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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree. Isn't social media about 2-way communication? That's what I mean when I say uni-directional social media.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We don’t need sCRM for social media anymore than we needed pCRM for phones, or eCRM for e-mail. That’s the old-school marketing to which I think you refer — and another article we need to write. Thanks for the insightful blog post. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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JULY 28, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Great article Jay! Great list, looks a lot like the discovery we do prior to content planning.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? link] [link] Neal Kielar RT @jaybaer: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America [link] [link] Carrie Shields RT @jaybaer: 87% of U.S.

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JUNE 3, 2010

What #BP Can Learn From the Umpire [link] [link] Steve App Absolutely brilliant article via Mr. Jay Baer RT @jaybaer: Truth, or Consequences? RT @sawaob12: brilliant article @jaybaer: Truth, or Consequences? Possibly a future blog post in that concept. link] jaybaer First time pettifoggery used on this blog. Look it up.

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JULY 6, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility (..)

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MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. However, even within the business (non cat) blogging arena, there are a wide variety of potential measures to gauge your momentum. Is anyone out there? What’s the Point?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities by Achinta Mitra on April 22, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies I read an eye-opening article by Andrew R. He has outlined what is wrong with the theory of mass marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? link] Christopher Smith Great article.

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Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 19, 2015

Simply posting to social platforms without a goal is so 2008 – in order to be successful now and in the future, outlining your social media marketing plan is key. This is particularly true for businesses that rely heavily on social media marketing. Where do I Start when Creating a Social Media Marketing Plan?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!)

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing. The first study done by AWeber (aff.

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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. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” That’s precisely why Kerry’s article caught my attention. She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #3: Consultant specializing in accelerating business growth for global companies Redesigned his business website with personal branding and highlighting his expertise using an online article library. For DiYMers: Read my earlier post Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress Blog.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

A write up on a blog. Thus, they have a built in “Events&# tool where you can plug in anything out of the ordinary, and that occurrence will show up in your integrated Swix reporting. A new product launch. Trade show. New YouTube video that goes viral.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Content marketing does not mean churning out white papers, case studies, articles, blog posts, podcasts and webinars for the sake of putting out content. Let me direct you to a good article that I read recently that explains this concept very well. What is effective content marketing?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Your scenario may of course vary, but for illustration purposes let’s assume you have a Twitter account, Facebook fan page, blog, and email newsletter. Test and track content success on Facebook using bit.ly (or number of likes and comments), and add the most effective content pieces to the next rung on the ladder (blog).

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

An article I read on Eloqua’s blog “It’s All About Revenue,” shed some light on this. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog. What is On Site SEO?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

I found a series of blog posts on pricing on your website at Dave Jung’s B2B Blog , some of those articles date back to 2006. Dale Underwood of B2B Conversions Now has a step-by-step procedure for this on his blog. Why do we need prices on B2B websites? We can only provide prices after a formal RFQ process 5.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Your blog works exactly the same way. There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog. The final piece of the content curation puzzle was an article by Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing blog. I’m glad that you found my article helpful. David Brazeal´s last blog.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

For example, if you have 3 or 4 articles on a related topic, can you now combine them into an eBook with a fresh take? If a video you used in a blog post relates, pull it through to the landing page for that content. Re-route - Find new and interesting ways to use and distribute your content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

That depends, see my earlier post, Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress Blog. Build a library of various content assets such as published articles, white papers, online demos, webinars, videos, technical specifications, datasheets, case studies and customer testimonials. Is SEO a DiY (do-it-yourself) job?

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JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Learn the Science of Social Like any other online marketing program, social media is widely measurable – and testable. Don’t just let your clients post to their Facebook page willy nilly, or write random blog posts whenever they feel that WordPress urge. There’s certainly a methodology for attracting blog readership.

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MAY 11, 2010

Not in a “here’s our FAQ&# way, but in a vigorous, social media way. I recommend answering each question with a dedicated blog post, and a video – at a minimum. Your blog, naturally. Talk it up on Facebook and the blog. Answer Man Once you’ve identified your top six questions, answer them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

I found a good answer to that in a comment by Mike Gospe on a blog post at leadsloth.com where he wrote, “But when it comes to marketing automation, I recommend caution. 2 comments… read them below or add one } Eric Goldman July 18, 2010 at 11:22 am Achinta; This is a great article – thanks for posting it!

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

That is why the headline “The Creativity Crisis” in a recent article from Newsweek caught my attention. According to the article, the Creativity Quotient (CQ) among American children has been in a steady decline since the early nineties. Achinta Mitra July 23, 2010 at 11:39 am Jack, Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your comment.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

I found this one from Michael Fortin’s blog. Your article with the examples helped me see it clearly. I will visit this blog regularly. The first tool is the Product Analysis Worksheet from the book Personal Selling: An Interactive Approach by Ronald Marks, Ph.D., and professor of marketing at the University of Missouri.

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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

APRIL 14, 2012

I had read an article in Inc. Over the years, Tiecas began to offer more media planning, design and production of marketing collateral, four-color and prepress services. I launched this blog in 2008 and have written more than 160 posts about industrial and manufacturing marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Digital marketing, social media and the constant pressure to cut costs have radically changed this traditional industrial sales model. I read a blog post by Robert Lesser of Acquiring Minds where he talks about the ways that digital marketing has changed complex B2B sales. Kerry O’Malley´s last blog.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. I'm really looking forward to this, Jay!

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JULY 21, 2010

Having clear language on blogs and websites puts the public on notice about your position vis a vis copyright. In other words put a copyright, all rights reserved on your content or the bottom of your blog. The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed. Companies must also uphold privacy laws.

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