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Social CRM: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Paul Gillin

If you’re a marketer in a medium-to large-sized B2B company, you’re almost certainly using customer relationship management (CRM) software to track your customers and prospects. For example, I have 725 friends on Facebook, nearly 1,000 connections on LinkedIn, and almost 7,500 Twitter followers.

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Direct Marketing Doesn’t Have to Suck

Paul Gillin

Both turned out to be promotions for companies exhibiting at the conference. With the exception of Gizmo, all the companies have something to sell. I may not buy from them, but I sure do help promote their wares. Last week I got two letters in the mail that appeared to be personally addressed to me in a feminine hand (right).

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

They do assume that a company has a rich set of historical data to work with, which is often not the case. We’ve told you about a few companies that have achieved a notable return on investment (ROI) from their social marketing initiatives. any company, regardless of the financial impact. Of course not.

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