Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Of course, you don’t have to copy word for word any of the examples from above, you are the only one who can decide which approach works best for your product, service or list. 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

JULY 6, 2010

Features: attributes that products or services have. He has spent over 20 years consulting, coaching and delivering practical and relevant advice to construction businesses. If I fail in doing this, I risk losing trust, interest and, worse yet, any future business.” and a former US construction company owner.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. You need to rethink your business model first and fast. The first is a diagnostic tool and the second one measures the health of the business.

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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. You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. That’s precisely why Kerry’s article caught my attention.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril. Develop your message: Put some thought into who, what and why about your business. Provide this information in plain English with compelling reasons for people to do business with you.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card? an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Make sure your primary navigation and site pages conform to a familiar user interface.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

In the words of Jeffrey Zeldman , the renowned web designer, blogger, independent publisher and the king of Web standards according to Business Week, “Content precedes design. It doesn’t matter whether you work for a corporate marketing department or the owner of a small business website. If so, you know the frustration.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

According to Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings , “The solution is for all business owners to insist on SEO right from the start. While the cost of entry for a small business is going to be higher, investment will pay off many times over later on.” He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

The focus is squarely on you, your company and its products and services. Using all or any of the above content strategies will help you shift the focus from your products and services back to the customer. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Many other media outlets have reported the same creativity crisis in America. What are consequences of this creativity decline to the business world? Instead of engaging the prospect in a meaningful conversation and discovering their real business issues, we resort to “Here’s what it is. 1 “leadership competency” of the future.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

That starts with helping the customer ask the right questions Great sales people help their customers consider new opportunities to grow their businesses; they help them understand new opportunities to improve performance. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. Southwest Airlines has to coordinate its marketing and customer service response, in real-time, create its own content on its blog and Twitter account, while also dealing with the media jackals.

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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

because the plaintiff’s wife learned about her husband’s infidelity directly from the online florist who, despite a privacy policy on its site, sent a card to their home thanking him for his business. Having a privacy policy or a social media policy is not enough. I've just changed mine to © 2008-10. . |

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

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. Sales reps from traditional PR distribution services were even quoted as saying, “there’s a reason it’s free.&# – implying that it doesn’t perform well.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media With A Mouse? A lot of people are still saying no to social media. Last night while reading the story, it occurred to me that many small business decision-makers are like Sam- saying no to social media, without even being sure why. And that’s just it. You Just Might Like It Sam I Am.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

This session included much of what Indra and her partner Jon Bailey have been able to accomplish in the last two years, moving from a primarily traditional agency to a new media powerhouse. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Get Your Foot in the Door Selling One Service.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Other areas are improved Customer Service thru improved FCR and higher customer satisfaction, reducing costs anywhere between 15 to 40% through call deflection and predictive issue resolution management. The mouvement that is likely to flame out is the ‘entire movement’ is continuing to do things the old way with the new toys imo.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. Tip of the Iceberg Unlike enterprise-class social anthropology services like Rapleaf , Flowtown is incredibly easy-to-use, and is tuned for the do-it-yourself marketer.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

' I still see a huge value for a business to provide personal one-on-one customer service by maintaining a list of client thru e-mail marketing. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. (For Great article!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

That being said, the “transition&# will likely go on for some time, meaning there's still quite a bit of business to be had and money to be made in mobile apps. The decision to go with a web or native app comes down to what makes the most sense for the business so there is no right answer to this one.

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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.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

&# for most business travelers, it’s also incredibly helpful. Here are some tips to help you uncover the transactional or informational rough edges that you can smooth using the sandpaper of good, relevant content: Ask your customer service team. Call your own customer service department. You can be helpful, too.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] Clinton Bonner Another #SXSW Accelerator company, this time covered by @jaybaer [link] –> @NutshellMail [link] 451 Heat New Email Service NutshellMail Simplifies Social Media [link] Would you use this service? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. But, if one of your followers tweets and asks you to solve a customer service problem, and you answer back, you’re engaged in a customer retention event.

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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. We get emails in our customer service department from people wondering why their Klout score didn’t instantly jump 15 points when they were retweeted by Robert Scoble.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

There's “bad&# advertisements and “bad&# uses of social media as well… Maybe you'd call it human marketing or even personality marketing, but the concept is really simple. Consumers learn to trust a human, and then they trust the info the human delivers on a product or service. Any thoughts? Any thoughts?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

You often are buying in part because of the service and personnel of the company in question. For whom is it more important to have a humanizing social media presence? You have to work on a pilot program – maybe even in secret – to show social media’s impact on customer satisfaction. Do You Believe?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

After all, why would they even be coming to your Web site unless they had questions about your product or service? I would also make a point to solicit input from customer service and sales teams, as they have more day-to-day interaction with fence-sitters. Now you’re using social media to its full advantage. I think not.

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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. For now, the service is free, so if you’re interested, sign up soon. Great for small businesses.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Swix Adds Facebook Tracking Speaking of Facebook, our friends at Swix , the incredibly nifty Canadian social media tracking and reporting service, have managed to wade through the ever-shifting tides and add Facebook fan page metrics. Sounds like it could really help businesses out in the social media realm.

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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

JUNE 7, 2010

Released today (I was given a free, preview copy), Delivering Happiness chronicles the rise of Zappos from a half-baked notion to multi-billion dollar pinnacle of high touch customer service. He writes in a breezy, accessible, invigorating style that makes Delivering Happiness the rare business book that is also a genuine page turner.

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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. It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Geek Squad makes its living providing technology configuration and repair services, via BestBuy stores everywhere. They aren’t trying to sell you services – at least not at that point – they are being helpful. Social Media Success = Find a Way to Remove Friction Start today by conducting a Helpfulness Audit for your company.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. From a business standpoint, it’s brilliant. link] Marcelo Bacchi Online Community With Purpose and a Plan: Lisa Beatty was at a cross-roads. With JaneNation, St.

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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. By transparent, I mean keep it real and no lip service. Don't beat them, join them!

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