Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective. However, there’s no denying the low cost of email marketing. Therefore B2B and industrial marketers continue to favor email marketing over other direct marketing channels.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

You’re thinking that I’m… [link] #marketing [link] Santi Chacon 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. If you can type a sentence, you can relate to people on Twitter and Facebook. Just good ol' direct marketing principles, describe my problem like you know me and get me to trust you.

Social Media 121

Social Media Paid Content Media Webinar Metrics 121

Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

I now take the organization’s current strategic plan, CEO’s vision, mission statement and make those the metrics of a social media strategy. If a non-profit has a strategic objective to “further engage current donors”, with 600 million people on Facebook it is a sure bet that some of them have a profile. Look on facebook.

Social Media 134

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 134

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison.

Paid Content 133

Paid Content CRM Paid Search Agency Social Media 133

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients? Better question: How can we optimize and improve our existing social media programs? What’s the best way to get the most possible Facebook “likes&# and Twitter followers? How can we make a viral video that gets thousands of views?

PR 160

PR Social Media Paid Content Media 160

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Email Marketing Tips, Trends and Techniques with Return Path’s Stephanie Miller - Modern B2B Marketing , July 7, 2010 For our latest B2B Thought Leader Interview , we had the chance to talk to Stephanie Miller, Return Path’s email marketing expert. Miller Your knowledge of email marketing is very impressive.

Ning 40

Ning Paid Content Facebook Sales Management 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Facebook has some great banter with the wall posts and status updates, but it’s more chatty than conversational and it’s not an open/public environment. But yet, the fact that true conversations per se are unlikely shouldn’t serve as sufficient cultural permission to turn social media into Headline News.

Conversion 116

Conversion Paid Search Agency Social Media Advertising Agencies 116

Single Grain

JULY 6, 2023

This might include advertising, direct marketing, sales promotion, public relations or digital marketing, among others. Measuring the results and monitoring your metrics will help you understand whether you’ve put some smart goals in place when designing your plans or if you should reconsider.

Promotion 52

Promotion Planning Examples SWOT 52

Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

Why would a consumer “friend&# us or “fan&# us or “follow&# us in social media, unless they were either already a customer, or at the very least had us in their purchase consideration funnel? People don’t experimentally engage with brands in social media, they engage with the brands they already support.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Consider your fans – your advocates – your 1%ers – your volunteer marketing army. Couldn’t you “promote&# some of them, and have them help you monitor and respond to blog posts, create Facebook status updates, and so forth? Couldn’t you use them more effectively? You can’t have it both ways.

Social Media 146

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 146

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

[link] #ConvinceandConvert [link] Tin Hang Liu RT @jaybaer Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media? link] #SMM [link] Arizona Social Media C&C Blog Post – Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media? link] RT Please [link] Face to Facebook RT @jaybaer Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

Social Media 159

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 159