Chris Koch

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How to get others to blog

Chris Koch

Set up an RSS feed of key news sources and bloggers and forward the good stuff to your SMEs. When blogger’s block sets in at IBM , bloggers can get inspiration through software that lets customers suggest the topics they’d like to see covered. Get ideas from customers. This all happens before the writing begins.

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Why the volume and quality of interactions with customers has to pass for social media ROI

Chris Koch

For example, being listed on the blogroll of a highly respected blogger, analyst, or journalist not only generates traffic; it also establishes you as an authority among the people who care most about the subject you’re blogging about. RSS+comments=VIP. 10 Tips for Beginning Bloggers (edtechpower.blogspot.com). startups.com).

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Three steps for B2B marketers to build a personal social media presence

Chris Koch

Pick an RSS tool. One of the best ways to start is with RSS. There are a million tools out there for doing this, and you can integrate RSS feeds into your browser but I find that cluttered and distracting. Now, I have to admit that I’m not a diligent RSS follower. Before you can begin talking, you have to listen.

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Eight reasons to monitor social media and a list of tools for doing it

Chris Koch

Furthermore, a vanity search cannot distinguish whether what’s being said about your brand is coming from a blogger with 2000 readers that include your most important customers or from a grad student whose RSS feed goes to his Mom. How do you separate the specific discussions about your offering from the general conversation?

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How to use social media for B2B

Chris Koch

For example, the number of RSS subscribers bloggers have, the number of comments to the blog post, the number of page views, etc. By monitoring conversations online, we can find the people inside and outside our companies that say smart things. Gather research.

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13 qualities of a good social media voice

Chris Koch

More than a month and people will begin to delete you from their RSS feeds. Blog comments, for example, should all receive a response from the blogger, even if it’s just one message thanking everyone for their time and good thoughts. Do you have so little say that you needed a month off? Responsive.

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15 qualities of a good social media voice

Chris Koch

Blog comments, for example, should all receive a response from the blogger, even if it’s just one message thanking everyone for their time and good thoughts. More than a month and people will begin to delete you from their RSS feeds. Do you have so little say that you needed a month off?