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Why this LinkedIn Ad Works: 2 Key Tips for Success

The Point

The ad below from CRM giant Salesforce.com is an exception. If you’re promoting an event like a Webinar, for example, or perhaps a speaking slot at an upcoming conference, you would do well to include, as part of the image, basic information like date, time, presentation title, and speaker info.

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Facebook Can Work for B2B Marketers, But You Gotta Know the Rules

Paul Gillin

In my work with B2B organizations, the question of how to use Facebook is invariably front and center. This Is despite the fact that numerous surveys have shown that Facebook is one of the least effective social networks for B2B marketing. Storage maker EMC makes particularly good use of Facebook’s “Welcome&# page.

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Vocus Marketing Suite: Still Mostly Social But Marketing Automation is On the Way

Customer Experience Matrix

It lacks the Salesforce.com integration of B2B systems (due early next year), the lightweight CRM of micro-business systems, and the lead scoring and distribution of both. Even in the small business sector, that count would make Vocus one of the largest marketing automation systems.

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Social Media Marketing Tools For B2B Marketers

Tomorrow People

For some time now, B2B marketers have doggedly measured the number of their Twitter followers or Facebook ‘likes’. Even the simplest piece of content like a blog post can be distributed, promoted and tracked as a campaign. Most B2B companies are already using CRM applications like Salesforce.com that cover the entire sales pipeline.

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Social Media Marketing Tools For B2B Marketers

Tomorrow People

For some time now, B2B marketers have doggedly measured the number of their Twitter followers or Facebook ‘likes’. Even the simplest piece of content like a blog post can be distributed, promoted and tracked as a campaign. Most B2B companies are already using CRM applications like Salesforce.com that cover the entire sales pipeline.

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Influitive Helps Marketers Build an Army of Advocates

Customer Experience Matrix

Most social marketing applications sidestep the issue by focusing on creating communities ( Jive , Lithium ), monitoring conversations (Radian6 , Trackur ) and running promotions ( CrowdFactory , Nextbee ). Marketers recognize the potential reach of social media, but are rightly frightened that they can’t control the message.

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Next-Generation Marketing Automation Systems Target Small Business

Customer Experience Matrix

nurture campaigns), and share leads with a CRM system like Salesforce.com. On the other hand, it adds a powerful survey tool, easy conversion of emails to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn messages, and easily created “instant offers”. Synchronization with Salesforce.com and SugarCRM are due by mid-2014.