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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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

and notes how transformation has been driven by marketing budgets reaching new lows in 2009 and 2010: “Marketing, rather than just trying to do more with less, had to do something differently and had to transform.”. Click to start video at this point — Dave discusses the recent ITSMA report—“Marketing Transformation: Are We There Yet?”—and

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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

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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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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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

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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Biznology

APRIL 7, 2015

Visiting Paris was am important reminder for me as an expert in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) that I had forgotten since living in Berlin, Germany, back in 2010 — half a decade ago. All but Frenchie’s were because of my wanderings (visual appeal, location, etc) or because of word of mouth.

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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

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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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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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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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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. Obviously this is a valuable metric but we are able to give companies a network value score to understand a person's word of mouth impact. It’s in our DNA.

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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 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 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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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

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

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.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

Yet according to CSO Insight’s 2010 Sales Performance Optimization study, only 52% of sales reps met quota in 2009, and companies achieved only 78% of their revenue plans. The way buyers research and buy solutions has changed forever , and the old sales process can’t keep up. Lead nurturing.

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Referral Rock

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Viral marketing is any marketing tactic that encourages rapid natural online sharing and accelerated word of mouth. The exposure pays for itself: What makes a campaign viral is the use of word of mouth. The moment your attention is apparent, you can start analyzing and optimizing each step of the process.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 29, 2019

They send 9 different kinds of emails to every customer based on their purchase history, location, age, on-site browsing, etc. which products a customer keeps in their cart without purchasing, and so on. The best marketing strategy in this world is word-of-mouth marketing. which products a customer orders frequently.

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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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Convince & Convert

APRIL 12, 2012

My wife and I are in the process of moving, so I was packing boxes and doing heavy lifting all weekend. There’s a sense that social media is actually mitigating negative word of mouth for these large customer service organizations. Eric : Can you describe that process a little bit, or is it secret sauce?

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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

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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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

February 25th, 2010 |Written By: Susan Baier | View Comments Tweet Guest post from Susan Baier, a 20-year marketing strategy veteran with an MBA in Entrepreneurship. I've never purchased anything from ThinkGeek. link] [link] DJ Waldow Lisa: Love it. Great story. Well written. However, they've won me over on the personal side.

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Outgrow

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Despite all the new tricks in marketing, word of mouth still takes the cake. Not only that, they are five times more likely to indicate it is the only brand they would purchase in the future. As customers make repeated purchases, you get a better idea of who they are and what they want. Improved Referral System .

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seo.co

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

You can think of it as something akin to word of mouth in advertising, people visit your site because someone else told them to. Here’s what that means: The human brain processes visuals 60,000-times faster than text. People are 85 percent more likely to purchase a product after viewing a video.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

If you log in to Amazon (and have connected your account to FB), you’ll see friends’ birthdays, be shown purchase recommendations based on what your friends have liked, etc. I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. Build a website. Keep it updated.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

If you log in to Amazon (and have connected your account to FB), you’ll see friends’ birthdays, be shown purchase recommendations based on what your friends have liked, etc. I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. Build a website. Keep it updated.

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markempa

MAY 18, 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. Economic conditions are such that the buyer requires a more thorough business case to justify the purchase decision.

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