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. If Your Story is Inconsistent, At Least Leverage Your Content Ouch.

Social Media 120

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). Outreach: Automatically establish timely follow-up sequences, create personalized email templates, log call data, distribute relevant content, and streamline your outreach process. As social media continues to grow, so does social selling.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

Social Media 121

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Editor’s note: This article is the follow-up to an August post about 25 frequently asked questions about content marketing. Do you get asked tough, or even easy, questions about content marketing by your executives or clients? We just wrote about 99 benefits of content marketing. What is content marketing?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. The more content pointing to your site from sites with authority the better. Spread the net.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2014

Julie Joyce’s article on Search Engine Watch outlines many of these changes quite and is recommended for review. In late 2008, Google announced the release of their crawl error report in Webmaster Tools. List building is another simple content marketing tactic for acquiring links and social media visibility.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2014

Julie Joyce’s article on Search Engine Watch outlines many of these changes quite and is recommended for review. In late 2008, Google announced the release of their crawl error report in Webmaster Tools. List building is another simple content marketing tactic for acquiring links and social media visibility.

Link Building 120

Link Building Tactics Ad Building B2B 120

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

Everybody uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but which niche social media sites are worth investigating? How can you maximize your results through social bookmarking sites like Digg? How does social media relate to SEO? Why is online reputation management so important?

Social Media 20

Social Media Optimization Digg Web 2.0 20

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 17, 2012

Make sure to download his popular, 230-page FREE eBook—“ Inbound and Content Marketing Made Easy”. And with powerful tools like social media and blogging, there has never been a better platform for what I call “ Transparent Marketing ”. Transparency in Content Marketing. Guest post by Marcus Sheridan. Transparency’.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. A better approach is to create a content ecosystem that allows you to repurpose and cascade your best information. Instead of a series of self-contained initiatives, build yourself a content ladder.

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Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 143

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Covering social media business strategy and personal power. May 19, 2008. Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. Comment by Hjörtur Smárason on May 19, 2008 @ 7:13 am.

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Which social media sites are the most valuable? Read on to discover all of this and more in some of the best blog posts and articles on social media and Web 2.0 so far in 2008. Is Your Site Social Media Friendly? Exactly how helpful is online video as as search marketing tool?

Social Media 20

Social Media Web 2.0 Optimization Media 20

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. Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you!

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization. I need to do some serious analysis to see how those 3,126 terms fit together, and dramatically expand my keyword usage.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Here we are defining size as the number of published articles on a business blog at a given point in time. HubSpot results indicate that median leads start to grow once 24-51 articles are written and published. Median leads were 77% higher among marketers with blogs of 52+ articles versus bloggers with 24 to 51 articles.

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Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 60

The Lead Agency

OCTOBER 4, 2017

It seems everyday writers and experts are publishing articles and talking on the radio about how artificial intelligence and machine learning are going to change the world. Given each of these concepts are inter-related we will briefly touch upon artificial intelligence and deep learning throughout the article.

Marketing AI 100

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

You or your colleague may be suffering from a significant case of Social Media Tool Exhaustion. How do you solve Social Media Tool Exhaustion? Why Weren’t We in This Article? And the more time you spend online, the more likely you are to suffer relapses. Why do you want to test the tool? To help your staff?

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Social Media Lead Ranking B2B Thought Leadership Lead Scoring 40

Onalytica B2B

MAY 16, 2018

In that particular area the topics are a little wide and varied, for example there’s artificial intelligence, there’s social media, customer care, there’s self-service and there’s a number of areas that I think are trending stronger and stronger that are impacting the service world.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 6, 2009

Find all of this and more here in another group of the best articles and blog posts from the last year on the practice of SEO. In this post, Brandon Falls briefly explains the purpose and content of the guide. Which commonly-held beliefs about Google's algorithm are true, and which are myths?

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SEO Marketing Proposals Best Practices PageRank 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 17, 2009

Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? These include duplicate content, lack of keyword research, ignoring link building, and.read her post ! Though one may quibble with details here (on-page optimization accounts for only 5% of search position for competitive keywords?!)

SEO 20

SEO Best Practices Adwords Copywriting 20

WebMarketCentral

MAY 11, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and articles on SEO from the last year. She provides an excellent primer on SEO staring with objectives, keyword research and onsite optimization techniques and continuing on through SEO tools, local search, image optimization, video, online PR and blogs.

SEO 20

SEO Best Practices PR PageRank 20

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 The B2B Social Media Marketing Series is supported by IDG Enterprise.

Social Media 40

Social Media Enterprise Management Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

WebMarketCentral

MAY 4, 2009

How do PR, SEO and social media work together to build name recognition and credibility for a company? How should marketers and PR professionals adapt to the decline of traditional publishing and the rapidly increasing influence of social media? SEO social media interactive PR? Thankful For PR 2.0

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PR Best Practices Blogger Copywriting 20

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Today, technical buyers and engineers expect suppliers to have a substantial online presence with a website packed with relevant content in a variety of formats and easily searchable. The key here is to serve up relevant content that matches the prospect’s state or stage on the decision making process. And yes, it does cost money.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

Although Hubspot positions itself as an “inbound marketing system,” it actually does more than the search engine optimization, blogging, social media interactions and related analytics needed to generate Web traffic. This shows traffic from major keywords plus several types of rankings. Hubspot has accepted this challenge.

Small Business Marketing 120

Small Business Marketing Bundling Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 14, 2009

5+ SEO Text Analyzers for SEO Diagnostics & Copywriting by Search Engine Journal The always brilliant and resourceful Ann Smarty here reviews several different for analyzing keyword usage and prominence (a.g., Traffic Travis Traffic Travis is very helpful free SEO tool for keyword analysis, backlinks and on-page SEO.

SEO 20

SEO Tools Peer-to-peer Best Practices 20

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

You have full control over this SEO technique since you can add, edit code and content at anytime. If you have used keywords or phrases in your category names, then you may want to add the category to your permalinks by entering “/%category%/%postname%/.” I prefer just the postname since I optimize it with keywords and phrases.

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Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 31, 2009

Improving Web Site Traffic: Miscellaneous Techniques by PromotionWorld Rob Wood offers 10 ideas for increasing traffic to your business website, from creating a "what's new" page where you can post fresh content to adding articles and incorporating site search.

Paid Content 20

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Best Practices Advertising Agencies 20

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

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). Social media makes it possible.

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FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 137

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? Create content – It is easy to get bogged down with the design aspects of a company blog.

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Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Get the answers to these inquiries and more in the following blog posts and articles, some of the best written on the topic of search engine marketing so far in 2008. In the online world it usually means bidding on your competitor's 'brand' keywords on a Pay Per Click Advertising platform." Tweak something every day.

Search Engine Marketing 20

Search Engine Marketing Paid Content Search Marketing PPC 20

Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: " What is your one tip on how B2B marketers should forge customer relationships by providing compelling content? Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). Cashing in With Content (a classic by David Meerman Scott).

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Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 100

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 7, 2009

Welcome to the first post in the official Best of 2008 series, which will summarize and link to some of the best blog posts and online articles about SEO, social media, online marketing strategy and more. tags: best SEO articles, Matt Cutts, Eric Enge, SEOmoz, Brent D.

SEO 20

SEO Microsite Best Practices SEM 20

Hubspot

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Thus, while we're all learning about social media and inbound marketing as well as teaching others about it, having a resource that quickly and clearly explains all of the basic terms and applications is critically important. Social Media Marketing Dictionary: 120 Terms to Know. An example of this is the Twitter API.

Paid Content 28

Paid Content Social Media Social Marketing Work Management 28

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

Content Migration. Content Management (CMS). © 2006 Prescient Digital Media. Next: Realizing your content management wishes. According to Seth Gottlieb , the Content Management and Collaboration Lead at Optaros , â??a s ability to manage content (particularly on the enterprise intranet). Social media.

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2008

Again, there have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written on SEO already this year that I'm trying to get a jump on 2009. So here are several more of the best SEO-related pieces from 2008 thus far. It's helpful if you just think about which words people would use to search for your content.

SEO 20

SEO SEM Best Practices Buzz 20

Hubspot

JUNE 23, 2010

As we all learn about social media and inbound marketing and we teach others about it, having a resource that quickly and clearly explains all of the basic terms and applications is critically important. Social Media Marketing Dictionary: 101 Terms to Know. On the web today, things change fast. Bit.ly - Bit.ly

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Paid Content Social Media Social Marketing Work Management 28