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. 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

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

AUGUST 3, 2010

For example, at Sopheon , a software provider, measures qualified leads by their source, their region, volume per region, the speed of aging, movement through the sales cycle and other metrics. For example, you can track how many times site visitors clicked on the play button for a video on a particular page. All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Professor Quelch provides the example of Intel and its very successful advertising campaign “Intel Inside.” 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

JUNE 12, 2010

You can see an example of B2B web design prices from my company’s online marketing division’s website. 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

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

The color scheme, fonts, graphics and your tag line should all work together to separate you from your competition and be a true reflection of your business. Another good example that I’ve seen is Indium Corporation. Even though content is king on the Internet, aesthetics or branding do matter. Copyright © 2010 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

JULY 14, 2010

BTW, this post is a working example of content curation. 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 Where do you stand on this debate? All Rights Reserved.

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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

JUNE 8, 2010

Kerry explains this concept very well with a realistic example. 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 Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

That’s like finding a better way to punch people in the face&# is one of the more memorable examples of his outlook. The examples and mini case studies he presents provide insights that leave you nodding your head and thinking you could adopt the same approaches. As you know, you’re my living example of how to write a blog.

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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

MAY 4, 2010

For example, the markers for a jump to cloud computing for a declining retail company are quite different than the markers for a growing startup to embrace a business intelligence application. Well, I’ll try to keep the answer short because complete answer is a long one. Is the same true in adoption of new technologies? Great question.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Are You Cherishing the Wrong Trophy Convince and Convert Recommends The Growing Elitism of Social Media (Danny Brown) Who Are You? Danny Brown) You Are Not The Story (Danny Brown) Tagged as: blogging , content creation , content marketing , content strategy , Convince and Convert , Guest Posts Did you enjoy this blog post?

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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. You'll see a line that resembles this: © 2008-09. |

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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

JUNE 17, 2010

From what I've seen anywhere from 5-10% is a pretty decent (example: listed 500 times and have 10,000 followers) number to aim for. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Remember, the first step in social media effectiveness shouldn’t be building an empire of half-baked, free-standing social outposts, but rather determining had to add social frosting to your existing marketing cake. How are you integrating social media into other programs? clintonbon Love the example you put forth, great post!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Plus, event invites, and photos in which you’re tagged. 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. This, I'll try. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

link] [link] Dan Nestle Case study could herald future of ad agencies RT @jaybaer: An Online Community with a Purpose, and a Plan. link] [link] Todd Lynch RT @jaybaer: An Online Community with a Purpose, and a Plan. link] [link] Todd Lynch RT @jaybaer: An Online Community with a Purpose, and a Plan.

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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

A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education. Silberberg RT @jaybaer: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility [link] danperez Laura, you've made several good points, especially with the Target & P&G examples.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

That’s why there’s a built-in calculator where you can input your costs (hard costs + labor costs) for each social media outpost, and the system automatically calculates your ROI. For example, you can determine in an instant what the cost and return per view is for a YouTube video you spent $5000 on to generate 25,000 views.

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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 23, 2010

On Twitter for example, if you’re tweeting about your company’s new product, you’re engaged in a customer gain event. If there's a crisis, for example, they're going to be out there broadcasting their crisis management blogs but also reacting to customer issues. All rights reserved.

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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. They fail to take notes on good PR and instead take notes from GM b/c “they've always been a good example.&# jefflogden You are so right, Jay. link] jaybaer Weird, isn't it? Maybe golf, where people routinely penalize themselves.

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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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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

That's where I think you hit the nail on the head in your second paragraph: social media has tremendous “potential&#. Social media is still evolving and until a solid few years of research can prove that there is definite ROI in utilizing company-wide social media plan, most companies will still consider it only a fad.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 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: 11 Whys I’m a Social Media Addict Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? What a great example to set for your children. Traveling mercies to you and yours. (A

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media tools and applications are often seen as existing as their most visible persona (their application within a social network) rather than being seen as tools with wider application and use. Amber [link] Deb Robison Great post and I especially appreciate the viral example and the need for participating with authenticity.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example. There are many more examples, but you get my point. link] jaybaer Excellent example.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

Maybe you guys have other examples where that is not so. I have a great example: One that Facebook killed because it wasn't in line with their mass media-based (impressions and “size of network&# used to create it) values system. I take the same approach with my own promotional videos [example: [link].

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

You should know if first-time visitors are disproportionately likely to visit your Ebook page, for example. Example: Subscribe to our RSS Feed cos next weeks post will be just like this one – but TWICE as awesome. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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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. RK : Measuring social media’s direct impact on sales. I use this example: The USA Today has more audience than the Washington Post.

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