Tweet Wouldn’t it be great if you could just collect hot leads by spending a few minutes a day on LinkedIn? member of our B2B Lead Generation Roundtable LinkedIn Group was likely dreaming about this when he asked the group for a way to generate leads through LinkedIn that “doesn’t require a lot of time, engagement and endless keyword searches.”. Mirman is head of SMB (small and medium-sized business) Marketing for HubSpot , and Ramdas is General Manager of LeadFormix , both are marketing organizations specializing in B2B lead generation. Guess what? MORE >>

Indisputably the largest business-oriented social network, LinkedIn has emerged as a crucial site for professional networking, B2B marketing, hiring and job seeking. Find the answers to these questions and many others here in more than two dozen expert LinkedIn guides, tactics, tips and infographics. How to Use LinkedIn Powerfully: 10 Tips to Know by Social Media Today. 13 Things You Never Knew You Could Do On LinkedIn by Business Insider. Lessons from HubSpot’s LinkedIn Company Page by Business Insider. Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile and Use. MORE >>

Despite any recent recent rants you may have seen about how blogging is dead or blogs are passé , the fact of the matter is that business blogging is now more important than ever. 12 things every business blogger should know how to do by Ragan’s PR Daily. Contending that “blogging isn’t that difficult until educated, professional, bright grownups begin to overanalyze things,” Susan Young provides a dozen pieces of commonsense advice for business blogging success, such as sticking to what you know and enjoy, and writing “to express, not to impress.” MORE >>

Hopefully one of your objectives for social media is to generate new business leads. Here are some highlights: According to Hubspot and Edison Research, the more frequent you post on your blog, the better the chances of getting leads. While it may not be possible to post each day, the more frequently you do, the better your chances of generating leads. According to Hubspot, fan pages that have over 1,000 fans have 22 times the amount of traffic. Additionally, the size of your Facebook fanbase will dramatically impact how many leads you receive. MORE >>

I’m sharing his 10 tips which I try to live by when writing for social media. According to a social media study by King Fish Media, HubSpot and Junta42,  original content, both branded and expert, is by far the most employed tactic for social media. And … “businesses that blog get 55% more website traffic than those that don’t.”. Creating valuable content increases website traffic that will equate into new business leads. But Here are my 10 tips to help you write better for the Web: Provide a Reader’s Digest or Executive Summary version. MORE >>