Writing on the Web

JULY 4, 2012

With the onslaught of social media in the last 10 years, the ever constant question is, what can it do for my business and my business blog? First, why should you bother with social networking sites ( Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter ) if you’re in business? Social Media has overtaken pornography as the No.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Here is our 2009 year in review. December 2009 Online Marketing News. Top word of 2009: Twitter. Google Announces New Offerings in Real-Time, Mobile and Social Search. November 2009 Online Marketing News. Linkedin and Twitter integrate. October 2009 Online Marketing News. Big M&A Month-.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2011

Social media marketing, online PR and SEO are three tactics that are all powerful on their own, but have far more impact when used in a coordinated, synergistic manner. How can you amplify and extend new releases through social media? Which online tools are most helpful for PR pros? Interactive PR Guides, Tips and Tools.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

However, none of that can happen until you drive lots of interested traffic to your business blog. Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. See my earlier post, “Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress Blog.”

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Networker’s Dream Ever been in a situation where you are trying to get a hold of someone or get introduced to another person but just can’t figure out how? Look forward to meeting up with you at BOS 2009.)

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering. Email is all about actual audience. Will that open it?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 9, 2009

We are happy to announce the Top Posts as defined by Social Filtering - meaning by everyone involved directly or indirectly. This technique was also used to generate the Hot Trends in B2B Marketing for 2009. Top 80 Posts - December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009. PR Meets Marketing , February 16, 2009.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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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. Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

While corporate blogging, for instance, is a broad topic, the presentation focused on only certain aspects of corporate blogging, leaving a lot of stuff untold. From a corporate blogging perspective, I like that they brought up what I consider the two main issues in corporate blogging: Do you have the time?

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Pharma meeting planners are experts in social media marketing, email campaigns, media partnerships, and more to maximize HCP attendance and participation. They handle registration, direct attendees, troubleshoot any issues and facilitate networking. The data and insights help you improve future events.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. How about your business blog, is it all it can be for your industrial company?

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How to Use Social Media – Lessons from AMA Digital Conference This past Friday (March 6) the AMA Tampa Bay chapter hosted an incredible full day event called the Digital Marketing Conference.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Whether it’s a webinar or a multi-day conference, leveraging social media can help event organizers extend an event’s visibility, attendance and pre-event conversations. LinkedIn Events Setting up an event in LinkedIn is a fairly simple process. Once your event is created, invite your connections to attend.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Marketing and sales can also work together to build a list from inactive accounts in your sales teams CRM data and business cards from industry conferences and networking events.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? What is the source of the largest share of social traffic to websites? (It’s

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both.

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. LinkedIn: Starting an Alumni Group When Linkedin started a groups feature (like Facebook groups) I thought about how I could network with former colleagues.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter.

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Chris Koch

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We just wrapped up our ITSMA Annual Marketing Conference this week and the strongest current driving the river of conversation was social media. Specifically, frustration over how to use social media to reach the C-suite. In fact, it’s hard for most of us to imagine these people using social media at all. What do you think?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

During my 15 years of Web site strategy and usability work (before I got all social media on you) I very much tried to live by the two-click rule (discover the most common questions customers have about your business, and answer them on your site within two clicks or fewer). Social media makes it possible. To be entertained?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 10, 2015

Author: Ray Carroll “Social selling”. Let’s explore… As a sales rep, I have to admit that Twitter rubbed me the wrong way once it started to go mainstream circa 2009. When I started selling in 2004, only the uber uber early adopters were on LinkedIn. Social didn’t really exist. Let’s go deeper though.

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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. But, it’s widely disparate content usage across social outposts that’s the real mystery.

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markempa

JULY 7, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. By using closed-loop-feedback, Nortel Networks , watched their revenues from sales leads double every quarter for six consecutive quarters. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 9, 2010

Design #1 Email Sender: Marketo Email Title: Social Best Practices for Marketing in the Cloud What I Like: Clean design; date and time of the webinar on top easy to find; orange “Free Webinar&# button calls attention to the important action (register now!) And what’s up with blog posts (side bar) in this email?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 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 Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. You can read his entire blog post here. The good news is that you can use a free tool like Google Analytics to get a very good handle on your customer engagement.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 12, 2009

The subject of running effective meetings has been discussed in several other blogs so I’ll focus at the narrower topic I outlined in the beginning, which is managing your time via smart use of your calendar. But seriously, I think that the networked calendar has more advantages than disadvantages if you know how to use it.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. Instead of buying print ads in trade journals, they create their own blog and build an active community around it.

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markempa

MAY 20, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Look at speakers at industry events, authors, bylines and contributed articles in trade journals, and blogs. This is an effective way to expand your network and generate more leads. Do your research (step 2 above).

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

It goes well beyond just cutting costs, today, it is more about accountability, analytics and engaging customers and prospects by using free or inexpensive social media tactics. Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Around this time last year I wrote about some Predictions for 2009 and while I would say 8 out of 10 have already materialized and the other 2 are on their way, it has become clear that this year was the year we past the point of no return on Social Media. Social is a process that has the power to transform your entire organization.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

With the rapidly increasing use of social media tools for marketing and PR comes growing pressure to demonstrate results. But what metrics are really most appropriate for social media measurement? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best posts on social media from this year.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Source: Frost & Sullivan ) Peer referrals: This is primarily social media marketing or the online version of word of mouth marketing (WOM). That’s unfortunate because when a webinar is done right, it can be a very powerful tool to educate and engage your audience.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. I found a good answer to that in a comment by Mike Gospe on a blog post at leadsloth.com where he wrote, “But when it comes to marketing automation, I recommend caution. I would take this a little further.

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