Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Consequently, if someone searches for “Colorado River Whitewater Rafting&# on Google, they’ll likely find that version of the Western River blog, which contains only posts about “ Colorado River Whitewater Rafting “ The software automatically harvests and organizes topically similar posts for maximum search effectiveness.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You should spend considerable amount of time in planning your strategy for effective lead scoring. This is where marketing automation software can be a big help. White papers: Without a question, this continues to be the most effective content to build your in-house list. Not every action needs to be scored.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

However, you can do it too with some help. I don’t deny that effective SEO does take experience, expertise and time to produce results. Did you find this “how to” article helpful? Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. It seems the secrets of SEO are known only to a few high-priced consultants.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Creating effective marketing content requires a well-rounded skill set that includes researching, interviewing subject matter experts (SME), customers, and internal stakeholders, compiling all that information into cohesive content and a basic understanding of any existing content management system (CMS) to update your online content library.

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Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

Find him on Twitter & LinkedIn. Currently, among other initiatives, Pulizzi fundraises for the Orange Effect Foundation. Find him on Twitter & LinkedIn. He has created his own successful digital agency that focuses on providing honest feedback to clients while helping them enhance their own ROI.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. In other organizations, IT is more of a strategic partner, helping individual lines of business overcome challenges. Very helpful. As you know better than I, we are in the early innings of social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Allocating online marketing in a broader and deeper fashion across multiple programs not only helps you connect with more potential buyers throughout the buy cycle, it helps prevent a key mistake that some marketers make: relying only on the ‘last click’ to determine which marketing programs are effective in bringing buyers to your company.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective. Select only those that will help you optimize your nurturing campaigns and accurately gauge where the prospect is in their decision making process. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. email campaigns per week, up from 15.4

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Very helpful post, Jay. Very helpful post, Jay. We hear how twitter and the other SM tools will help to get you on top, blah, blah but that only happens so few times. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Those punch lines and stereotypes may be amusing but they won’t really help you come up with an effective site redesign. It shouldn’t be an afterthought because retrofitting SEO after the redesign is typically not very effective and usually costs more. One-size-fits-all site content will not help you engage.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers. Thanks for the post.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

Testimonials are a huge part of the infomercial world, as they are for effective social media. Please help me think about it more. So in my opinion it is more the live experience which will help to sell and share. Go onto Twitter and bitch about Dish Network. Next, go onto Twitter and bitch about AT&T.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group. In addition, companies that reported using more sophisticated measures of ROI reported that their marketing efforts were highly effective and efficient at engaging than those not using financial metrics.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Twitter is even narrower at 36% – 46%. Whether you’re spending millions per year on marketing, or less than $50,000, your proclivity toward being active on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube is strikingly similar. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The reasons I believe lie in two critical areas: 1) setting proper expectations, and 2) prompt and effective lead follow up. Prompt, efficient, and effective follow-up to these leads is therefore paramount. It helps remind the prospect that he/she downloaded the content, and makes him/her more receptive to a follow-up call.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Twitter is Ubiquitous Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

A sorry WOULD help but at this point, BP is way too ahead in terms of bad PR for it to make any difference. Their transparency on the effects side less so, based on new photos today of oil-soaked birds, etc. We may be the least vindictive, grudge-holding society ever. And they can’t get just two little words right. Great analogy.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

Building a network of supporters over time that aligns with a company’s values and actions only help protect a company in times of trouble. Showcase the strides that the company has made for the cause, whether this means funds donated, awareness raised, consumers reached, beneficiaries helped, communities improved, etc. Don’t be Shy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on September 27, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Industrial Websites , Sales Strategies , Social Media Marketing Remember the very first music video ever played on MTV? 6 comments… read them below or add one } RogerW September 28, 2010 at 11:16 am Your Post is right on the money.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Now, you can track number of “likes&# and daily interactions on your Facebook page, in the same place you can track RSS feeds, Twitter followers, and all the other awesome data points Swix provides. Sounds like it could really help businesses out in the social media realm. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O. Comment away!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

When I discuss this concept with companies, however, too often I hear something in the realm of “we don’t know what to provide our customers that would be helpful.&# Diagnosing your potential helpfulness doesn’t have to have the complexity of drilling a relief well, learning the triangle offense, or even Mahjong.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy. I don’t believe Twitter and Facebook will always dominate. These services are in many ways would Twitter was originally, with another layer of loyalty and rewards built in. Stelzner on Vimeo.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. But, facebook.com/mntimberwolves appears to be available, and their Twitter handle is @mntimberwolves.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Twitter Lists How your company or product are referred to in consumer-created Twitter lists can yield important taxonomy insights. Go to your Twitter account, and click on “listed&# next to your followers count, and see how the lists that include your Twitter account are named. What shows up in these search results?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

I can help with the website [link] Rich Barker RT @ScottHepburn: RT @LisaHoffmann @jaybaer: [link]. This is a very helpful post — I am passing along to my leadership team. This is a very helpful post — I am passing along to my leadership team. I'm glad you found the post helpful. Thank you!

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

million followers on Twitter? Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

Somehow, thousands of B2B companies seem to have come to the conclusion that because they aren’t being mentioned 65 times per hour on Twitter, that social media doesn’t matter to them, or their customers. The impacts and effects of social media are too broad for that. Social Media?

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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. If they are social media savvy, you can follow up via Twitter direct message. It’s in our DNA. You just need to know where to find it. Customer service?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Just 2 Letters The difference between “selling” and “helping” is only two letters, but the gap is in reality, much larger. The best – and most effective – social media programs aren’t based on promotions and message distribution. They aren’t trying to sell you more insurance – at least not at that point – they are being helpful.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Social is an Ingredient, not an Entree Help clients find ways to add social components to existing marketing (print, outdoor, broadcast, direct mail, email, search, live events) – rather than viewing social media as a freestanding silo. Think Different Here’s 6 ways to differentiate agency social media services: 1.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

His ramblings can be found at www.membershipjedi.com This post is a compilation of ideas born out of Jay’s post “ Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success ” in which he succinctly describes one of the biggest obstacles facing organization’s pursuit of social media effectiveness – corporate culture. These are your follower number.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Add Context to Your Blog Sure, you’ll give first-time visitors an idea of what the blog is about via the title or tagline, but how else can you help them go deeper? If you can successfully answer their question, perhaps something like “how do I maximize my blog’s effectiveness?&# 5 ways to fix it. Thank you very much.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

While it pre-dates the Internet (and commercial air travel, ATMs, competitive eating, Red Bull and a lot of other stuff we take for granted), its core premise serves as the foundation for social media effectiveness. He supports my ideas and often tosses out new ones to give me another perspective and help me grow.

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