Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 18, 2010

So I ran across some interesting stats last week when I picked up a tweet from Jeff Bullas on the 15 essential social media facts and figures for B2B Marketing. I don’t know how you feel but I certainly feel like everything I read about Social Media is the same old thing just a rehash of something else I read before. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

In my new advisory role for the member s of MENG I have been getting a bunch of questions from the members that are making great fodder for blog posts. The question is – What is the appropriate level of budget to support social media for a B2B company? I actually tried to tackle this question a few times on my blog before.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 16, 2010

Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly than you can keep up with. There are several types of conversations that you can encounter out on the social web anything from a complaint to a compliment to what I like to call the Expressed Need. Share this on Linkedin. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 2, 2010

s Social Media in Business study found that 60 percent of consumers believe they are already interacting with companies on the social Web. Nearly all participants — 93 percent — believe all companies should have a presence in social media. As you may know already, blogging is a quantity game. Share this on Linkedin.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Social media marketing activity exploded in 2009, and so did coverage of these practices. Every social media consultant , corporate marketer and PR professional was challenged to keep up with the latest writing on the topic. Social Media Measurement. ROI Is Dead by StraightUpSearch Blog. by SocialSteve’s Blog.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

In the last post we covered how to create a Social Media Lead Flow. There is a growing number of listening platforms devoted to Social Media – everything from highly customized services that are managed for you, to free tools you can manage yourself. Share this on Linkedin. But what if you don’t have a listening platform?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 15, 2010

But focusing on the Extrovert angle for a second, I began to wonder if you need to be an extrovert to be in social media. Certainly internally in your organization you need to be an extrovert if you want to organize a Tribe or movement in your company to take on social media. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on Facebook.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 14, 2010

Whether you are a CMO’s of a B2C or B2B Marketing team the key in this next decade is sharing and the key to sharing is Content! As the old adage goes – some people spend more time planning the wedding then they do the marriage and this is true of a lot of what we see organizations do socially. Share this on Linkedin.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Weekends are devoted to Blog posts and writing the new book. My advice would be don’t let Google Reader (or any social activity) over run your life – remember you are in control! Share this on Linkedin. Related posts: Social Search could it be a Google Killer? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 29, 2010

With the tidal wave of how-to articles , jargon and self-proclaimed “social media experts&# hitting the online world, it’s easy for marketers and business executives to view social media as something akin to the unexplored regions of the earth as presented on medieval maps—&# here be dragons.&# Social Media Demystified.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 24, 2011

Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info? Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Promote events through social media?

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. LinkedIn: Starting an Alumni Group When Linkedin started a groups feature (like Facebook groups) I thought about how I could network with former colleagues.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

WordPress is no longer just the leading blog platform , but is now the most popular open-source CMS (content management system) as well. An outstanding list of useful WordPress plugins from Andy Beal, author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online and the brain behind the Trackur social media monitoring tool.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 8, 2010

Let’s face it at this point social media has gone mainstream. Customers are not only surfing the web looking for information but more and more they are relying on social media to get their information. Your customers can seamlessly move from web to social to call center to your front door. Share this on Linkedin.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content is Media&#. Building a solid content creation engine is critical to B2B marketers today. I think B2B marketers really need to think and act more like a media house themselves. Share this on Linkedin. Can you stick to it?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 15, 2010

Back in prehistoric times (before the Internet, that is), b2b buyers learned about products and services by reading (print) magazines and (printed) analyst reports. Things began to change when blogging became popular about seven years ago. Prospects can ask questions, within or beyond their social networks. Tweet This!

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MLT Creative

JULY 20, 2011

According to Courtney Wiley of iMedia Connection , “The B2B buying process is fundamentally changing. 93% of B2B buyers use search to begin the buying process and 37% post questions on social networking sites when looking for suggestions." 25 brand building inbound marketing tactics: Write a post on your B2B blog.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 30, 2010

Translation – it provides a rich target for your marketing, you may even put a name or a face to it as one of his blog post detailed called How Well do you Know your Buyer Personas ? Share this on Linkedin. Can your social media activities cost you your job? Will Facebook replace your B2B Marketing email system?

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Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

So I figured it was time to update my inaugural post on this blog, What is Webbiquity? Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. And finally, your website and blog are no longer the only places that buyers may find you. If you don’t have a blog already, start one.

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Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

So I figured it was time to update my inaugural post on this blog, What is Webbiquity? Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. And finally, your website and blog are no longer the only places that buyers may find you. If you don’t have a blog already, start one.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2011

by Maria Pergolino As the social media terrain becomes more populated with websites, the choices for B2B social media marketing stretch far and wide. stalwarts – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – there are thousands of other sites to choose from. Digg : Delve into this library of articles on almost every topic.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Though business use of social media is rapidly increasing, many executives remain skeptical of its value. The bottom line is that while social media marketing definitely provides benefits (such as a higher conversion rate for organic search traffic ), it’s not generally effective as a direct promotion tool.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

many people pause to think about what they’re thankful for: family, friends, TiVo, the Yankees not winning the World Series… I’m thankful for all of those things too of course, but also for the development and growth of social media. Now, social media tools like Facebook and LinkedIn make it easy and (usually) non-awkward.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Any business that primarily relies on customers within it’s local geographic area—which includes not just restaurants and dentists but also some types of b2b vendors, such as IT services and of course marketing and PR firms—needs to understand the ins and outs of local search engine optimization (SEO).

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Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2011

Today LinkedIn launched a new news aggregation and curation service called LinkedIn Today. Many other websites automatically curate news based on what your friends have liked, shared or voted such as Reddit, Digg, Facebook and tons more. What does the launch of LinkedIn Today mean for marketers?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

to learn more see my blog post on generating a buyer persona with Facebook ). Share this on Linkedin. Social Media Lead flow in B2B Marketing Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly. Will Facebook replace your B2B Marketing email system? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A good friend and former colleague of mine Dan Neely, CEO of Networked Insights reminded me recently that there will be more data created in this year than in the previous 5000 years combined! But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have. Share this on Linkedin.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 17, 2011

by Maria Pergolino I know what you’re thinking – the seven ways marketers should be using social will be all about Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Digg or Reddit, and YouTube, right? These channels are just the places where we network with others online, not the best ways to do it.

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B2B Marketing Savvy

JULY 27, 2009

Read time = 2 minutes) For me – getting a handle on the “social media” marketing landscape is easier if I simply connect the new stuff to my trusted, old and faithful outbound and marketing roots. This will be way to simplistic for some, but hopefully a way to lessen the confusion, for others.

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B2B Marketing Savvy

JULY 26, 2009

Read time = 2 minutes) For me – getting a handle on the “social media” marketing landscape is easier if I simply connect the new stuff to my trusted, old and faithful outbound and marketing roots. This will be way to simplistic for some, but hopefully a way to lessen the confusion, for others.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

There was a recent exchange on twitter where a prominent, intelligent and well-respected analyst predicted that content marketing will destroy social media. But don’t let us hog the spotlight, chime in with your opinion in the comments below or on your social channel of choice… Content strategy will actually save marketing!

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Reviewing the prior survey's results published in April 2009 , I expected that the economy -- and burgeoning interest in social media -- would accelerate the shift toward digital channels throughout 2009 to an unprecedented degree. Note: this research looks at firms of 50 employees or more only. What does work?

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

10 Tips For Content Marketing Success by TopRank Online Marketing Blog. Social Media Leads Content Marketing: New Survey Reveals by Jeff Bullas. E-newsletters, blogs and white papers are among the most popular types of content. 7 “Rs&# for B2B Marketing Content Planning by Customer Think. by Savvy B2B Marketing.

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MLT Creative

MARCH 16, 2011

Skillfully placed inbound links can influence a B2B website’s ranking in the same manner that inbound bounce passes can be game changers in basketball. Good ways to do this include blog posts, white papers, eBooks and profiles. Write guest posts – Do you frequently read blogs relevant to your website?

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Jeffbullas's Blog Internet Marketing Home Bio Speaking Grade your Site Marketing Resources Twitter Jeff’s YouTube Contact Congratulations: You have successfully subscribed! I then added to that post with some ideas from readers and more of my own with a post titled “ 50 Ways To Optimize Your Blog “.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 The B2B Social Media Marketing Series is supported by IDG Enterprise.

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Webbiquity

JULY 28, 2010

Despite its airy title, Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day by Dave Evans is anything but a lightweight treatment of this topic. At roughly 340 pages of text plus another 42 pages of worksheets, this is a meaty book, but the end result of following Dave’s hour-a-day guide is a solidly justified, strategic social media marketing plan.

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