markempa

APRIL 3, 2006

To develop an effective lead generation program, you need a process that identifies decision makers along with their sphere of influence before you can initiate a productive conversation. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MARCH 21, 2006

During two years of research, Reichheld discovered, that the answer to this basic question, Would you recommend our products/services to a business peer?, During two years of research, Reichheld discovered, that the answer to this basic question, Would you recommend our products/services to a business peer?,

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markempa

MAY 21, 2007

Once you understand why clients chose your products or service you can tailor your message around the needs you solve. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Would they refer you to other people?

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Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2010

From social media cartoons and contextual advertising gone wrong to dysfunctional agency-client relationships and the best (and worst) online ads, here are some of the most amusing, creative and remarkable blog posts and videos of 2009. The Publicity Stunt Hall Of Fame by Taylor Herring Public Relations.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

The goal of a well-developed lead generation strategy, therefore, is to evolve relationships between people through dialogue that positions your marketing effort as a conversation (not a compaign) to identify, initiate and nurture productive selling situations.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

There are more protections for tangible products but not many for service based business, which most companies are evolving to anyway. My skeptical coffee companion had a schotoma (blind spot) because his viewpoint came from a product driven, B2C, branding perspective. You cant even keep all of your people indefinitely.

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markempa

JANUARY 3, 2006

She wrote, "I just put your book in production! She wrote, "I just put your book in production! Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 During the past month, Ive put all of my energy into getting my first book, Lead Generation for the Complex Sale , to the finish line.

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

A few years ago, I worked on a lead generation program with a client that launched a new product life cycle management (PLM) software product. The product was expected to have an average sale of $200,000. Their initial target database was comprised of 2000 product driven companies across 20 unique SIC codes.

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markempa

MAY 9, 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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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. This internal buzz stimulates action. This is a good overview.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

So clients ignoring social channels and networks need to realize that traditional venues will continue to lose ground and their products and services will be left behind if they don't do as you've suggest and try those 'green eggs' [link] cheryl andonian RT @jaybaer: Would You Try It With a Fox? >>

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

" Kristin Zhivagos book, Rivers of Revenue , has an excellent worksheet on how to map out the customers buying process for what she calls an intense scrutiny product (complex sale). Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Focus on the seller, instead of the customer.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

You’ll evolve from a vendor that is simply selling products and services to being an expert that is selling value. You’ll evolve from a vendor that is simply selling products and services to being an expert that is selling value. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

link] mattsurfs "Twitter can suck you in to a vortex of counter-productivity like one bite of that KFC Double Down sandwich." " [link] [link] mattsurfs "Twitter can suck you in to a vortex of counter-productivity like one bite of that KFC Double Down sandwich." Whatchya think?

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2005

Kanazawa says: "It makes us more susceptible to product messages, because were designed to trust our friends." Kanazawa says: "It makes us more susceptible to product messages, because were designed to trust our friends." Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. Basically they can take that gorgeous photo that you paid a photographer to shoot for your product, hotel or client and use it however they want. Know the limitations and the extent here.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Google’s new Buzz technology recognizes this convergence, by treating email connections between us as the core atomic unit of the social Web, rather than newer, more ephemeral connections made on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere. Those two areas are a lot more interesting than the devolution of Social Media into direct marketing.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Whether it’s blog posts, video blogs, Powerpoint presentations, podcasts, haiku, or graffiti art, practice makes the production process easier. Powers RT @jaybaer: Are You Growing Enough Voices [link] That's a productive vacation. Certainly, there is a benefit to creating content on a daily basis.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

February 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Bob Dennis , freelance Web designer with experience in everything from audio production to social networking. After two-and-a-half years, iPhone app developers are getting fed up with Apple’s lengthy and often inconsistent approval process. Also, $0.30

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Based on consistency of product, suitability of packaging, and convenience of location, Stratten shifted his daily coffee habit – to the tune of perhaps $30,000 in lifetime value, underscoring the ultimate importance of every customer acquisition or defection.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

It's time that social media understood that they are under the umbrella of PR, and need to learn the underlying foundation of public relations in order to become part of an integrated strategy. Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Let’s say you’re a small business owner who wants your brand to appear in Google when someone searches for your product or service in your area.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Jonathan Kranz has written a huge stack of content, advertising, direct marketing, and public relations materials for consumer and B2B clients in financial services, banking, insurance, high-tech, healthcare, education, and other industries. Joe Pulizzi: Content marketing seems to be the buzz word for 2009.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Is it good enough to just say “here is our product, go buy it?&# You can contribute more to your organisation than just leads – such as product improvement ideas that you gather through interaction with your customers – and thus help keep your company competitive and increase the value you bring to the table.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

MARCH 3, 2010

Almost) 100 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Blog Posts and Articles of 2009 - Webbiquity , February 1, 2010 Social media marketing activity exploded in 2009, and so did coverage of these practices. Research reveals much of the critical information needed to make productive marketing decisions. Best of B2B Marketing.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Public relations (PR) is pretty much the opposite—it produces limited immediate and direct results, but builds your brand in the eyes of prospects, the media, analysts and other influencers over the long term. Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Buzz up! Post this to Posterous Stumble upon something good?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

People use Twitter and FB and other social media sites to provide word of mouth advertising whether it be negative or positive, it is some time of feedback of a product. I would argue that “social media makes everything about product/service&#. Now that it is so easy for Joe Q.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

markwilliamschaefer I would add that for commerce-oriented blogs, it would also be possible to track clicks back to a commerce-related part of a website for product information, registration, etc. In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. Very helpful post, Jay.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

in the morning here in Holland and I can't sleep.so what do you do? in the morning here in Holland and I can't sleep.so what do you do?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

The Power of the Unexpected The genius of infomercials (and to a lesser degree, home shopping channels), is that they present to you products that you didn’t know you needed, because you didn’t know they existed. Consumers learn to trust a human, and then they trust the info the human delivers on a product or service.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

A new product launch. RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works (check it out) [link] [link] Meltwater Buzz RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] A Social Media Scoreboard That Works – [link] (via @jaybaer & @philsimon) #fb [link] Kim Brame RT @upwardaction: Great tool! A write up on a blog.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

After all, why would they even be coming to your Web site unless they had questions about your product or service? And if possible, I’d recommend having employees closest to the product (designers, engineers, product marketing, customer service) be the stars of the show, not executives or marketers. To be entertained?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

In the early days of IT, product selling was prevalent, pitching products to innovators who were shown a product’s features and functions and then figured out on their own how to apply it to a pain / opportunity. Learn more about these recommendations at: [link] Posted by Tom Pisello at 8:30 AM Email This BlogThis!

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Hubspot

MAY 29, 2015

Unfortunately, he quickly found that generating buzz for blenders wasn't all that easy. video series follows Dickson as he tests the power of his product by blending everything from glows sticks to Justin Bieber CDs. Quite simply, Blendtec found a way to position their product as something truly fascinating. The Will it Blend?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

I know you’ve got a bunch of exciting new products that I’m excited to try. Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. agencies, you should be experimenting with this too). I’m bummed I missed that one. Maybe Tornados will send me some to review? Great job Bulbstorm.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. population. population: [link] (via @prsarahevans) [link] Joseph Ruiz Great stuff.

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