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GROW - PRACTICAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS JUNE 21, 2011 Keep your hands off my Klout The whole idea of assessing social influence is fascinating to me. Klout and other companies are popping up to reduce people to a single number … which evokes delight in marketers and loathing in those being rated! An evil genius could have a lot of fun with that scenario : ). I’m competitive, too! I think you have to enjoy competition to be good at business. Hmm … subtle! | | B2B MARKETING INSIDER JUNE 21, 2011 Mobile Marketing Is A Strategy Not A Tactic What has more users than all the TVs, PCs and landlines in the whole world combined ? What is a bigger channel than the 1.7 billion people surfing the internet worldwide? The answer is Mobile. Our world now includes 5 Billion mobile subscribers! That is nearly half of the entire planet. And it is causing a revolution in business, in media and in the politics and policies that shape our existence. | B2B WEB STRATEGY JUNE 21, 2011 Why social media matters to B2Bs: 9 data points No question, much of the bang – and certainly most of the glitz – of social media accrues to B2C companies. We B2Bs will never match the millions of followers that Coke, Starbucks and Disney have; and certainly tactics that work for B2C marketers – social media games and contests, “checking in” at retail locations, [.]. B2B Web Strategy Social Media | | | | | | | | | -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 Marketo’s “Secret Sauce” Marketing Approach B2B Lead Generation | Learning from the Best. believe one of the best ways for you to learn about how to improve fiscal results is to look at how the best-performing businesses do it. Jon Miller. Marketo , sponsor of our white paper, How to Find New Customers , is one of the fastest growing companies on Earth. How did they do it? Sophisticated and savvy marketing. Marketo recently toured the country hosting Revenue Rock Star events. The President of Find New Customers attended the Marketo event in NYC. watched Jon Miller, VP of Marketing, give another impressive presentation. MORE >> -
STORIES THAT SELL | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 Avoid ‘The Kiss of Death’ When Asking for Your Next Testimonial By Bill Metcalf. Note from Casey Hibbard: While I'm out on maternity leave until the end of July, this blog will feature a summer guest blogger series with content from experts in marketing, organizational storytelling and writing. One of the most powerful tools in any marketing arsenal is raving testimonials from your happy clients. So every time you haul out the old brochure to “spruce it up,” write a press release or develop a new website, you go through the painful task of begging for testimonials. Asking for testimonials from clients – yuck! no, let’s be honest here. It’s embarrassing. MORE >> -
SALES CHALLENGER | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 3 Ways to Get Reps to WANT to Use CRM When it comes to CRM, there’s nothing more frustrating than seeing inaccurate, out-of-date information—or even no information at all. And as it turns out, 48% of participants in a recent SEC poll indicated that ensuring data quality was the most challenging aspect of CRM. If the quality of data in your CRM system is unreliable, no one will rely on this heavily invested resource to improve customer interactions and enhance senior-level decision making. So what can you do to ensure that you’re leveraging the right customer information, and that your reps are actually using CRM? MORE >> -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 The Quintessential Summer Reading List for Inbound Marketers [Free Ebooks] School's out! And who ever said summer reading lists should only be a requirement for schoolchildren? Because marketers should constantly be learning, too, we've put together the following list of must-read, free ebooks for inbound marketers this summer. So get downloading, load up your ereader, and start soaking up some inbound marketing pearls of wisdom as you chillax on the beach this summer. Must-Read, Free Ebooks for Inbound Marketers This Summer. Click to Download ). Click to Download ). Click to Download Chapter 1 ). Click to Download ). Click to Download ). Click to Download ). MORE >> -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 Can Find New Customers help my business? B2B Lead Generation | Can Find New Customers help my business? Can we help YOUR business? Let’s find out. Jeff Ogden, President of Find New Customers. Here are a few questions to ask yourself to learn if you need help with B2B lead generation : Are your salespeople struggling to uncover qualified sales opportunities ? Are your lead nurturing campaigns not working? Are they chasing too many poorly qualified sales leads ? If answers to those questions are yes, we might help. only use it for landing pages and email. Is your sale a “considered purchase? What do you think? MORE >>
- Is Your Social Media Strategy Putting Lipstick on a Pig? INBOUND SALES NETWORK | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Savvy Speaks: ENewsletter Best Practices SAVVY B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- HubSpot Making a Splash in Marketing Automation with Performable Acquisition? ONPATH | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- B-to-B Marketing Trends 2012 Study TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Savvy Toolkit - Blueprint for the Perfect Blog Post SAVVY B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- 5 Good Reasons to Use Tumblr SAZBEAN | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Four Lessons From IBM’s Centennial Advertising MARKETING CRAFTMANSHIP | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- How to Avoid Awkward Silence in Your Comment Section ENGAGE | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Wish B2B Apps Talked To Each Other? Introducing The AppCloud. IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Google Analytics Part 7: Boost Your Business ROI Using Internal. PWB MARKETING BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- 4 Ways to Increase Online Influence HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Video: Staying Creative CLIENT BRIDGE | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- OMG: F**K, Sh*T, or Worse in Your Corporate Social Media MODERN B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Poll: Is it ok to cross-post updates from one social network to another? SAZBEAN | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Is LinkedIn Really for Sharing Content? DIGITAL B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- 5 Ways for Your B2B Video to Compete with Hollywood SOCIAL MEDIA B2B | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- 5 Marketing Lessons From Ballpark Vendors HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- B2B marketing “Advice from the Top. B2BMARKETINGSMARTS | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- How to Write and Launch an Ebook That Generates Leads HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- When Good Behavioral Retargeting Goes Bad BIZNOLOGY | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- B2B Marketers Learn to Break Through Barriers at BMA Unleash 2011 B2B IDEAS @ WORK | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Inbound Marketing, the science of showing respect to get more revenue in exchange INBLURBS | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Enhance Unique Product Data To Increase Visibility [Ecommerce] HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Northeast Ohio Top Workplaces 2011 FATHOM | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
- Fathom Takes a Scoop of a Newly Discovered Viral Art: “Cone-ing” FATHOM | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
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