Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Here’s a stat that will make you feel better: A recent study of business-to-business buyers shows that sales people who become trusted advisors and understand the needs of economic buyers are 69% more likely to come away with a sale! By Joe Pulizzi and Newt Barrett. MarketingSherpa.

Work Management 100

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Obviously this is a valuable metric but we are able to give companies a network value score to understand a person's word of mouth impact. Obviously this is a valuable metric but we are able to give companies a network value score to understand a person's word of mouth impact.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. Then we nudge them, whenever something interesting happens. That means: a.

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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. At the same time, word of mouth marketing IS important, and effective. population.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

[link] [link] Beth_Carroll 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Beth_Carroll 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Beth_Carroll 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] davinabrewer Jay, the stats on first time visitors are interesting. All rights reserved.

Social Media 119

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Great B2B Marketing Stats (in a GREAT format!) , June 13, 2010. CeeKue ( Promotion Word of Mouth B2C CRM Google Content Tips ). The hard questions about social media for B2B solutions providers , June 11, 2009. Blog as hub, site as spoke , June 23, 2009. Should You Use Foursquare for Your Business? June 7, 2010.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

I realize number of friends/followers/likes isn't an important statistic, but if you don't have a few, it's hard to get the stats that do matter. So I think there's a bit of relevance to tracking those stats. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Worob PR at Sunrise – worob.com [link] David Wang thanks for sharing, content with specifc numbers and stats are always great [link] Joe Pulizzi Jay…this is invaluable stuff…and it’s all possible because you are a darn good writer as well. SuzanneVara [link] Worob Thanks for sharing, Jay! All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

And 75% of the people who log into Facebook do nothing (unless they are social gaming) I get that from the stats page. Its not because people are shunning brands. Its because they don’t see their posts! For every 2 logins there is only 1 action. Assuming people never do more than one action (update, like, fan etc). All rights reserved.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Thanks so much for posting these stats. I love stats! Do you think that the lying plays more of a role than the recessed economy and the promise that it will get better and the economy will be strong again (as more and more people lose their jobs and houses). All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2010

link] Martin Seibert We are creating a social media metrics application at [link] that will centralize all your web stats in one place. We only have twitter, facebook and bit.ly But I would love to get feedback from you guys about it, as soon as it gets live in the next weeks. All rights reserved.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2010

Searchers Using Longer Queries in 2009 by Small Business Search Marketing. Single-word search queries declined from 24.5% in 2009, while 4-word searches increased from 13.3% 91% of B2B buyers read blogs, view videos or listen to podcasts online, and word of mouth is ranked as the most powerful influence on B2B purchasing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Analytics For basic stats tracking, this app is better and faster than Google Analytics on the computer. They’re a bit more advanced than Authority Labs, and cheaper too… Dean If you like Authority Labs, check out STAT ( [link] ) I’ve recently switched to using them, and I’m really pleased.

Social Media 167

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 30, 2010

Look forward to more on this subject from you this summer. Great work (as always)! August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Analytics For basic stats tracking, this app is better and faster than Google Analytics on the computer. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Dean If you like Authority Labs, check out STAT ( [link] ) I’ve recently switched to using them, and I’m really pleased.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

link] Dukky Interesting stats here: RT @jaybaer: Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? Why is Twitter worth it… it is one of the best ways around to listen to your customers, to pick up trends early, to intercept complaints and resolve them in ways that cause terrific word of mouth wins. link] The answer is YES!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I'm amazed that so many people and small businesses (80%, according to a recent stat that I read) have done little to nothing with social media precisely because it takes time. As a small business owner teaching and assisting individuals in becoming consultants ( [link] ), I have witnessed how powerful word of mouth is.

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