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B2B Marketing needs to Curate a Vibrant Community

Buzz Marketing for Technology

If you look at the interview I did with Sean Geehan – he talked about the typical number of customers in B2C versus B2B and the high concentration we have in B2B that account for the most of the revenues. Getting a customer is not the end goal it’s the middle In a recent speech by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research.

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Social Customer Support: AT&T is doing it Right!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

There is a customer service lesson in here for all B2C and B2B Marketers – this is the type of support customers are expecting today on the social web. I think a lot of B2C and B2B Marketers are listening but they tend to think that actual customer support is someone else’s job when in reality Marketers need to own customer support!

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Getting a customer is not the end goal it’s the middle

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In a recent speech by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research at the ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum it occurred to me that customer acquisition is no longer an “end state” for marketers its somewhere in the middle. Let me explain …. B2B Marketers need to examine and invest in this area of the spectrum – the customer retention area. Tweet This!

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It pays to provide Support with Social Media

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In a recent Forrester Report on “ Customer Experience Pays Off as Social Media reduces Obstacles for Real Change ” they have really nailed down the argument I have been making over the last year about why Support is the single best place to build your business case for Social Media. Every Industry! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Five Social Media Marketing Reports and Guides Worth Checking Out

Webbiquity

Though Facebook is generally more effective for b2c marketers than on the b2b side (as even this report notes), there are nevertheless b2b companies standing out from the crowd by getting results through Facebook. A B2B Marketer’s Guide to Great Facebook Pages from HubSpot (29 pages). How are they doing it? Share this on Bebo.

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Best of 2009: SEO Tips, Part 1

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He also quotes a finding from Nate Elliot of Forrester that there are “an average of 4.7 Another noteworthy post from this blog is Get Keyword Rank Data from Google Webmaster Tools , provides detailed step-by-step instructions for analyzing website performance using Google’s webmaster tools. Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

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