Bluetext

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Government efforts to engage PE and VC-backed startups puts federal marketing and messaging in the spotlight Venture Capital-backed companies accounted for less than 1% of the $411 billion DoD contracts awarded last year. Analyzing that figure probably comes down to whether you are a glass half-empty or half-full kind of person.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

July 8th, 2008. This can lead to boredom and a loss of spirit. How do companies like Apple, Starbucks, Google and Southwest Airlines create raving fans, attract endless clients and become market leaders? says: July 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am. says: July 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am. says: July 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

When I am asked by companies, I show them the website I worked on regarding content marketing and then search on Google for the keywords they rank for to show the value of content marketing. Prasun Shakya , The Prasun Shakya Company. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: How to Explain Content Marketing to Anyone (Fresh Examples).

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

More recently even Twitter mascots have been showing up as a company’s public face. The company reported $9.7 In 2008, revenues were up to $16.6 Amos credits this increase mostly due to the branding initiatives related to the duck, an amazing feat for any brand mascot. That’s what makes them memorable.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. What do you think?

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

But I tried to offer some hope during a May presentation in Shanghai to the Worldcom Public Relations Group , the world’s leading network of independently owned public relations firms: My 7 Best Practices for Social Media Tool Adoption: Understand your assessment context before you begin. The flash crash.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Lead Generation. 2008 FOLIO Award Winners. Business-to-business marketers are underutilizing social media and its potential, according to new data from Eloqua , a marketing automation company. Additionally, about 25 percent of respondents say they don’t know how their company plans to use social media marketing in the future.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. This internal buzz stimulates action. LinkedIn profiles are updated.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

May 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Jennifer Maggiore, CEO of Maggiore Consulting, a multi-media lead generation firm and co-host of Locals Only: a Phoenix-based live Internet show. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Why are you being soooo stubborn?

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2012

Lead Generation. 2008 FOLIO Award Winners. The breakdown: “Capturing conversation outside brand-owned channels is not a perfect science, but at the moment, Radian6 is leading the pack. PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. Company Name. * Companys Focus. Audience Development.

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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. All of this is happening to companies (maybe yours) every minute of every day. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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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. Are there specific markers that indicate readiness within companies? How should companies evaluate success? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. That seems short-sighted and workable only for very small companies with a minimum of online chatter about them.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? HTML5 and open web standards could lead the way: [link] [link] alexanderkesler Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Yet before a crisis erupts, no matter what the root of the issue, companies should cushion themselves by leveraging the good work they’re already doing. Don’t be Shy.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

The rise and role of the “non-professional&# is another very interesting concept in the book, as an increase in participation naturally leads to an explosion in content created by people that haven’t been vetted by the traditional means of degrees, apprenticeships, or ownership of a broadcasting license. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

You should devote mental energy to finding or developing a metric that is: (a) meaningful in measuring your own objectives, and (b) leads you personally to actionable items for “moving your ball forward&#. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Love the FPT metric too. Thanks for the post!

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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. “We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company. But, the current system is just the beginning.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Regardless of size, you need backlinks.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Also, the screened image leads the eye towards your image at the right. link] Jacki Mieler I voted…and my choice is pulling into the lead! sara22 Hi Jay, I'm loving option 3, and it looks like it's in the lead so far. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. million followers on Twitter?

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Regardless of the form it takes, content powers your company’s marketing and sets the tone for the public’s perception of your products and/or services. The awards now honor all forms of effective marketing and the companies and individuals creating effective work across the globe.

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

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Your company needs to be part of that conversation. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. If your customers and prospects feel like your company is more human and actually cares about them, they’ll want to be part of it.

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seo.co

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In addition to providing the latest news, information, and ideas on social media and social marketing, Social Media Examiner hosts the Social Media Marketing podcast and a couple of different industry-leading events/conferences throughout the year. Mandy McEwen is one of the leading B2B marketers in the world. Seth’s Blog. Buffer Blog.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies. This makes no sense.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Commerce Related to the first, but commerce-oriented blogs are more interested in conversion events than in traffic generation. Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective.

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ClearVoice

MARCH 8, 2019

But as I explored the vast world of media over many years, I quickly realized instead of leading someone else’s legacy, I wanted to create my own. These days, my friends jokingly refer to my career — which includes a healthy balance of journalism assignments and content strategy clients through my consulting company — as an empire.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. Size Doesn’t Matter I’m also often asked about how social media execution differs between large and small companies.

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seo.co

MARCH 8, 2020

In addition to providing the latest news, information, and ideas on social media and social marketing, Social Media Examiner hosts the Social Media Marketing podcast and a couple of different industry-leading events/conferences throughout the year. Mandy McEwen is one of the leading B2B marketers in the world. Seth’s Blog. Buffer Blog.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google. Companies often get so close to their own knitting that they cannot see the knots, and that brand of myopia is especially difficult to overcome in social media. In a real-time world, customer service and marketing are essentially the same thing.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

The Lead Machine: The Small Business Guide to Digital Marketing : Everything Entrepreneurs Need to Know About SEO, Social Media, Email Marketing, and Generating Leads Online by Rich Brooks. The Lead Machine’s strength is Rich Brooks’ empathy for the small businesses his agency, flyte new media, works with daily.

Enterprise Management 109

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? What formerly was the sole bastion of the media, is now also a company bailiwick. Consider a company like Kodak. Kodak (and thousands of other companies) are writing blogs, taking photos, uploading videos, making presentations and creating all sorts of other content.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

Losing in social media can be akin to the experiences of companies like Kraft, Nestle, and BP in the social media realm. At the very least those companies are engaged in the conversation and have a strong awareness of the perceptions of their brand. On occasion, each has even taken action related to the “conversations”.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. And when it’s your turn to lead, remember that united we stand, divided we fall. I don’t believe in a “digital divide.” Just get started.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Not drive sales revenue or create leads. How did I know that?

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