Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards. It’s not viral unless it is. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Also I have made some cool purchases & love to see the photos made via iphone of where people are right now. I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. link] [link] Melba Ann Williams Luv Twitter~it is a great way to vent or just check in with friends in 140 characters.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Actual transactions whether purchases or social transactions? link] Mike Boysen I didn’t see any real deep behavior analysis discussed here. “Tagging&# and projecting your expectations on groups is very inside out thinking. What behaviors are we talking about?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

At the end of the day, however, a great product and great customer service is still what will keep your clients coming back despite the notion by some social media gurus (certainly not Mr. Baer) that positive word of mouth (or “buzz&# ) was created by social media. nuff said. nuff said.

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markempa

JULY 9, 2007

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. Lead nurturing is a multi-touch process. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 " I agree.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

On a near-continuous basis, consumers are asking for help making purchasing decisions. How can you take friction out of that process by just-in-time tweeting, participating in Yahoo! because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. Multiple purchases doesn't always indicate that customer is a “talker&# that creates content or spread the word about your product.

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markempa

JULY 28, 2006

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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

Women are routinely misunderstood or ignored by advertisers despite their unprecedented purchasing power and loyalty to brands that earn their trust. 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.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

Also, many B2B purchases are heavily researched, providing a real success path for content creation and socially-derived thought leadership. The cultural one is a tricky point and I think until more businesses starting getting their people on the bus it is going to be a slow adoption process. Lastly, the people factor is huge.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

But the stories and nuggets of insight make it well worth the purchase price and then some. This is the overarching theme of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book Delivering Happiness, a Path to Passion, Profits, and Purpose. Did Delivering Happiness rock me to my core?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the economy has put the brakes on corporate travel, trade shows still managed to gain ground, as sales like to press the flesh in these venues and buyers circle exhibit halls gauging product buzz. « B2B Marketing POSTs by Laura Ramos Says: February 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM [.]

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markempa

FEBRUARY 23, 2006

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. The number of people involved in a purchasing decision is filling up the boardroom, according to Sirius Decisions Inc., In 2005, 3.5 In 2005, 3.5

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Search Query Length Signals Intent While there is often more volume for one and two word searches, the longer searches are generally much more specific, indicating consumers that are farther along in their intent to purchase. But the reality is, your blog is probably a lot more broad than you think.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

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. So the challenge is connecting website log file data (analytics), with marketing data (inquiries) and then connecting them with the sales process.

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markempa

JULY 10, 2006

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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. And companies with better reputation and buzz around them should (theoretically) do better than their competition. It’s in our DNA. You're building your reputation through your customers.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Help clients take their message to consumers directly, impacting purchase intent by providing truly helpful information at the right time in the buying cycle. Cordell AWesome post: [link] Rishi I think the process of mystification of social media is on right now – to try and moentize it in many ways. As Jay Baer recently [.]

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

It generates Web traffic (via search and social media linkages) and helps remove purchase impediments every day of every month. If you purchase a magazine ad to promote your company, that ad might generate a lot of new customers. Smart content creation doesn’t have an expiration date.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

June 2nd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is the interconnected Web bringing us together, or making us all distracted voyeurs? Is this a great way to bring remote friends’ commentary into a purchase decision (fashion) that is driven by peer feedback? Or is this just creepy? and request more friends.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

January 1, 2010 to January 31, 2010. There is only one objective in social media: create learning networks - Chris Koch , January 8, 2010 There is too much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth about social media objectives and strategy these days. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But I get a lot of questions about why I like particular tools better than others and how I decide to use which, so here’s a summary of my thought process that I hope will help you make a similar decision for your client or your organization. First – What are the objectives? What questions are you trying to answer? Great resource.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

By being helpful and removing friction, you're removing purchase impediments. And certainly, once you've built that bridge using usefulness and trust, your ability to then “nudge&# the consumer toward purchase via whatever mechanism make sense is a lot more effective. link] jaybaer I think it's both John.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I imagine social media will go through the same process of moving from one executed campaign to a thoughtful, consistently measured line item investment. I imagine social media will go through the same process of moving from one executed campaign to a thoughtful, consistently measured line item investment. link] Geno jason… preach it.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? Now, in B2B, we have seen a similar dramatic shift towards prospects taking charge of the buying cycle, using on-line content marketing, resources and tools to drive research, comparisons and purchase decisions. The Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Business Mobile 2.0 You’re also engaging with customers, helping to solve their business problems and maybe even documenting the process with case studies. link] links for 2010-05-20 « ?????? [.] To read the full story, click here. [.]

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

9 Social Listening & Tracking Tools - Marketing Genius Blog , May 7, 2010 Here is a list of 9 social media tracking and monitoring tools. 100 Tips for Trade Show Lead Generation - B2B Lead Generation Blog , May 11, 2010 Lead generation remains the top reason most companies exhibit at events and tradeshows. Best of B2B Marketing.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Americans spent nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs in 2010, up from 15.8 At its current rate, Twitter will process almost 10 billion tweets in 2010. 40 percent of U.S. Yes—sort of.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Add WordStream’s Advanced Keyword Tools to Your Website for free , June 8, 2010. Pricing Based on Customer Expectations , May 26, 2010. June 7, 2010. Great B2B Marketing Stats (in a GREAT format!) , June 13, 2010. B2Bs, The Purchasing Patterns of Your Buyers Are Dramatically Changing. March 18, 2010.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

While the erosion of the MySpace user base has been ongoing for years, the fact that it was purchased for $580 million just five years ago says all you need to know about the vagaries of online leadership. Nearly all the once mighty, now defunct social network or community sites unfurled and died after being purchased. The goals shift.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. Twitter for B2B Marketing - MI6 Marketing Agency , November 18, 2010 Author: Chris Herbert. There better be. Why not use it?

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Webbiquity

APRIL 14, 2014

57% of B2B vendors say they are shifting their B2B commerce transactions from offline to online and self-service, and 44% agree “that B2B commerce is adopting B2C best practices in order to optimize the purchasing experience.” Digital Buzz Blog ). Digital Buzz Blog ). Digital Buzz Blog ). MarketingCharts ).

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Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

Instead of assuming you can find/purchase all the answers yourself, admit you need external teachers: We all need role models. 3- Agencies allow you to experiment and fail with social media – a critical part of the process. That’s the essence of a good social media strategy , anyway. 4 – Social media is, well, social.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

Why would a consumer “friend&# us or “fan&# us or “follow&# us in social media, unless they were either already a customer, or at the very least had us in their purchase consideration funnel? People don’t experimentally engage with brands in social media, they engage with the brands they already support.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

In order to realize the up-sell / cross-sell benefit, the call center staff needs to use the solution as expected, this changes the relationship with the customer, and the customer reacts by purchasing more – a complex set of cause and effect in order for quantifiable benefit to be achieved. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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