Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. markwilliamschaefer I would add that for commerce-oriented blogs, it would also be possible to track clicks back to a commerce-related part of a website for product information, registration, etc. Very helpful post, Jay.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

« Closing the loop to improve lead generation performance | Main | Using thought leader content as a lead generation tool » Process Mapping is an essential step to measuring Lead generation ROI Its been well documented that quality of collaboration between sales and marketing directly impacts ROI.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Create custom views to find emails quickly: let’s say you want to see all emails in your inbox that were sent by a particular person. If you need to see all emails sent by a particular person and still keep them sorted by date, you should create a custom view. This new view will be listed under the “View” menu, “Current View”.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 12, 2009

2. Don’t simply ask people to come to a meeting by calling or emailing, send them a meeting invitation: Most calendar programs have this option, which emails the person with a meeting request that they need to reply to with “yes”, “no” or “propose another time” (those are the standard options in MS Outlook). United States License.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Joe Fernandez : The amont of public-facing data attributed to a person’s name has exploded. We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands. It’s in our DNA.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

If someone fills out the form to download the document, and they have a large following on Twitter (as determined by an instant Flowtown look-up), you can automatically send and email to your PR team to follow up with that individual. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O. The way Lindsey Lohan hates non-alcoholic beverages.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Have them document EVERY question they receive. I personally can help people with every aspect of running a business operationally as well aside from accounting and law and I have referrals for both, as well as connections with experts in the areas I am not an expert in. When you find a pattern, create content to address it.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You will see in 2010 that most companies will, hopefully, leave behind both notions (media is important, and B2C and B2C are different) due to results that we will start seeing in the market. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Nicely said, Esteban.-=

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

The Soundog is an ingenious device – a small, personal speaker with switching capabilities, enabling me to listen to whichever game I prefer without bothering nearby patrons. Talk to your customer service department, or survey your customers and document the top 10 problems that customers have with your product or service.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. BTW, Jason, I am in awe of the way you answer everyone personally. Making that personal connection can be tough…when you’re getting a lot of comments. It’s about humanization.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

You’re also engaging with customers, helping to solve their business problems and maybe even documenting the process with case studies. And even if your website needs to stay “all business,&# Facebook is where you can give a face and personality to the company. link] links for 2010-05-20 « ?????? [.]

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. Best of B2B Marketing. Featured Sources. Like hooking their toilet up to Twitter. doth protest.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

In reality though, there’s exactly two paragraphs about ExactTarget (and CoTweet ) in the entire document – which is a very digestible 14 pages – and they won’t bug you after you download it. This is not some sort of ExactTarget sales pitch (although you do have to fill out a short form to download it, which I abhor).

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markempa

MAY 18, 2005

Unlike other books that utilize mostly traditional direct marketing tactics, I will offer the proven approach that has produced documented returns of 2000% to 5000% ROI. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

I would love to meet Amy in real life and see what kind of person she is. link] jaybaer Thanks for sharing that excellent, but personally frustrating example. It's hard because the smaller companies are the ones that often take negativity way too personal (as with the Crazy Amy story linked in the comments). I appreciate it.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2012

It’s very personal, not only amongst the narrator and the people involved, but obviously the victims of this injustice, etc. It is just another arrow in the quiver of Facebook craziness that we seem to document on a weekly basis here on Social Pros. Ian: Are you asking how I personally do it for Bazaarvoice? Eric: Exactly.

Sales Management 114

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2012

It’s very personal, not only amongst the narrator and the people involved, but obviously the victims of this injustice, etc. It is just another arrow in the quiver of Facebook craziness that we seem to document on a weekly basis here on Social Pros. Ian: Are you asking how I personally do it for Bazaarvoice? Eric: Exactly.

Sales Management 114

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

The trick with websites is the never-ending need to feed the monster, through search optimization, public relations, banner ads, skywriting, or whatever other means you’ve devised to let people know that your site is out there and worthy of attention. link] 3 ways Facebook is killing the website | Hammer of Truth 2010 [.]

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

The trick with websites is the never-ending need to feed the monster, through search optimization, public relations, banner ads, skywriting, or whatever other means you’ve devised to let people know that your site is out there and worthy of attention. link] 3 ways Facebook is killing the website | Hammer of Truth 2010 [.]

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Senior marketing execs see their companies moving to social media in 2010 by The Viral Garden. Social media stats in video form.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 4, 2010

He references the Communication and Public Relations Generally Accepted Practices (GAP) study which states that PR wins the large majority of control over social media budgets in slightly over 25% of the respondents vs. only 9% for marketing. Michael Brenner Jun 4 2010 Hi Ryan. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment!

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 28, 2010

I see this as being most useful to the person managing the blog – especially those with multiple authors. One thing I might add to the document is the what next, after what do we want them to do, what's the follow up process? The problem is bandwidth. The problem is bandwidth.

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