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The Death of Salesmen, Really

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This week I got a call from a sales man with a direct solicitation to bring him into a business situation I’m working on. I’ve been a marketing consultant since 1997 and an Inbound Marketing Certified Professional blogging, tweeting and working on social media for my marketing and for clients since 2009.

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Fuel Your Online Marketing Machine with Dynamic Content

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It did mine recently – I received a call about a post I did in 2009 from an executive at a financial services company on the East Coast. And finally you can hire outsource resources to either support your efforts or do the work for you. Does your online content make your phone ring?

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6 Reasons I Love Being a Marketing Consultant

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In the early nineties I was inspired by an ad agency with which I worked to start my own marketing business. We may be part of the problem, not working on a solution. Consultants are usually hired to work on a solution. For example, I worked with a non-profit a couple of years ago. I get to choose with whom I work.

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How to Blog: What Blog Categories Should I Create?

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I learned from two bloggers at the Marketing Profs conference in Boston in 2009 – Beth Harte and Jay Baer. I also work with a lot of technology companies and began to get calls about my blog posts on Crossing the Chasm , so I created that category. Blog Post Categories Should Mirror Your Products and Services.

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Does Your B2B Sales Team Dominate LinkedIn?

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Make it clear that your company will be working with employees to create guidelines for use while in your employ. Photo on Flickr Some rights reserved by Kraft Hockeyville Thetford Mines 2009. How Can Your Sales Team Dominate LinkedIn for Your Industry? Have a strategy and a plan for your use of LinkedIn. Understand the conversation.

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3 Companies that Failed to Listen

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The #1 Fastest Growing Company in 2009 Fails to Follow Market Signals. Seena wrote “ Playing the Blame Game ,” about leaders and companies who ignored market and customer signals and blamed external factors for their product or business problems. Blackberry, which just reported a $4.4

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Is Your B2B Marketing in 3D? Or Stuck in 2D?

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At Marketing Profs 2009 B2B Forum in Boston, Jay Baer said, “Be 3 dimensional in your social networking. ” (In my opinion, you could let loose a 4th dimension on Facebook, but set up your privacy settings so that your work connections don’t see that). Save the 4th dimension for Facebook.”