Webbiquity

JANUARY 15, 2010

Once they developed a short list of vendors for consideration, they contacted the companies (using phones, which were connected via wires) and the companies sent them (printed) sales collateral by mail (postal, that is). Then sales people would contact the prospects and use a “consultative&# sales process.

Sales Cycle 100

Sales Cycle Buying Cycle Social Media Marketing Management 100

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In Defy Gravity: Propel Your Business to High-Velocity Growth , Rebel Brown shows business owners and executives how to shed the weight of legacy baggage, filter out the noise and focus on those opportunities which provide the best potential for profitable growth… Social Media Marketing by Liana “Li&# Evans.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Emarketing Media 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2009

Summary: marketing vendors offer several types of social media applications. But none truly automates social media management, which is what's ultimately needed. Social media is this month’s Trend of the Year. They provide three basic functions: - send messages via social media.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Though business use of social media is rapidly increasing, many executives remain skeptical of its value. The bottom line is that while social media marketing definitely provides benefits (such as a higher conversion rate for organic search traffic ), it’s not generally effective as a direct promotion tool.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Business Paid Search Agency 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing the flow of information about their brands, products, and services that occurs in social media channels, including microblogs (such as Twitter), social networking sites (such as Facebook), blogs, and online forums. What’s your Social Media diet?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Media 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 16, 2010

Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly than you can keep up with. I am happy to say that the potential customer did, and 13 days later, we closed a $250,000 sale. Related posts: Why is measuring Lead Gen in Social Media so hard? based on his original tweet that’s $4000 a character!).

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Media 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Awareness, Sales, or Loyalty?

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 167

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 21, 2010

Ok ok – based on the great response I got from my readers on my last blog post The 4 C’s of B2B Marketing I thought I would try to apply the same principle to Social Media Marketing. It combines a few things you might have read about into one new concept around social media – the 4 P’s of Social Media marketing.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Digg 100

Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. For example, our sales team can see my travel plans and perhaps pull me into a prospect meeting if I'm in that area. How am I doing this? With real stories!

Social Media 100

Social Media Web 2.0 Media Blogger 100

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.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Marketing Analytics Tools 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Marketing Sherpa last week released its 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark report. The report’s authors begin by noting that: “An important transition in the use of social media for marketing purposes is taking place. In business and consumer services, the figures are 54% increase, 1% decrease.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 19, 2010

Social media reflects a larger trend toward buyer empowerment that has changed not only the practice but the underlying philosophies of marketing over the past several years. Now, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media tools have exploded this capability. Social media marketing, in contrast, is ongoing.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media B2B Thought Leadership 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

Social Media 149

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 149

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

many people pause to think about what they’re thankful for: family, friends, TiVo, the Yankees not winning the World Series… I’m thankful for all of those things too of course, but also for the development and growth of social media. Social media is a meritocracy (mostly). How did we do this before?

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Now that we are beginning to feel the relief of the economic uncertainty that has been hanging around us for the past few months, I am beginning to hear a lot about the invention of some new roles inside organizations looking to get “social media”. But wait, social media hasn’t been around that long! Tweet This!

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Digg 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Create animations?

Social Media 100

Social Media Tools Buzz Media 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 29, 2010

With the tidal wave of how-to articles , jargon and self-proclaimed “social media experts&# hitting the online world, it’s easy for marketers and business executives to view social media as something akin to the unexplored regions of the earth as presented on medieval maps—&# here be dragons.&# Networking.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Networks Network Marketing 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

In the last post we covered how to create a Social Media Lead Flow. And once you have identified the conversations where you think a sales opportunity may be occurring you need to feed that into your listening platform so you can flag those opportunities when they come in. But what if you don’t have a listening platform?

Work Management 100

Work Management Social Media Marketing Management Social Marketing 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 27, 2010

Whatever questions you may have about social media marketing, you’ll probably find the answers in the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report from white paper guru Michael Stelzner. A year ago, the top questions most marketers had about social media related to tactics, with ROI second.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Report Social Marketing Planning 100

Biznology

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Social media and its social networks may feel like a home to some of us, but they’re really just private public spaces, similar to coffee shops, the Politics & Prose reading area, or the conference or ballroom at the Rosslyn Marriott. What we do own is our own properties. At the end of the day, none of this is yours.

Social Media 80

Social Media Paid Search Agency CMS Development Advertising Agencies 80

Digital B2B Marketing

MAY 1, 2012

Not only do you still need to create content to capture leads, nurture prospects and support sales, you need to create sharable and discoverable content also and then patiently wait before you see the return on this new investment. Your initial inbound marketing results are promising, but you need more.

Inbound Marketing 100

Inbound Marketing Budget Programs Paid Search Agency Digg 100

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well. RT @jaybaer: 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Social Media Mktg.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119

Only B2B

JANUARY 24, 2018

It also provides sales control, robust reporting, and quick monetization with content style formats and in-content placement. Content syndication tools like Reddit and Digg provide you with content syndication services where you can publish all types of content, carefully arranged by category. reddit.com/r/sideproject. BizSugar .

Digg 89

Digg Enterprise Management CAN-SPAM Network Marketing 89

Hubspot

OCTOBER 5, 2017

It’s the one aspect of sales that just never changes. As we’ve all experienced, sales essentially boils down to two things: Numbers. Truth is, sales is changing -- quickly. As the sales conversations grows even more buyer-focused, sales reps have begun developing his or her own hack, own technique, own process.

Budget Programs 99

Budget Programs Top of Funnel Tools Work Management 99

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? B2B companies must work a little differently to drive their own success in social media , and it goes beyond tweeting or posting.

Social Media 48

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Lead Scoring 48

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system. Divided into six sections, as an appetizer the book starts off with eMarketing Essentials , the “why&# of using content marketing for complex sales. Share this on del.icio.us.

Emarketing 100

Emarketing Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Management 100

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The steering committee for the awards includes some of the heaviest hitters in the B2B social media space, such as Ardath Albee , author of eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale ; Laura Fitton (aka Pistachio), CEO of oneforty.com; Ann Handley of MarketingProfs; and Joe Pulizzi from the Junta42 content marketing blog.

Twitter 100

Twitter Digg SMB B2B 100

Writing on the Web

APRIL 4, 2011

Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise? More often than not, today’s white papers are really just masked sales pitches, too long to keep the attention of today’s buyer. Guest Post by Lauren Carlson, SoftwareAdvice.com. When was the last time you read a white paper that added real value to your research process?

Paper 100

Paper Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Microsite 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 19, 2010

In the next post I will show you the new 4 S’s for Social Media Marketing … Tweet This! Related posts: 5 Tricks to B2B Marketing Socially Whenever I ask members of sales team from around the. Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B Digg 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Trust is not a new thing in the world of sales either – its a fact that people enjoy buying from people that they trust and in B2B Marketing part of our job is to shorten the time spent building trust so sales can have an easier time and focus on selling. Social Media changes that and elevates Trust to the individual level.

Trust Marketing 100

Trust Marketing Communities ROI B2B Marketing 100

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 The B2B Social Media Marketing Series is supported by IDG Enterprise.

Social Media 40

Social Media Enterprise Management Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

If you follow Seth Godin at all you will know that Mass Media in forms that we are used to like Advertising isn’t working for or B2C breatherin. Related posts: The 4 P’s to Social Media Marketing Ok ok – based on the great response I got. Social Media is not a campaign it’s a commitment!

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Media B2B Digg 100

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.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing Trends Planning 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2010

Briefly, Webbiquity, or web presence optimization (WPO for those who prefer TLA’s), is the fusion of SEO, social media, interactive PR, online reputation management and other disciplines to make an individual or organization ubiquitous on the web for their name/brand and unique descriptive phrase. Welcome to Webbiquity!

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management PR Social Networks SEM 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

It involves seeing from the front end of the sale all the way to the consummation of the sale and I believe Facebook has or is planning to have some of the most critical elements all on their platform (and all for free!). Even conduct the sale with payment options like PayPal in the future. Share this on del.icio.us.

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Facebook Market2Lead Leads 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

This is great in a world of tightening budgets and ROI on every campaign but getting the customer up the scale from Awareness to Consideration to Purchase is just part of the deal now that social media has arrived. One great spot to invest in is Social Support. Are you over weight in Acquisition? Tweet This!

Digg 100

Digg Paid Search Agency Acquisitions Budget Programs 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Social media has fundamentally altered the practice of public relations. Of course, there’s more to (successful) blogger outreach than just pitching, and there’s more to the new practice of social PR than just blogger outreach. Will Traditional, Social Media Blend?

PR 100

PR Marketing Automation Services Blogger Eloqua 100