Thu.Jul 18, 2013

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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Five Greatest Sales Effectiveness Inhibitors

ViewPoint

'Keeping up to date on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be time-consuming, especially in the the digital space. Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Can Fewer Leads Mean More Sales? Does this sound familiar? Marketing reports an increase in the number of sales ready leads, but sales reports they have no good leads.

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Blue. No Yellow! Monty Python And The Marketing Bridge Of Death

Marketing Insider Group

'Have you ever faced the Marketing Bridge of Death ? You work on an important project with a motivated and talented team. You work towards a clearly defined goal with every ounce of knowledge and effort and teamwork you can muster. You stay up all night preparing for your “big reveal” – the final presentation to the executive team.

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Book Preview: The Social Employee

Webbiquity

'In an era of increasingly transparent pricing, interchangeable products, and uniformly adequate service, the only remaining differentiator may be the “soul” of a company: is your organization the type of enterprise that people want to do business with? What do you stand for? How do you treat your people (which in turn determines how they will treat your customers )?

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Why it takes time to see SEO results

Biznology

'Photo credit: Wikipedia. If you learn nothing else about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), know this: SEO is a long-term process. It’s a marathon and not a sprint, which means it can take time to see the results of your efforts. Understandably, this can be quite frustrating. SEO solutions clients are always asking, “Why am I spending all of this money and time if I’m not seeing an ROI?

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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Crowdsourced Opinions: Get Ready to Be Steamrolled

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

'Author: Paul Gillin Last summer I was talking to the marketing director at a company that makes a well-known desktop software product. He was frustrated by the difficulty he was having getting the attention of IT managers in small and midsize businesses. We visited the reviews section of Spiceworks , a busy community of more than 2 million IT pros who work at precisely the kinds of companies he was targeting.

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A Content Marketing Gem from Marketo

Paul Gillin

'Marketo calls the Big Marketing Activity Coloring Book “30 pages of pure, unadulterated marketing activity fun!” It is that. It’s also brilliant. The theme of fun runs throughout this e-book, and the content maps perfectly to Marketo’s message that marketing is fun again. There’s a crossword, connect-the-dots, Mad Libs, a comic book, word search, a word jumble and all the standard fun-book activities, but the marketing them runs throughout and the content is highl

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Let's Have a Meeting: 5 Essential Rules For Inspiring Big Brains & Great Ideas for Best B2B Marketing Results

MLT Creative

'I used to sit in weekly staff meetings, needlessly, where I generated a total of 23 pages of notes over the span of seven years. I still have the chapbook and it is mostly filled with weird drawings, MLT Creative B2B Ideas @ Work Blog. Our ideas, musings, thoughts, reviews on b2b marketing topics.

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What is the Measure of Success in SEO?

EMagine B2B Blog

'“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” was a quote made famous by Mark Twain after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal. So, too are the cries of “SEO is dead” across the website. And while SEO isn’t the same as it used to be, it is still a viable and necessary evil for not only your website and blog, but represents your entire online marketing strategy.

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Heineken's 'Departure Roulette': Best. Marketing. Ever.

Hubspot

'Sometimes you stumble upon marketing that is just flippin'' awesome. Today, that''s Heineken. As part of its global Legends campaign, Heineken released a video about a game of Departure Roulette it played with airport travelers. The concept? Heineken sets up a Departure Roulette board, and tells travelers they can trade in their airline tickets for wherever they''re flying now, and agree to go to whatever destination the Departure Roulette board randomly turns up.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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What is the Measure of Success in SEO?

EMagine B2B Blog

'“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” was a quote made famous by Mark Twain after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal. So, too are the cries of “SEO is dead” across the website. And while SEO isn’t the same as it used to be, it is still a viable and necessary evil for not only your website and blog, but represents your entire online marketing strategy.

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LinkedIn Gradually Rolling Out Ability to Comment/Like Status Updates as Your Company

Hubspot

'Well, it looks like this morning''s LinkedIn quick tip wasn''t the only LinkedIn feature rollout to slip through our cracks in the past several months. To be fair though, I can''t really find an official announcement about this one from LinkedIn. In any event, it looks like LinkedIn is slowly rolling out the ability for Company Page admins to comment on and "like" posts on their Company Page as their company , rather than their personal profile.

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How to Showcase Your Work Using LinkedIn's 'Professional Portfolio' Feature [Quick Tip]

Hubspot

'We''ve all heard the expression, "You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?". This idiom means a lot, particularly when it comes to proving your worth in the job market. Interviewers are constantly brainstorming new and unique questions for evaluating a candidate''s true potential , and while LinkedIn was once a great place for discovering such value, it quickly became another place where folks talked the talk. but didn''t necessarily walk the walk.