Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

Prior to this year, my perception of Twitter was that of a useless text-messaging medium designed to send friends obscure personal information. He’s given me excellent Word of Mouth references. The same week, another person called and asked permission to distribute a section of my paper as part of a university workshop.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of 2010 A guest post by Jeff Ogden , president of Find New Customers Although companies like Marketo, Eloqua and Kinaxis have produced terrific written content in blogs, e-books, etc., As we like to say, “Personality is the missing ingredient in B2B marketing.&# They all are very entertaining, too.

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

« Lead generation with Podcasts | Main | Why CEOs Must Be Actively Involved in Lead Generation » Personal lead generation tools If you do lead generation (a.k.a. The article features tools that will aid sales people, entrepreneurs, and professionals with their personal lead generation efforts. " by Jeanette Borzo.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If someone signs up for your email updates when you send one out, that person will receive it in almost every case. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? LinkedIn – only if I have made a personal connection. Email is all about actual audience.

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ClearVoice

MARCH 7, 2020

It would be like word of mouth advertising, but at scale (thanks to social media). Instagram – This social networking platform is a photo- and video-sharing app that launched in 2010 and was acquired by Facebook in 2012. If you’re the only person talking about it, the engagement (and impact) will be minimal.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

60 Certainly, there are many other factors that contribute to number of followers, and I’m not saying this is in any way a metric judging how influential a person is on Twitter, just how efficient their Twitter usage might be. I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. What do you think?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

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.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

I’m on vacation in the great white north for a couple weeks, trying to spend a little time with the family and get The Now Revolution (my new book with Amber Naslund ) finished up.

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

« Peformance Measurement, Corporate Culture and the CMO | Main | 2 New RSS Feeds for the B2B Lead Generation Blog » Blueprint for Personal Lead Generation Success Do you generate your own leads? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 As you know it doesnt always stay that way.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Spread the Love It’s easy to fall into the trap of relying on one or a few persons in your organization to be the content creation mules. While I was away, Convince & Convert featured 11 guest blog posts from friends, clients, and colleagues. They like it. They’re pretty good at it.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

May 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Jennifer Maggiore, CEO of Maggiore Consulting, a multi-media lead generation firm and co-host of Locals Only: a Phoenix-based live Internet show. We measure it (personally and professionally) quantitatively not qualitatively.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If we can reliably identify a person across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and elswhere, we can then segment not only for the demographics of the consumer in question; we can tailor content for the mode they are in where we reach them. You can call it ButterCRM Frosting for all I care. link] Ian Greenleigh Great post, Kevin.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

Another person tweeted a link to a blog which turned out, much to my chagrin, to be a post asking for votes rather than a vote about the subject. But until then, I can’t not participate as some sort of personal protest. I guess it’s all transparent, so it’s not really “bad.&# link] jaybaer I know.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. The more email addresses a person uses across the social Web, the less ideal the results. Isn’t that worth the 5 cents per contact that Flowtown charges?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. Great article!

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

« One-to-one lead generation for B2B companies | Main | Website Landing Pages impact Lead Generation results » Strategize to get more referral leads This article is a good reminder that our personal connections with our existing customers are an excellent source of future business via referrals.

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markempa

MAY 20, 2005

« Asking for referrals does more than generate leads | Main | Lead generation ROI depends on a good handoff » Lead Generation via Industry Experts Proactively building relationships with industry experts is a powerful way to generate sales leads and positive word of mouth (WOM).

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

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

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd. He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Aside from optimizing the structure of the site and the pitches themselves, sheer volume and traffic drove our authority with Google and other search engines.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

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

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

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

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Personally, I did not find it helpful, although the concept holds promise. I'm taking some of your suggestions above and tailoring to what I *think* will work best for my personal needs. However, I found the default content excessive and the reaction of fans not favorable.

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markempa

MAY 8, 2007

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

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Personally I think having the photo on the far right anchors it a bit better, but people seem to be responding well to #3. Two is very graphical no personality (you need personality, I don't on my blog where it's not about me but the content). 2 many words I guess? I also picked 3 because there was no 4.

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markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

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

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream; but I find that for some strange reason fish prefer worms. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 He writes, “I go fishing up in Maine every summer. So when I go fishing, I don’t think about what I want. I think about what they want.

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markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

The workhorse of business-to-business direct mail is still the one-page, personalized letter sent in a #10 envelope. Here are some online examples such as: blog posts, podcasts, vidcasts, webinars, e-books, personalized microsites, wikis, and other multimedia. What can you send via email? What can you do via the phone?

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markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

Do you think a typical marketer or sales person (who isnt a good “networker” already) can build relationships and generate sales leads for their company from a social networking tool? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Why or why not?

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markempa

AUGUST 24, 2007

Personally, Ive never seen closed-loop feedback suddenly erupt as a result of software. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Overall, I agree with the idea of software and systems for better ROI measurement and accountability. But closed-loop marketing isnt software.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? We see blogging both as community building and as a function of being a web based business.

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markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

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

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markempa

AUGUST 30, 2007

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

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markempa

JULY 9, 2007

You need to examine each lead ask if they are " sales ready " meaning they are ready to speak to a sales person. They are seeking education and information but would rather not talk to a sales person yet. You need to examine each lead ask if they are " sales ready " meaning they are ready to speak to a sales person.

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markempa

MAY 9, 2007

In a complex sale, my experience is, most of the selling actually happens when the sales person isnt there. In a complex sale, my experience is, most of the selling actually happens when the sales person isnt there. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

This is especially important in generating postitive word of mouth (WOM) too. This is especially important in generating postitive word of mouth (WOM) too. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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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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