Paul Gillin

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New Video Series Shows How Mobile Marketing Can Work for B2B

Paul Gillin

Christina Kerley is a leading voice in B2B mobile marketing, and she’s starting posting engaging educational videos that show how mobile devices can be incorporated into the B2B marketing mix.

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I’ve Been Writing A Lot Lately, Just Not Here

Paul Gillin

Sales complains that marketing gives them lousy leads while marketers charge that sales wouldn’t know a good lead is it bit them on the nose. Improve lead quality and a lot of the bad karma disappears. I caught up with him shortly before his Pivot conference in October to find out what’s on his mind.

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Direct Marketing Doesn’t Have to Suck

Paul Gillin

In the weeks leading up to the Direct Marketing Association annual conference in Boston this week, exhibitors were out strutting their best stuff. Both turned out to be promotions for companies exhibiting at the conference. My presentation to this week’s DMA conference is below. But please, save the postage stamp.

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Waiving Speaking Fee for Book Buyers

Paul Gillin

If you’re looking for speakers to address the subject of social media for business at your next conference or event, both Eric and I are waiving our fees now through June 1, 2011 with bulk book purchases of 200 of more copies. Generating Qualified B2B Leads with Social Media. How the B2B/B2C Difference Applies to Social Media Strategy.

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Gems from Godin

Paul Gillin

Seth Godin keynoted the #Inbound13 conference in Boston this morning, serving up his usual bounty of great quotes. Show up to lead one that already exists. Godin’s overarching point: We are moving from the age of mass to the age of connection. ” “The guy who invented ships also invented shipwrecks.”

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IBM’s Beck: Social Business is About Enablement, Not Control

Paul Gillin

Traditional tactics involved too much interruption and intimidation, which ultimately made sales people less successful than they could be, said Nigel Beck, IBM’s VP of Business Development for IBM Collaboration Solutions & Social Business in a speech to the SugarCRM SugarCon conference in San Francisco this morning.

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The Power of B2B Communities

Paul Gillin

An annual user conference attracts thousands. They are flexible gathering halls that can fill a wide variety of purposes ranging from product development to lead generation. Lead Generator,&# indicating that generosity is part of his business strategy. The Spiceworks community spreads beyond the website.