Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Your blog works exactly the same way. There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2.

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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.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. 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. It’s about humanization.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Steve Woods said it best when he wrote in his blog post , “As the emphasis on face-to-face interaction as a way to build trust decreases in lieu of other ways of building trust, the need to be “in the field” also decreases.” The key in my opinion is that these are all changes that are driven by buyer behavior and not the other way around.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve started a comparison chart, based only on my own experience and opinion, for you to use and update as you see fit. based on budget or schedule) Once you’ve answered those questions you can compare major social media monitoring tools. The main pitfall to avoid is flashy graphics for the sake of flashy graphics.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2011

Rachel Hunt supplies valuable guidance on how to use social networking, award submissions, guest blogging, speaking opportunities and original research to maximize the impact of PR efforts. Google Launches Blog Finder for Any Topic by ReadWriteWeb. .&# Go ahead, works for anything. She then makes the heretical (!)

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

B2B Marketing POSTs by Laura Ramos About the Author About this blog High tech marketers face incredible challenges building awareness, developing demand, enabling sales, and demonstrating marketings impact on the business in an increasingly digital world. This blog draws on the heritage of my Forrester research.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Don’t just let your clients post to their Facebook page willy nilly, or write random blog posts whenever they feel that WordPress urge. There’s certainly a methodology for attracting blog readership. There’s an optimal time of day and day of week to tweet.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Best FREE White Papers of 2010 Since April 2009, cataloging free white papers that have been tweeted via Twitter has been a regular part of this blog. Thanks for your continued patronage to this blog during this past year. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Figures for company blog customer acquisition are closest in range, with 57% of B2C companies and 43% of B2B companies obtaining a customer through this channel. However, B2C marketers are more engaged in every other type of social media tracked by the survey.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Advice & Opinion. Advice and Opinion. RSS Feeds » LEADERSHIP. New Top-Level Domains Expected in 2009. Blogs and Wikis in the Business World. ); ); ); } document.write( ); if (document.getElementById(dclk1231)) { document.getElementById(dclk1231).src src = [link]. }. White Papers |. Webcasts |. Podcasts |.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land. Terry Whalen , March 17th, 2010 at 4:42 pm ET : Premium member since 07/2009 Hi Andy, Thanks for the article – your points on measuring B2B lead quality seem very valid and straightforward. Check out all the benefits !

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

In the last MarketingSherpa Search Marketing Benchmark Guide (2009), data indicated that the average CPC for B2B lead generation efforts was $3.33, vs. $0.78 Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land. for B2C retailers and $1.93 for B2C lead generators. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

Most B2B companies have fewer customers, so the opinions of each are magnified. Be Your Own White Knight I know this blog is called Convince & Convert, and originally I thought that was a perfect description for the social media and real-time business revolution. This makes no sense. Lastly, the people factor is huge.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

I want to share a list of tactics and approaches I’ve used/experimented with at this blog to attract from 40,000-250,000 organic visitors monthly and more than 8,500 RSS/email readers. This is in the hopes of inspiring some new ideas to help your blog or your client’s blog.

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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?

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What’s better than getting an expert’s opinion on the best ecommerce plugins for WordPress? How about getting the opinions of 10 experts! This adds a shopping cart to your blog rather easily and quickly…The only downside is that this plugin requires frequent maintenance and this can become a really cumbersome task.”

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

I would never, ever, ever write this blog post on my iPad (although people that bought the external keyboard for it might disagree). The virtual keyboard is barely better than the iPhone, and you still cannot touch type. You can’t save or store files. There’s no USB port. Or CD drive. Or ability to run two programs at once.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

" Jon Miller, Marketo Learn More Recent Comments Kirk Taylor : That’s great advice for anyone writing a blog. com : I have been struggling with getting the other managers here to help me update our corporate blogs. You should even reward yourself when you do your. Lisa Keller : Great post!

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Hubspot

JUNE 7, 2010

Ever hear people throw around terms like RSS or.XML and you wrinkle your forehead in confusion but nod your head because you don't want to admit that you haven't a clue? This blog post will lift some of that mystery by covering the ABCs of blogging's most important terms. 39 Commonly Used Blogging Terms you Must Know!

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

According to these numbers, the audience using Twitter actually declined from August to December, 2009 (during the same period, Facebook went from 250 million to 350 million members). But, new data from Compete.com shows a clear stagnation in Twitter’s runaway growth. link] unruh ann has a point – it's all about the content.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2010

link] [link] Jen Grant You're Invited to the Socialpalooza [link] by @jaybaer (who in my opinion is worth 10x more than the cost here #justsayin) [link] Skip Bensley RT @jaybaer: Wow. RT @jaybaer: You’re Invited to the Socialpalooza [link] (best Webinar series of the year) [link] Sarah Hartshorn You’re Invited to the Socialpalooza.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home About Speaking Research Media Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter A few years ago, critics said Blogging was a fad. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 5, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. ” Basically, anytime you use the word “buzz” in a blog post or article, you’ve already lost my respect. Even in the PGA Tour account, we didn’t actively take over our own presence until 2009, the first part of that year. They do a great blog. Listen Now.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

by defineaproblem on The First Location Based Storytelling Brands 50% More Popular than Celebrities in Social Media via Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog [link] 6 hours 54 min ago Mavericks via Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog - There was an Economist piece on Innovation a while. I was just wondering what.

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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?

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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?

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 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?

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Online Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Do you have strong opinions about IE6? blog comments powered by Disqus More Subscription Options » Twitter RSS Top 6 Today 1 How Popular Is the iPhone, Really? One of the most complex features of Twitter for new users to understand is the hashtag , a topic with a hash symbol (“#&# ) at the start to identify it.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Blogging appeared passé as many individuals opted for microblogging, investing in the art of the short form. On Facebook this month, the average user created 90 pieces of content and contributed to the more than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) If pouring, it is half full.

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