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An End to B2B Social Media Madness

Marketing Craftmanship

Rapid, lemming-like adoption of social media tools by small and medium-sized B2B firms – fueled by an army of self-proclaimed social media experts – has resulted in wasted dollars, missed opportunities and heightened distrust of the marketing function in the C-suite. As if CMOs needed another cause for termination.

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Bare Essentials: Marketing as a Necessary Evil

Marketing Craftmanship

To make matters worse, business owners often engage ad agencies, PR firms and outside (and internal) marketing “experts” who are always ready to prescribe a long list of tactical solutions (white papers, blogs, newsletters, publicity, social media, direct mail, conferences, advertising, etc.)…all Your intellectual capital.

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Making the Short List: Get into the B2B Game or Go Home

Marketing Craftmanship

“Fist-call capability” is how well your firm puts itself in a position to be noticed by target audiences, and it’s the key factor affecting your chances of making the short list. To drive consistent top-of-mind awareness with target audiences, you’ll need to do far more than simply show up all the right radar screens.