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The Power of B2B Communities

Paul Gillin

Its namesake product is a sophisticated systems management suite for small and medium businesses (SMB) that it gives away for free. It started in October, 2008 and had attracted more than 700 contributions 18 months later. Activities are a validation point. Spiceworks is a technology company that acts like a media company.

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

Convince & Convert

This blog is great as encouragement and validation for my own endeavors in social media marketing. This blog is great as encouragement and validation for my own endeavors in social media marketing. This blog is great as encouragement and validation for my own endeavors in social media marketing.

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Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

link] – very valid observations on the diff [link] varming Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? RT @jaybaer [link] [link] Frank Lee CRM 4 SMB Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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B2B Marketing ROI

Online Marketing Institute

Data validation at the form level — at the minimum, ensure that email addresses are in a valid format (blank@site.com, etc.). I also follow them on Twitter @ SEOmoz HubSpot Blog The HubSpot Blog provides great thought leadership for SMB marketing. We do not want our sales reps following up with Yahoo! or Gmail addresses.

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

Convince & Convert

Intéressant > 7 Reasons Not to Put All Your Eggs in the Twitter Basket [link] (Convince and Convert) [link] Liam As per usual, Jay raises many valid points and questions; but where to step off the social media merry-go-round? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Content is king, agreed.

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

Convince & Convert

But I think to your point that either invest more time and resources or stay on the sidelines, there is a valid alternative solution for planned, collaborative and still client controlled/voiced partners. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.