Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 14, 2010

Depending on your sales force and their comfort with your CRM system you may see some of these “fly in” proposals. Tags: Business Intelligence Interactive Marketing Lead Generation ROI Sales. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Send this page to Print Friendly.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement. “Only in the last third of the today’s purchasing process do buyers want to engage with sales reps.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

Many marketers focus their efforts on the customer acquisition angle which has the benefit of measurability and thus the accountability for ROI. It’s the experience they had with your company over the entire sales cycle and the ongoing relationship they will have with your company when it comes to long term support. Let me explain ….

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2010

The book is written in case study fashion, taking the reader through a realistic scenario of a midsized company struggling to build on its past success and take sales to the next level. In the author’s parlance, the “sales moment&# is that key value proposition that makes a prospect say “yes.&# Brad Shorr. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2010

In the last post we discussed the Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing and a healthy portion of my budget is focused in this area of listening for mentions of our brand name that are an indication that a conversation that could lead to a sales opportunity or a support opportunity are at hand. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Though measuring direct ROI is challenging , a successful social media program should increase engagement with customers and prospects, provide direct website traffic and increase branded search traffic. Confusion over these measurements has fueled the social media ROI debate. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.).

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Webbiquity

APRIL 27, 2010

A year ago, the top questions most marketers had about social media related to tactics, with ROI second. This year, questions about ROI top the list. Exposure vs. ROI. B2B marketers were slightly more likely to report increased sales than than their B2C counterparts. The Biggest Question. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

SEM enables enterprises to rank for specific search terms immediately (including terms for which it would difficult to rank organically), target traffic to specific landing pages, test everything (keywords, bid levels, ad copy, landing page design), and precisely quantify ROI based on sales or leads generated. Share this on Bebo.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A slightly higher percentage of marketers than last year (41% vs. 39%) called “marketing to a lengthening sales cycle&# a top challenge. While there’s no reason to expect sales cycles to shorten, an improving economy next year should help stabilize the length of the decision process. Share this on Bebo. Post on Google Buzz.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 19, 2010

Just as social media has changed the sales practice , here are five shifts that savvy marketers recognize and capitalizing on to increase sales in an age of consumer empowerment generally and the rise of social media specifically. ROI was a simple calculation. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Share this on Reddit.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 26, 2010

Can you fire your sales force? Maria Pergolino wraps up the key takeaways from this virtual conference, covering areas from social media integration and landing page optimization to relationship-building and sales-marketing alignment. How do you select the right market research to support your goals? Well worth a read. Tweet This!

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

Comparing Google’s bid simulator to “a spreadsheet where marketers can test different scenarios to illustrate the real value between click and cost,&# Jeff Licciardi explains how the bid simulator can be used to drill down to the revenue-per-click level and optimize bids to increase impressions, clicks and ROI. Share this on Bebo.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

As a very wise b2b sales executive said to me several years ago, “people don’t buy from companies. It’s more about making current sales cycles more productive than about generating new potential business. Still, this doesn’t mean that Facebook can’t serve any purpose for b2b marketing. Post this on Diigo.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 30, 2009

Understandably, as businesses begin to invest more marketing/PR dollars into social media, there is great concern over the ROI of these activities. A fundamental problem with this of course is that all marketing ROI calculations are imprecise, at best. RONI: damage to brand, possible direct loss of revenue (individual sale).

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

From the buyer standpoint, the two most popular uses of social media (with roughly 60% each) in the commercial realm are to “learn about new products / features / services&# and to “learn about specials and sales.&# Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Tweet This!

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

Home About Selling At a Startup Entries RSS | Comments RSS Power Selling Tools: Things Every Startup Sales Team Needs Posted on February 8, 2011 by admin In order to sell effectively at a startup your sales team needs every tactical advantage possible. This tool has been designed from the ground up for a sales purpose.

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Convert

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

If you deny it, I’ll refer you to Blockbuster and Digg. Depth of Analysis Web Experimentation Product Experimentation Usually involves marketing- and sales-level analysis of the business. Test different criteria for what defines a PQL to refine the sales team’s focus on the most promising leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 17, 2011

by Maria Pergolino I know what you’re thinking – the seven ways marketers should be using social will be all about Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Digg or Reddit, and YouTube, right? This will allow you to capture the ROI on your social media programs. Doing all 7? Need to improve?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

ROI may take time, and can be challenging to measure accurately, but your prospects are using these sites and talking about your industry, your competitors, quite possibly even your company. Create content on a blog or produce videos, and promote using Digg, Twitter, and other social bookmarking and social networking sites. Tweet This!

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Your goals—how many leads or sales are you planning to drive from search marketing? Ultimately, the goal of SEM is to produce either leads or sales, not just clicks, so conversion tracking is a critical component of your search marketing campaigns. Higher goals require a larger budget. Launch your campaign and analyze the results.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Comments Digg This. Customer Case Study: 156 Percent ROI with HP. Enhancing Online Sales and Support: New Research Reveals What Works--and What Doesnt. Enhancing Online Sales and Support. (If you havent already, spend the $14.95 on a copy of Malcolm Gladwells The Tipping Point to learn more about influencers.).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 27, 2008

As part of a new feature on this blog, I will be interviewing industry thought leaders to provide expert advice on lead generation, making the most of your current leads with effective lead management, and increasing your marketing ROI. I started experimenting with social bookmarking sites like Digg, del.icio.us

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

This, theoretically, delivers customer contacts on targeted topics-leading to increased sales, as well as insight into future opportunities (technologies, developments, etc.). So, I break it down to this: products and technology generate content (meaningful information) which generates (customer) contact which generates profitable sales.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Generate Leads There are two types of marketing departments — those that are cost centers and those that bring in leads and sales. When adding social media into the mix, marketing departments must be able to prove success, and oftentimes lead generation and ROI are two measurements that upper management wants to see. .

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

You're almost to the point of sale. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Here we’re measuring how successful your content is in getting consumers to share it with others, as determined by tweets, likes, Linkedin shares, Google + shares, Diggs, and the like. Sales Metrics. Your major CRM and sales automation systems like Salesforce , Eloqua , Marketo and similar make this process automated and easy.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Unfortunately, several of the largest sites including Digg, delicious, Reddit, Mixx and Mister Wong now partially or completely use insidious no follow links. Unfortunately, several of the largest sites including Digg, delicious, Reddit, Mixx and Mister Wong now partially or completely use insidious no follow links.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Can those results be tied back directly to sales, and therefore ROI? I’d add: 1)Social media can increase sales. I’d add: 1)Social media can increase sales. I’d add: 1)Social media can increase sales. I don’t concur that “social media can increase sales&# is always false.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Demand Stream™ includes a Web widget that shows sales and marketing the names of companies visiting the Web site in near real-time. I worry that this tool only ends up helping sales pick out cold calls to make, and is not used by marketers enough to segment, collect, and improve their prospecting databases. I’m sure I forgot a few.

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Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2010

Responsibility should be placed as high as possible—with the CEO ideally (think Tony Hsieh , or Jonathan Schwartz before the sale to Oracle). While measuring social media ROI is difficult to do with any precision, it’s important to use what measures you can to help gauge the impact and continually improve your efforts.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B, Buzz & Brand ROI: Creating Customers That Create (MORE!) B2B Voices ( Trade Youtube Twitter Leads Sales ). Follow the Lead ( Gatekeeper Cold Calling Sales Social ). How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI , June 24, 2010. B2B Sales Lead Generation using SMM , Monday, July 19, 2010. March 18, 2010.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

A bit of background: Treehouse’s started in 1997 with the Sales View sales automation product. Its marketing automation system offers the usual range of functions: email, Web analytics, landing pages, multi-step campaigns, lead scoring, CRM integration, ROI reporting. other advanced features.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2010

Conversely at Starbucks, $6 Billion of their sales comes from approximately 11,000,000 customers. Start with making sure the ROI of each program supports the business goals. And yes, you’ve just generated a qualified lead for your sales organization. The host expects this single event to increase total 2010 sales by 5-12%.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Awareness, Sales, or Loyalty? link] Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert « Netcrema – creme de la social news via digg + delicious + stumpleupon + reddit [.] What’s Your Pitch? The elevator pitch is dead. What’s the Point?

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 2, 2010

Substituting thought-leadership content for ad copy— telling rather than selling —should benefit both buyers and sellers, by increasing the knowledge of buyers and shortening sales cycles (though this latter effect may be masked by current economic conditions). 2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study (32 pages). Share this on Bebo.

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