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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

The apparent disconnect is even more telling as seen by these key findings from the study: The two traditional interruptive marketing tactics, advertising (25%) and direct (20%) are still receiving the biggest share of the budgets, indicating that marketing budgets are misaligned with the CMO’s priorities.

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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

Because pricing information is now sought much higher up in the sales funnel than most marketers suspect. 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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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

An Interactive Marketing Hub Requires Integrated Email and Social Subscriptions That’s why it’s so important to not treat social media connectivity as the end, but rather a means to an end. Facebook “like&# and Twitter following should be the top of your customer relationship funnel, not funnels unto themselves.

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How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Convince & Convert

Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

Certainly, social media has it's rightful place in this process – however, at this stage, I still believe it's role is a supporting one (like Paul Henreid to Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca&# ).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. 10 predictions for advertising in 2010 =-.

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14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media

Convince & Convert

Companies are starting to think of Facebook as a natural piece of the conversion funnel, not just as a free-standing silo. Make sure you’re tying together your email program and your social media program. " @jaybaer [link] [link] Phil “What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy.&#