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Is Your Social Media Consultant an Expert or a Wannabe?

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According to the 2013 Social Media Marketing Industry Report , 75% of marketers have less than three years experience in social media. Yet there are a lot of self-professed social media “experts” out there. Plus, social media is kid stuff, right? But, I digress.

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5 Skills Your Marketing Consultant Must Have

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Marketing is changing fast, and the changes require new skills on the part of marketing consultants and other providers. I’ve heard about and observed many marketing “fails” in my years as a marketing professional in the software industry and as a marketing consultant at New Incite. Understanding of technology.

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3 Key Factors to Choosing the Right B2B Marketing Consultant

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The list of superlatives used by B2B marketing consultants goes on and on ( and on ) today. How do you choose a B2B marketing consultant that can get you the results you want and more ? Great marketing consultants focus on client results. Great marketing consultants don’t offer cookie-cutter solutions.

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Why You Should Rethink That Snarky Social Media Comment

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” A person who says they are also a “B2B Marketing Consultant” wrote a comment that was dismissive of my entire post and, in my opinion, snarky in tone. There was certainly no acknowledgment that I freely shared a proven strategy for convincing business to business companies that are reluctant to get into social media.

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6 Reasons I Love Being a Marketing Consultant

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I made the decision to begin a consulting company focused on providing marketing solutions and founded New Incite in April of 1997. No matter what the consulting assignment is, if I can provide new insight for their marketing or business and incite them to positive change, I have succeeded. I focus on solutions.

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Social Media Marketing: Where Do I Start?

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Many business owners want to get involved on social media, but don’t know where to start. For B2B marketers (consultants, business lawyers, accounting firms, technology and manufacturing companies), LinkedIn is the number one social media platform with 200 million users. The reasons are simple. services.

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Are Your Social Media Messages Turning Off Buyers?

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In a recent meeting an executive shared how messages from some of his connections on social media are a turn-off. Research has shown that buyers like it when a company makes their information available on social media. How do you know when your social media messages are too much? by Eric Wright on Inc.com).