Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). 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.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog. What is On Site SEO?

Optimization 60

Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60

Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

Instead of starting a blog, start a commenting presence: A number of agencies are putting out mediocre blogs, just so they can say they have one. Why not try spending time commenting in your targets’ community blogs? That’s the essence of a good social media strategy , anyway.

Social Media 138

Social Media Media PR Webinar Metrics 138

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

If you’re an agency that’s providing social media listening or analysis services for clients, this is even more critical of a distinction. The ability to click “print&# is not the exclusive domain of the agency professional. The ease-of-use and Excel format of RowFeeder are big pluses for me.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Work Management 119

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. ChatCatcher This is a nice little tool that finds Tweets about your blog posts, and automatically adds them as comments. I think Facebook Lite makes Facebook engagement easier – maybe you will too?

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have said on this very blog that I was dubious about putting too many eggs in Facebook’s basket , because you’re essentially building your marketing program on rented land. Do you join in, and try to engage your customers there, or try to pull them out of their Facebooking to go to your static site or unlinked blog?

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have said on this very blog that I was dubious about putting too many eggs in Facebook’s basket , because you’re essentially building your marketing program on rented land. Do you join in, and try to engage your customers there, or try to pull them out of their Facebooking to go to your static site or unlinked blog?

Facebook 167

Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167