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Be a Strategic Planning Action Hero with Micro-Strategies

B2B Marketing Traction

Tweet. Dave Logan, Co-Founder/Senior Partner of Culture Sync, Professor at the Marshall School of Business at USC, and C0-Author of the book Tribal Leadership , presented the opening keynote at the Association for Strategic Planning annual conference in Pasadena, California. In a little over an hour, Dave gave the audience of strategic planners a new model for jump-starting strategic plan implementation with his keynote speech.

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Going Mobile with B2B Marketing – Part II

Buzz Marketing for Technology

So in my last blog post – Going Mobile with B2B Marketing we discussed the basics of the mobile market and where to focus our attention as a B2B Marketers. Now we want to move into the content. I would say that if “ Content is King &# on the internet “ Context is Queen &# on mobile. With only 160 characters for a mobile message you better be on target 100% of the time.

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Best Business Blogging Tips of 2009, Part 2

Webbiquity

How can you develop a steady stream of new topic ideas to write about on your blog? Attract more blog traffic? Which WordPress plugins are most essential? Which highly successful blogs should you emulate, and what can you learn from them? What common blogging mistakes should you avoid? How do blogging and other “real time&# activities like social media posting affect Google search results?

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Lead Gen Companies Should Not Dictate Your Pace

Smashmouth Marketing

On a recent sales call, the prospect told me he is working with a pay-for- performance appointment setting company like Green Leads. The difference, and the reason for the call, is that he wants more meetings per month, but the other vendor is " dictating the pace " at which he gets them. Was I dreaming? Did I hear that right? If you are paying for performance after the meeting takes place, isn't the vendor incentivized to deliver the exact number of meetings you ask for?

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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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How to Answer a Question: 5 Tips for Making the Most of LinkedIn

The Point

One of the biggest clients of my 15+ year agency career was won as a direct result of a question to which I responded on LinkedIn , the popular business networking site. LinkedIn now boasts more than 60 million registered users , but far fewer than that number are active members in group discussions and in LinkedIn’s “Answers” section. However, in my experience, it’s participation in these areas – and not just simply joining groups and connecting with peers and colleagues – that can be a p

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There is no social media strategy, only marketing strategy

Chris Koch

Image via Wikipedia. I’ve been working with my colleagues at ITSMA on another survey on social media for B2B marketers that I hope you’ll take by going here. As we put together the questions, we struggled with the issue of social media strategy. I resisted treating it as a standalone in the survey. I’m hoping that all the articles, books, and blogs I’m seeing that look at B2B social media strategy in isolation are a function of our excitement over this new channel (and don’t get me wrong; it is

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10 Reasons I Won’t Follow You on Twitter

Webbiquity

Before I start this rant, let me make it clear that I love gaining new followers on Twitter and I’m honored by (almost) every one—I’m grateful that you want to hear what I have to say! Also, as indicated by my high ratio of following to followers (currently 87%), my default rule is to follow back. Twitter is social media, not a broadcast platform; if you’ve taken an interest in what I tweet, I want to read yours as well, and hopefully we can learn from each other.

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Weekly Contest - Win a high-level website SEO review!

Ambal's Amusings

Our expert contributors to ClickPredictions 2010 eBook are giving away many exciting and wonderful prizes this week. Win eBook version of Jonathan Kantor's new book Crafting White Paper 2.0. To enter this giveaway, just use this precrafted tweet or include the link to this post or this page with '#CLICKPRIZE'. Include @clickdocuments and @Jonathan_Kantor in your tweet.

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Blog with Discipline to Get Marketing Results

B2B Marketing Traction

Tweet. A recent Hubspot survey showed that most business bloggers write no more than one blog entry a week. In 2010 2-3% write multiple blog entries per day, 8% write one per day, 29% write 2-3 per week. 38% write once a week, 17% monthly and 6% less than once a month. For those who write 2-3 blog entries per week, Hubspot says 69% have acquired a customer from their blogging activities.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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How social media will change lead generation in B2B

Chris Koch

The era of the sales process beginning with a lead is over. The number of B2B buyers who are ready to buy as soon as they engage with our marketing is small—and social media will make it even smaller. We have to come to terms with the fact that there is a stage of the buying process that comes before the buyers we are pursuing are ready to become leads.

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Lead Generation Checklist - Part 4: Clear and Universal Lead Definition

Everything Technology Marketing

In part 4 of the lead generation checklist, we take a look at a critical component of lead generation efforts: a universal lead definition. This will get sales and marketing on the same page to share a common understanding and treatment of the leads in your funnel. The definition of the lead dimensions also acts as the standard for rating leads and determining whether they are sales ready or need more nurturing by marketing.

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Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering?

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Targeted Lead Generation – Mad Men won't cut it anymore!

ViewPoint

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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50 Beautiful Examples of Flower Photography

JotForm

Spring is the perfect time to rejoice and enjoy the beauty of nature; it is the time when beautiful flowers blossom and beautify the whole world around them with their delicate feel. The beautiful season of spring is about to come, so we decided to spark your inspiration with a showcase of flower ph.

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Reengineering the White Paper - How to Build a Lead Stream by Shifting Tactics from “Send and Sell” to “Entice and Engage”

Everything Technology Marketing

As you might remember, the first article in the "Reengineering the White Paper" series by The Bloom Group was about how to develop compelling content. (Great white papers are not so because the writing is great – they are great because the core ideas are.) This second part of the series discusses how bringing a white paper to market must now radically change given the abundance of white papers and, more important, because online marketing tools (including but not limited to social media) enable

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search 6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations February 24th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Now, marketing is the center of American business.

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Is Your B2B Company REALLY Ready for Social Media?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Social media holds tremendous opportunities for B2B companies looking to drive new business and increase revenue, but only if you first develop a solid foundation and an understanding of what makes the world of social media tick. Even those who have already started should review to see if their efforts are receiving the attention it should be making sure they have the right pieces in place.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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What is Lead Generation?

ViewPoint

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Dilbert mocks bad PowerPoints

Dahle Communication

Saw this cartoon today and had to share it. If you read Dilbert you know that Scott Adams has been spending several years lampooning the business world and all that is wrong with it. Here, he takes a humorous look at PowerPoint presentations and how bad they can be. Enjoy. Tags: PowerPoint Presentations.

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The AIDA Marketing Model in Web Design

JotForm

By Louis Lazaris If you’ve been formally educated in marketing, more than likely you’ve learned about a marketing model called AIDA. AIDA is an acronym that represents the different steps involved in selling a product or service. Very often, the principles of AIDA are applied naturally when a usefu.

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Is Your B2B Company REALLY Ready for Social Media?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Social media holds tremendous opportunities for B2B companies looking to drive new business and increase revenue, but only if you first develop a solid foundation and an understanding of what makes the world of social media tick. Even those who have already started should review to see if their efforts are receiving the attention it should be making sure they have the right pieces in place.

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Redefining the CDP: 8 Data-Driven Designs for Successful Customer Journeys

In this guide, discover 8 use cases for how a customer data platform can tackle common challenges faced by marketing, commerce, service, and sales teams. With helpful diagrams and simple explanations in each use case, see how Salesforce’s CDP, Data Cloud for Marketing, powers personalized, real-time experiences across marketing, with capabilities that include: Optimizing ad spend Powering dynamic website content Increasing upselling and cross-selling Resolving service cases with marketing data B

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Details of Twitter Ad Platform Emerge

readwrite

Peter Kafka of All Things Digital has come out with some more details , which he says come from “people who have been briefed by the company”, about Twitter’s expected advertising platform. According to Kafka, the platform will be primarily search based, distributed via third-party applications and will appear in the familiar 140 character tweet format.

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Piano Stairs - Why messaging is important

Dahle Communication

If you look at almost any statistic out there, America is not a very healthy nation. The Obesity Society's research shows that 49 out of 50 states have over 20% of residents listed as obese and 3 states have over 30% of their residents are obese - needless to say, not good. Why is this? A lot of reasons and excuses have been given. One that I have noticed is that people exercise a lot less.

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Does your site provide too much stuff, but too little information?

EMagine B2B Blog

Perhaps it’s because B2Bs are getting the message that they need substantial content in order to make their sites adequately visible to the search engines. Or maybe it’s just a feeling that “bigger is better.” Whatever the reason, we’re noticing lately that some clients are throwing lots of content up on their sites, though perhaps not [.]. Tags: B2B Web Strategy.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You Know Your Customers Enough to be a Social Media Hit? February 25th, 2010 |Written By: Susan Baier | View Comments Tweet Guest post from Susan Baier, a 20-year marketing strategy veteran with an MBA in Ent

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Twitter Sees Green: Ad Platform ‘Imminent’

readwrite

The question all along has been – “how will Twitter monetize?” and it looks like we have at least one answer today. According to an article in MediaPost , the release of a Twitter ad platform is “imminent” and we’ll likely signs of it on our Twitter feeds within a month. According to the article, Anamitra Banerji told MediaPost after a meeting Monday, “We are working on an ad platform, but it’s only in the test phase.” Banerji assured MediaPo

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Conversen Simplifies Complex Messages Through Multi-Channel Dynamic Content

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Conversen makes it easy to generate dynamic messages across multiple channels. It's more a supplement than a replacement for conventional campaign management but should save a lot of work for marketers and their agencies. One of the fundamental challenges in database marketing is that a seriously sophisticated campaign may send different messages to hundreds or even thousands of customer segments.

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Nine mistakes to avoid in writing online B2B lead-generation copy

EMagine B2B Blog

Ambal Balakrishnan has done us a great service by collecting the thoughts of several experts on the subject above, then posting the collection in ClickInsights. His experts: Michael Stelzner, Stephanie Tilton, Cindy King, Michele Linn, Jonathan Kranz. We’ve picked out a “top nine” here; for the rest – plus more depth – just click on [.]. Tags: B2B Web Strategy Lead generation.