Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

That’s because Facebook’s EdgeRank formula ensures that only status updates from companies that consumers routinely interact with show up in their news feed (unless the Facebook member changes their News Feed preferences to “Most Recent&# – anecdotally Facebook acknowledges that fewer than 5% do so). Great post!

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

« 7 Tips to Improve Sales Follow-up & Close More Leads | Main | Content ideas for lead nurturing and tactics to use » Webcast: Closed-Loop Lead Generation & Management Join me for a complimentary webinar on how to " Achieve a Closed-Loop System for Lead Generation and Management.

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2007

Our first interactive show will be on lead generation via podcasts. As a lead generation tactic, podcasting is still in its infancy but its expected to be used by many more b-to-b marketers in 2007. Our first interactive show will be on lead generation via podcasts. This year, hes planning to do over 120 podcasts!

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MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

October 1, Social Ad Summit New York, NY: At this showcase of recent case studies from agencies and brands, you’ll learn firsthand how to implement a successful social ad strategy for your organization or client. October 17-20, BOLO 2010 Scottsdale, AZ: Digital marketing is a core competency of the “have” agencies.

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markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

« Content ideas for lead nurturing and tactics to use | Main | Closed Loop Marketing Isnt Software » Off topic: Response to meme - 8 Random Things About Me Ardath Albee, over at Marketing Interactions , tagged me for a meme "8 random things about me." " Let me see. " Let me see.

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markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

New and innovative online marketing tactics help companies build their brand and generate leads online. This environment has brought about a need to complement the classic 4Ps of marketing with a variation called the 4Ts: target, tactics, transact and track.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

Now with more than 500 million global members, Facebook is changing the way we interact, communicate, share, and shop. I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Here’s my blurb: Do you have a Facebook strategy? My session is on October 12.

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markempa

JUNE 21, 2006

Likewise, the harmonious interaction of sales and marketing is crucial. If they are askew and going in dissimilar directions, sales and marketing will not empower a successful complex sale or sales lead strategy. If you cant do that, your brilliant lead generation plans and tactics wont matter.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective. Develop your email marketing strategy first Before you begin developing customized content and using sophisticated analytics, the first order of business is to develop a sound and sustainable email marketing strategy.

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markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

« Online Lead Generation and Management Strategies that Get Results | Main | Off-Topic: On Selling Ideas in 1776 » Podcast: Interview with MarketingSherpas Anne Holland Would you like some inspiration or some fresh ideas for your marketing and lead generation strategy? Very useful stuff. Teleprospecting works.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

That’s a shame and here’s why — among the top ten in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2009 , IBM was listed at #2, Microsoft, GE and Intel at number 3, 4 and 9 respectively. Create an expertise blog to showcase your internal subject matter experts and allow your prospects and site visitors to interact with them directly.

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markempa

AUGUST 14, 2006

« New E-Book Offers Great Advice | Main | Speaking at MarketingSherpas B-to-B Demand Generation Summit 2006 » Webinar: Lead Generation Strategies for the Complex Sale Join me for a complimentary webinar this Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 1pm EDT.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. link] Higher Calling Media RT @SadieMHarris Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter [link] [link] [link] MyCrowd.ca Im Jay Baer.

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markempa

OCTOBER 2, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

According to them , “customer engagement is the level of involvement, interaction, intimacy, and influence that an individual has with a brand over time.&# In essence, to measure customer engagement accurately, we need to track four components — involvement, interaction, intimacy and influence.

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markempa

AUGUST 15, 2006

« Webinar: Lead Generation Strategies for the Complex Sale | Main | E-books: A Hip and Stylish Younger Sibling to the Nerdy Whitepaper » Speaking at MarketingSherpas B-to-B Demand Generation Summit 2006 Im speaking at MarketingSherpas Demand Generation Summit being held in Boston and SF this fall.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on September 27, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Industrial Websites , Sales Strategies , Social Media Marketing Remember the very first music video ever played on MTV? They are time-challenged and want to interact with salespeople based only on their needs and schedules.

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markempa

JULY 10, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. . ;) Here’s some of what they had to say: "This book will be most helpful for a reader with a keen interest in business strategy.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Thomas for five days.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. The focus there is to optimize it for keywords or phrases for people to find your website when searching for relevant terms. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Use other marketing tactics like article marketing, press releases, forum commenting, social bookmarking and networking to generate high quality traffic to your business blog. Navigation and your calls to action play a major role in how your visitors interact with your blog. Don’t fall in love with eye candy, it can be distracting.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Would You Try It With a Fox? Im Jay Baer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2006

Sales and Marketing - collaborate as one team Muti-modal lead generation using a portfolio approach to tactics Lead nurturing is critical Watch my recorded webcast on 8 Critical Success Factors for B2B Lead Generation (no registration required) Read the article Pacifica Group Blog: Best Practices in Demand Generation.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

Your votes count for 30% of the “scoring&# when organizers determine who gets to speak at the mighty SXSW Interactive festival in March in Austin, Texas. For every vote you cast for the keynote at South by Southwest featuring me and Amber Naslund , we’ll donate $1 of our book advance to Make-A-Wish Foundation ®.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories. said Brandon Lake, Vice President of Western River.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

by Achinta Mitra on November 16, 2009 in B2B E-Mail Marketing Do you know the key component of email marketing that generates more high-quality leads and drives sales? Marketing gurus tend to talk about opt-in pages, sign up forms, calls to action and interactive squeeze pages to boost your click through and conversion rates.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Foremost, we need a way to convert with whom we interact in social media into real prospects. Once you have a deeper understanding of your narrower and more clearly defined customer segments, how will you interact with them? The data and segmentation potential is just one half of the equation. Customers don’t need more messages.

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markempa

JUNE 16, 2006

» PR Has New Rules for Reaching Buyers Directly In launching my book , I didnt want to rely on the same time-worn lead generation tactics as everyone else. " It explains how to create a press release strategy for reaching buyers directly. " It explains how to create a press release strategy for reaching buyers directly.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Mike Cassidy made me (and a lot of other people) think differently about the intersection of social media strategy , and business objectives. 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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markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

What tactics work and which dont? What tactics work and which dont? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Listen to Segment 2: Selling to BIG Companies (11:29 min 2.7 MB) Whats the proper role of marketing? Who should do what? What’s your view on the use of email? Does it work?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #3: Create interaction and shareability Nothing happens until your site visitor takes some sort of action. To improve engagement, build interaction into your site. See rule #4 for other ideas on creating interaction. This will lead to your visitors bookmarking your site for future reference and becoming a valuable resource.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

There is no real benefit to having more Twitter followers per se, just a potentially bigger group of people with whom you can interact in pursuit of a more definable goal. But really, there’s not much point in that. Im Jay Baer. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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