to 11.3% from 2006 to 2008. in 2008 versus 2007. Learn and enjoy! Matt McGee. of all searches.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Social Media Research Social Marketing 100

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

With FBML and a flurry of new easy-to-use Facebook tab customization providers like North Social (check them out, really great stuff), it’s now possible to include on your Facebook fan page much of the most engaging content and functionality that previously was the sole property of a freestanding website.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

With FBML and a flurry of new easy-to-use Facebook tab customization providers like North Social (check them out, really great stuff), it’s now possible to include on your Facebook fan page much of the most engaging content and functionality that previously was the sole property of a freestanding website.

Facebook 167

Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

30% of social media users access a social media site “several times a day,&# up from 18% in 2009. 85% view company blogs as “useful,&# while 71% said the same for Twitter (up from just 39% in 2009). Erik Qualman updates some statistics from 2009, showing how rapidly this landscape is changing. goes to Facebook.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Social Media Stats Paid Search Agency 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We are spending countless employee hours tweeting, retweeting, responding to tweets, figuring out whom to follow, secretly following celebs and athletes, and designing custom Twitter backgrounds. Nobody forced companies to get involved with their customers in this way. We just did it voluntarily. And for what? Interaction.

Twitter 145

Twitter CRM Business Paid Search Agency 145