Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Here we are defining size as the number of published articles on a business blog at a given point in time. HubSpot results indicate that median leads start to grow once 24-51 articles are written and published. Size does matter in business blogs The size of your business blog does have an impact on lead generation.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! What is the key to shortening the buy cycle? How can you accomplish all that? My take: Sharpen your listening skills.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Today, technical buyers and engineers expect suppliers to have a substantial online presence with a website packed with relevant content in a variety of formats and easily searchable. The key here is to serve up relevant content that matches the prospect’s state or stage on the decision making process.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

This timeless classic, one of the first bestselling self-help books published in 1937 and sold over 15 million copies globally is still relevant today. As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Number of campaigns sent out, trade shows attended or press releases published do not generate revenues. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. 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. “I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&# Spread the net.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

Long Tail Marketing 117

Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content 117

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level. Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? What formerly was the sole bastion of the media, is now also a company bailiwick. And guess what?

Paid Content 125

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 125

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

His “Pull and Stay&# advice; segmenting customers into barrels; platforming; social currency, and other concepts are instantly applicable to real world marketing challenges fitting a wide variety of circumstances. As a business owner your goal needs to be having no gap at all, optimizing every point of contact with your customer.&#

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Peer-to-peer 115

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. A better approach is to create a content ecosystem that allows you to repurpose and cascade your best information. Instead of a series of self-contained initiatives, build yourself a content ladder.

Paid Content 146

Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 146

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. I’ll continue publishing the Social Media Messenger after a short hiatus.

Newsletter 114

Newsletter Social Media Media Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Today, most companies have separate email marketing and social media departments, and they need to merge (or at least cooperate fully) to eliminate the unfocused, tone-deaf message conflicts that are all-too-common today. That's what I mean when I say uni-directional social media. But, it's not all conversational.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. 2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels.

Social Media 150

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 150

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Future Plans for Facebook For now, Facebook doesn’t allow outside access to Facebook fan page metrics, so that’s the one large hole in the Swix data set. Swix also plans to publish its own API so that third-parties can push and pull Swix data into other applications. I’m a big fan of these guys.

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Content creation and content marketing will continue to allow companies to capitalize on the fact that every customer is now a reporter.

Social Media 136

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Video Marketing 136

Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

We also have an outstanding publisher ( Wiley & Sons ), and a fortuitously patient, experienced editor ( Shannon Vargo ) guiding us through the obstacle course. Customers can be won or lost, every second of every day. I'm eager to learn of the content in it. I'm eager to learn of the content in it.

Webinar Metrics 126

Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency Social Media PR 126

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). Should companies treat customers differently?

Paid Content 135

Paid Content CRM Paid Search Agency Social Media 135

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

On The Road Again If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, me and my family are somewhere between Albuquerque and Oklahoma City , with cars full of kids, the dog, the cat, the snake, the lizard, and 8 cases of wine. All these pine trees are starting to look the same. And my laptop. So, Bloomington it is.

Social Media 116

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 116

Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

We’re crying about BP too, but for a whole other reason. Billions of dollars. A coven of PR practitioners. And they can’t get just two little words right.

Social Media 158

Social Media Media PR Webinar Metrics 158

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. Better question: How can we encourage existing customers to truly engage with our clients on the social Web? Better question: How can we optimize a video so that prospective customers find it in search results?

PR 162

PR Social Media Paid Content Media 162

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

19% seek customer support. I maintain that as Facebook continues to tie together the real-time Web with the open graph, Twitter usage will inexorably shift from person to person connectivity, to customer to company connectivity. Even though half your customers may not be tweeting or retweeting, they ARE watching, reading, and clicking.

Social Media 161

Social Media Media Stats Statistics 161

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Last week, I was on a content marketing discussion panel (moderated by Jeff Rohrs ) at the ExactTarget Connections conference. At one point we discussed headline writing and what draws clicks within the social media content universe. The appetite for tools content is huge. Most of the rest are from spring 2010 or earlier.

Social Media 143

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 143

Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

It includes a dozen letters written to C-level executives (in general) about what they need to do to take social media to the next level. Reading them through, I really wish we could have done a series of Webinars, because the content is simply outstanding.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119

Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 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 Why D.I.S.

Social Media 140

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 140

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 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 Is Social Conversation a Myth?

Conversion 116

Conversion Paid Search Agency Social Media Advertising Agencies 116

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

You need to be creating custom charts and graphs and ideas that speak directly to the operational realities of each client. Assuming you want to dive into the pool of custom graph creation and data manipulation, you’ll probably do so in Microsoft Excel. or engaged in brand reputation management, often on a weekly basis. .

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Work Management 120

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. This isn’t just an issue in social media. I’m calling my publisher!

Social Media 121

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 121

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Great content this month via the B2B Marketing Zone. 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. Is social media creating a generation of cowards? While it’s ok to post your blog posts to Twitter, etc.,

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Planning Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

But things kept speeding up – companies’ increasing customer data needs necessitated more complex forms, that were faster and more easily modified. It’s making social content sharing more fun. The method caught on, and soon, those with deep pockets could afford to hire developers to maintain these forms.

Social Media 111

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 111

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Really great content around B2B Marketing again this month. Here’s what the social signals said was the best content and the hottest topics. But, just because we can push content out more rapidly than ever, doesn’t mean that your buyer’s pace for making a purchase decision will match your stride.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Marketing is getting involved in many more areas that touch the customer along the buying process, multiplied by a dizzying variety of new tactics, online communications and engagement platforms. But that’s content for another blog post. The results are paying off in content that truly speaks to the buyer. What did I get?

Ning 40

Ning Paid Content Facebook Sales Management 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Make your content at least semi-friendly for search engines. Now, the move is toward “social objects&# which are invariably smaller, more directed pieces of content. Build a website. Make it useful and at least moderately pleasing to the eye. Keep it updated. A digital marketing success story.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Make your content at least semi-friendly for search engines. Now, the move is toward “social objects&# which are invariably smaller, more directed pieces of content. Build a website. Make it useful and at least moderately pleasing to the eye. Keep it updated. A digital marketing success story.

Facebook 167

Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

But it’s not like social media created negativity, it just puts a magnifying glass to it. Do you know why you don’t get angry when customers call customer service and say all kinds of crazy, depressing stuff about your brand? Your problem isn’t social media negativity.

Social Media 132

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 132

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Do You Have the Guts to Expect Social Media Failure Online Community With Purpose and a Plan Why D.I.S. But predominantly I love social media personally. For business?

Social Media 155

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 155

Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

We also have the shortbread cookie, which has finally returned to the air after three and one half years of customer requests. Personally, I've had terrible customer experience with US Airways and unfortunately this doesn't change that. One, really positive, customer experience sticks like glue. The rum is Bacardi.

Social Media 133

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 133

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 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 Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

Twitter 148

Twitter CRM Business Paid Search Agency 148