Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

However, I think it is a new and permanent reality of the current economy and have learned to adjust my business model accordingly. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

For example, if you reference research conducted a year ago, is there a new source that will increase relevance? 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? For example, if your company’s positioning changes and your content doesn’t match.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

For example, “content creation.” Share customer stories or provide examples to make it more interesting and help your readers connect with their own situation. For example, no software in the world can flag the error between their and there. REVEAL Adding a personal experience helps to humanize your content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

After-sales support such FAQs, How-to videos, Troubleshooting guides, User forums are all examples of after-sales content. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Quelch , the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the common characteristic shared by the top B2B Global Brands is that their “CEO is a willing brand cheerleader, loves the brand heritage, and is a great storyteller.” According to a study done by Professor John A.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. For example, instead of writing “our valves are manufactured to world-class standards and continue to operate trouble free in the harshest of operating conditions,” simply state “Manufactured to ASME Code standards, designed to handle up to 300 psig and 415°F.”

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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? Without passion and expertise, you will have a hard time sustaining your business blog over the long haul. I say you need both.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Any help that I can provide to my clients to alleviate the problem is greatly appreciated and rewarding for my business. Kerry explains this concept very well with a realistic example. As such, you are solving the problem of inefficient cost management because at the end of the day, your software helps business owners save money.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

You can see a working example on my client, Schulte Building Systems’ site. Community/Customer forums – forums have been around a lot longer than social media and have proven to very effective for engaging the engineering community. BTW, it recently won BtoB Magazine’s BtoB Social Media Awards 2010 in the blog category.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

BTW, this post is a working example of content curation. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. Where do you stand on this debate? All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. Here’s an example from my post titled “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” It also produces a great looking business blog/site with fine typography on the front end. What is On Site SEO?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

(The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

If your team uses social media at work, particularly for clients, you’ve got to have a policy. Todd Defren and Dell have both shared excellent examples to build from. The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed. Having a privacy policy or a social media policy is not enough. But do something.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Do you see social media participation as one of the hurdles businesses now need to successfully clear? Absolutely. How should companies evaluate success?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

The book includes several compelling examples of groups creating and maintaining impressive online collaborations, without a profit motive in sight. His chronicle of an online study group at Ryerson University is a perfect example of the ramifications of widespread interconnectivity that society will be wrestling with into the future.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

And once the system was set up and the business rules determined, the company spends almost no time managing the program. But after that, Western River spends a few minutes a day on oversight and interaction, freeing up the rest of their time to actually run their core business. How are you integrating social media into other programs?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Indra Gardiner covered social media law in a way that I cannot. Mike Cassidy made me (and a lot of other people) think differently about the intersection of social media strategy , and business objectives. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. link] [link] Lanc.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Indeed, I use Twitter for all of the reasons above (especially to meet new people), but for me and my business, I have two core, measurable goals. For us, it has helped expand our consulting business, which is a real measure. By far and away it has been our best means of getting our story out, and capturing business.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

.&# Features being considered for inclusion in new releases include CRM integration; deep analysis of customers’ social graph and content they’ve produced (keyword analysis of your Tweets, for example); and even semi-automated social media response mechanisms. Just a thought. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Let’s say you’re a small business owner who wants your brand to appear in Google when someone searches for your product or service in your area. But what if you’re a big business with lots of SEO already? This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites. Does that drive business to you?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

From a business standpoint, it’s brilliant. 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: Crowdsourcing: Beyond the Basics Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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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. I must have used the Edelman WalMart 'flog' example 20 times in pitches and workshops!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

As the world continues to watch the devastation caused by the BP oil spill, it shines the light much brighter on the impact that major companies have on society while increasing consumer concerns about business practices. A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Taxi Mike is Here to Help During my recent vacation in Canada, I stumbled upon a fantastic example of marketing via helpfulness, from Taxi Mike in Banff, Alberta. It’s Coffee In another example of Canadian excellence in creating marketing success through helpfulness, a Starbucks in Richmond, B.C. It’s a Bird.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I’ve been talking a lot about the integration of email and social media , and this is another example of using cross-functional technology to build content creation and deployment synergies. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

The problems with that are clearly one of culture (truly believing that every customer is a reporter), and of definition (thinking that social media is somehow driven by Twitter and Facebook). You have to work on a pilot program – maybe even in secret – to show social media’s impact on customer satisfaction.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Great for small businesses.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

On Twitter for example, if you’re tweeting about your company’s new product, you’re engaged in a customer gain event. Businesses will surely veer between the two given the way their focus shifts. I do think though that every communicative act has to be rooted in some kind of strategy within the business.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You’re in an industry (photography) and are a business type (small) where a lot of people would say “social media isn’t for me&#. You’re in an industry (photography) and are a business type (small) where a lot of people would say “social media isn’t for me&#. Bravo, man. Keep at it.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

The app addresses a huge array of business and communication circumstances, including videos and a nifty tip of the day. I think that most people can look at their own relationships in business, employment, family and friends and see the same patterns. (I Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example. I know I can.)

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

We are aggregating vast amounts of data, and in our integration with Facebook for example, we don’t open up everything we get because some of it just isn’t relevant. The more you can understand about the person on the other end of the phone, the higher the likelihood of a positive business outcome. Customer service?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

It’s an example of an industry with poor understanding of taxonomy – the words and phrases used to describe products and services. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. And great example about the eyeglasses.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

I can't think of many examples of that type of guts on the player side. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Anne Gibson RT @CommunispaceCEO: What BP can learn from Jim Joyce by @jaybaer (via @mr_kevinsmith) [link] [link] Shady Business PR “@jaybaer: The two words BP should steal from umpire Jim Joyce.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

Arizona Diamondbacks are so bad, I’m taking my business elsewhere. In social media, and in life you have to embrace a simple concept: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. What a great example to set for your children. I was struck by what a great example & experience you're providing for your children.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

It is profoundly important for business to realize that social media isn’t a set of tools or “the place to be.&# It is profoundly important for business to realize that social media isn’t a set of tools or “the place to be.&# A concept more and more big businesses need to start thinking about.

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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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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

While the merits of this particular implementation of Facebook-fueled connectivity can be debated, it’s a good example of the increasing frequency and intensity of “friend&# involvement we’re going to see in the next 12-18 months. How Much Friendship Do We Need? We sure as hell don’t lack for information at this point.

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