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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.”

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

On mid-1990s projects, for example, typically organizations defined hundreds of requirements and went through protracted RFP processes in search of the best software and system integrator. As for the ideal dynamic today, Enterprise 2.0 differs from its predecessor. Long and expensive consulting engagements often missed their mark.

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Top 25 Posts and 6 Hot Topics - Best of B2B Marketing Zone in January

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

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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Top 111 B2B Marketing Posts and 34 Hottest Topics for 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Here it is - the very best posts and the hottest topics for 2010. 50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far) - Webbiquity , October 5, 2010. Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010. Do I Really Need a Content Strategy?

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Paul Slack: B2B Digital Marketing Has Never Been Easier

B2B Digital Marketer

What’s great today that we didn’t necessarily have so much in the past is how we can get the awareness that we need for all of our content marketing.”. And so, so when I start thinking about that, you know, in the discussion we started having was around, you know, let’s just say orphaned content, right. Right, right.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Ian Greenleigh , who’s the Manager of Social Media Strategy and Content for Bazaarvoice is going to be joining us in just a minute. ” This sounds like a case study for great content that was really marketed well.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Ian Greenleigh , who’s the Manager of Social Media Strategy and Content for Bazaarvoice is going to be joining us in just a minute. ” This sounds like a case study for great content that was really marketed well.