Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

A while back, I read an article by Chris Brogan that discussed 19 chores we could each do daily to help us maintain an online presence. Comment on a few relevant articles Hubspot Dashboard - finds daily chores for me to do around blogging, keywords, search rankings, etc. I'm in good company!

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

A week after the election, the topic surfaced again after reading a recent article on HubSpot's blog, Are You Unwittingly Making This Disastrous Sales Mistake? Write a blog article that expands your thoughts on the debate, and post a link to it on the original site that started the debate (take some of the traffic).

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

It's a few years off, I'm sure, but it's full of sketches, articles, diagrams and some day, this wish book will be our home. I just added the article Eco Principles for Community Living from Treehugger. I have my notebook of ideas for when Linda and I build our green home.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 10, 2009

The short version excerpted from the article: The experts balance Inbound Marketing with Outbound Marketing. full article on the DemandGen Reports site). Outbound Only. The complete results were published today on the DemandGen Reports site. Some key points to consider.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

It's a few years off, I'm sure, but it's full of sketches, articles, diagrams and some day, this wish book will be our home. I just added the article Eco Principles for Community Living from Treehugger. I have my notebook of ideas for when Linda and I build our green home.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 15, 2009

I'll share the intro here, and you can get the rest of the article on the site. Craig is publishing a series of Thought Leader articles and thus far they have been great reading for B2B Marketers. You can find all his articles on his site. Just got an interview published on Craig Rosenberg's funnelholic blog. Thanks Craig!

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 28, 2009

The short version excerpted from the article: The experts balance Inbound Marketing with Outbound Marketing. full article on the DemandGen Reports site). Mostly Inbound Mostly Outbound Both Equally Inbound Only Outbound Only The complete results were published today on the DemandGen Reports site. Some key points to consider.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2009

I'll share the intro here, and you can get the rest of the article on the site. Craig is publishing a series of Thought Leader articles and thus far they have been great reading for B2B Marketers. You can find all his articles on his site. Just got an interview published on Craig Rosenberg's funnelholic blog. Thanks Craig!

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 21, 2010

And keep the passion regular -- be it once per week, or twice a day, maintain your article publishing consistency. Don't be afraid to stir the pot - While I don't necessarily subscribe to the belief that nice guys finish last, I do believe that nice guys are free to disagree with whomever they want, and then blog about it.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I''ll be adding notable thoughts, quotes, and tweets to this article during the two days, so come back! Having just kicked off, the SiriusDecisions Summit in London will be spanning two days with tons of marketing and sales goodness.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

One particular article captured my attention because it stated some basic principles that many sales professionals sometimes fail to heed. The article, Sellers & Marketers: Have Them at Hello!

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2009

At least that's what Pepsico said the carbon impact was in an article in today's NY Times. The article continues: Nancy Hirshberg, vice president for natural resources at the yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm , said measuring a carbon footprint is a “fabulous tool” for pinpointing areas to reduce emissions.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 5, 2009

I'm stimulated by creative work such as writing a fun blog article or doing a souped up graphic that is needed for a presentation, creative work for me is relaxing. I came back refreshed, despite the three days of rain: Write a couple blog articles - not the tough, fact filled kind, but the light ones that come easily.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

That conversation and these tweets inspired me to write the following Blog Article. Next article: What makes a good non-scoring BANT prospect? Qualilfying for BANT is like asking to see a W2 on a first date. It's all timely based on a call I had yesterday with a prospect/CMO I was speaking with.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 10, 2007

When I find something that I believe others would benefit by, I hit the Share button which will list it in the list to the left of this article, but when I find one that is exceptionally interesting, and typically more than one page, I'll print it as well. I read the headlines, the occasional text, and the rare full article.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

That conversation and these tweets inspired me to write the following Blog Article. Next article: What makes a good non-scoring BANT prospect? Qualilfying for BANT is like asking to see a W2 on a first date. It's all timely based on a call I had yesterday with a prospect/CMO I was speaking with.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 27, 2009

I'm stimulated by creative work such as writing a fun blog article or doing a souped up graphic that is needed for a presentation, creative work for me is relaxing. I came back refreshed, despite the three days of rain: Write a couple blog articles - not the tough, fact filled kind, but the light ones that come easily.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2009

Smash mouth Marketing has two guest post blog articles this week, writing about Outbound Marketing, Inbound Marketing and Tony Soprano. Hubspot: Outbound Marketing and Inbound Marketing Can Learn From Each Other Fast Company: Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing, by Tony Soprano Just gonna keep spreading the Outbound Marketing goodness!

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 12, 2010

I started penning this piece about summer last week when AG Salesworks published a great article touching on some of the tactical issues of lead gen in the summer. For the most part, it's popular opinion that it’s harder to sell during the summer. Use that knowledge to engage in your demand gen efforts with great enthusiasm.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

I would not normally make such a blanket statement, but I don''t want anyone to miss the point of this article. If you are a Chief Marketing Officer, or report to one, or aspire to be one, you MUST attend dreamforce. This week, I was able to speak at dreamforce for data.com , and shared in the frenzy with 130,000 other attendees.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 14, 2010

That said, you still have hundreds of Google Reader articles to scan, a few new sales enablement presentations to review before publishing them to Slideshare, and two meetings to approve in the Appointment Setting queue. Today at Enterprise 2.0 We all wake up on Mondays to a mountain of data, feeds, and emails.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Smash mouth Marketing has two guest post blog articles this week, writing about Outbound Marketing, Inbound Marketing and Tony Soprano. Hubspot: Outbound Marketing and Inbound Marketing Can Learn From Each Other Fast Company: Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing, by Tony Soprano Just gonna keep spreading the Outbound Marketing goodness!

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Quote them in blog articles. As soon as you find out a tribe member has a blog, find a way to help them with a blog article. Most buzzers love to be pumped up socially. Write success stories with them. Prop them up. Thank them for buzzing. Encourage buzzers and tribe members to share stories. Make it cool to be in the tribe.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

I'm deviating from my normal article style and getting down to some math. Back in November I posted an article, Poker Equity and Marketing - Lead Equity. It lead to me reposting the original article, and then to my responding to several questions by email asking me to elaborate. Blog article Part 3? Ok, fair warning.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 3, 2009

I'm deviating from my normal article style and getting down to some math. Back in November I posted an article, Poker Equity and Marketing - Lead Equity. It lead to me reposting the original article, and then to my responding to several questions by email asking me to elaborate. Blog article Part 3? Ok, fair warning.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 29, 2010

Jill Konrath, sales strategist and author of SNAP Selling , has an article on ScLoHo's Collective Wisdom blog about limiting the amount of time you speak during a sales call and keeping quiet during that most critical meeting -- replacing your competitor! Whatever You Do, Don't Do This During a Sales Meeting.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 20, 2009

There is a thread of blog articles on MarketingProf's , a page of MarketingProfs speaker's social media contact info on my blog, and the whole twitter feed of #mpb2b hash tag comments. It was so full of nuggets, all I can say is to go read as many of the blogs as you possibly can on the topic.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 1, 2009

We'll followup with a blog article discussing the results. There have been a number of studies published about what marketing departments are spending budget on. We are looking at more of a granular study. What do people spend on Inbound Marketing and what do they spend on Outbound Marketing. Please spread the word. URLs to share.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 17, 2009

There is a thread of blog articles on MarketingProf's , a page of MarketingProfs speaker's social media contact info on my blog, and the whole twitter feed of #mpb2b hash tag comments. It was so full of nuggets, all I can say is to go read as many of the blogs as you possibly can on the topic.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The list is endless, Treehugger gets into the green benefits in the article Working From Home Makes More Sense Than Ever. This article Home Sweet Office from Wired also gets into the savings to the employee and to the business. Being green saves money.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 6, 2009

We'll followup with a blog article discussing the results. There have been a number of studies published about what marketing departments are spending budget on. We are looking at more of a granular study. What do people spend on Inbound Marketing and what do they spend on Outbound Marketing. Please spread the word.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2013

It took me 2 minutes to correct their missing title, see that her colleague talked to us at the SiriusDecisions conference in May, add her LinkedIn url to her profile, note that we''re connected by 8 people, and she visited 5 blog articles today. R eviewed and scored -- 2 minutes. Create great content. Socially surround your market.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 26, 2010

Although I love taking a little credit, his recent articles have been full of LinkedIn Goodness. Since I was spouting all about LinkedIn at Chris Brogan's New Marketing Experience last month, he has recently been on a LinkedIn crusade to find all the tips and tricks burried inside.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 30, 2009

He had read an article about how the campaign was based on three simple tenants: Simplicity, Consistency and Relevance. For example, I'm passionate about Family and living a Green lifestyle, so I tie it into a post here and there, such as this article on Market Research , or this one on Father's Day.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 26, 2009

He had read an article about how the campaign was based on three simple tenants: Simplicity, Consistency and Relevance. For example, I'm passionate about Family and living a Green lifestyle, so I tie it into a post here and there, such as this article on Market Research , or this one on Father's Day.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Despite my whimsical title for this blog article (little link-baiting), the eBook is full of industry expert's takes on today's sales and marketing's demand gen and selling flow -- the path from universe to prospect to client.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Being one of those tweeps who always barks by mid-January that "if I see one more predictions blog article, I'll puke," I chuckled as I sat down to write. She asked a bunch of B2B marketing experts for their predictions for 2010. For the full text, you'll have to check back with Ambal, and I'll promote it as well.

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