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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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How to Fail at Social Media

The Effective Marketer

An interesting post on Why So Many Companies Suck at Social Media brings in some good insights and compares the now famous Old Spice youtube campaign with copycats like Cisco and Brigham Young University. The solution, it seems, is far more complicated. Why is it that one company fails miserable while the other gets it right?

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Social Media's Next Victim?

The Effective Marketer

And now with social media, there’s no telling who will be the next United to see its market cap hurt because of a blog post or youtube video. This entry was posted on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 8:15 am and is filed under Uncategorized. What stories or lessons learned do you have to share? United States License.

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The Fun Theory: How to Change Behavior

The Effective Marketer

Volkswagen launched what became quickly a viral campaign with emails being forwarded, youtube videos with over 1 million hits and comments from all corners of the web. This entry was posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Social Media. Some food for thought.

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The Enemy of Productivity

The Effective Marketer

Stress vs. Productivity from www.hrmreport.com If your office is anything like mine, your colleagues send you Youtube videos, web links, and other stuff that although very entertaining doesn’t help you get your projects done on time. Have you ever tried simply not checking email ? Close the email and ask yourself again in 1 hour.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Twitter feeds need updating, Facebook pages need commenting, blog posts need editing, and YouTube videos have to be tagged. With the change and addition of new marketing channels, marketers now see themselves more as content creators than anything else. What used to be clear roles (i.e. United States License. United States License.

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What Pisses off the Man Who is the Face of 3D Printing

Chris Koch

MakerBot , a manufacturer of desktop 3D printers priced at the level of a decent laptop, is the best known of companies producing a product that has already been raised to PC-level stature in terms of its potential impact on business and society. From that base emerged MakerBot in 2009, which was co-founded by Pettis and two others.