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4 Reasons Why Facebook Stinks for B2B Marketing

Chris Koch

Recently, I was preparing a workshop on social media for an ITSMA client. The marketer in charge of the company’s social media effort gave me a clear edict: “Look, I don’t want you focusing on Facebook, okay? I’m not saying that B2B companies shouldn’t be on Facebook. I think every company should be on Facebook.

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Is “social media campaign” an oxymoron?

Chris Koch

If you had asked me a few years ago whether the traditional marketing campaign had any place in social media I would have scoffed. Fly-by-night opportunists hoping to win your Facebook sweepstakes. After all, “engaging” is one of the four components of social media management. Facebook is the fun social network.

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Is “social media campaign” an oxymoron?

Chris Koch

If you had asked me a few years ago whether the traditional marketing campaign had any place in social media I would have scoffed. Fly-by-night opportunists hoping to win your Facebook sweepstakes. After all, “engaging” is one of the four components of social media management. Facebook is the fun social network.

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How to use social media for B2B

Chris Koch

I’d like to create a guide for how to use social media in B2B that does not involve talking about the specific tools—as least not in the top line. I think it’s important to try to do this if we’re going to get social media integrated with the rest of marketing. Find and track the relevant conversations in social media and online.

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3 factors in winning the social media horse race

Chris Koch

Some say G+ is dead in the water because it hasn’t generated the mad rush that Facebook did and that growth and use is already starting to slow. One writer claims that the attraction of G+ is the opportunity to start over in social networking. There are only two types of relationships in social networking.

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3 factors in winning the social media horse race

Chris Koch

Some say G+ is dead in the water because it hasn’t generated the mad rush that Facebook did and that growth and use is already starting to slow. One writer claims that the attraction of G+ is the opportunity to start over in social networking. There are only two types of relationships in social networking.

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Three steps for B2B marketers to build a personal social media presence

Chris Koch

In my last post, I hope I convinced you why you should establish a personal presence in social media even if your company hasn’t done so yet. That was the why of social media. I’m going to attempt to explain it by humbly offering my own initiation into social media as a guide. Social Media B2B. Conversations.