Paul Gillin

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

Paul Gillin

This Is despite the fact that numerous surveys have shown that Facebook is one of the least effective social networks for B2B marketing. In a survey of marketers conducted by BtoB magazine last year , Facebook was ranked last in usefulness among the top five social networks, trailing blogs, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, in that order.

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Great Events This Week

Paul Gillin

We’re bringing together a lot of smart practitioners from the area who are putting social marketing to work in real business scenarios. Technology Leadership Council is hosting its second annual Social Media Summit. David Weinberger (right) kicks it all off as our keynote speaker.

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Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses

Paul Gillin

Most small businesses are terrible at marketing in general and online marketing in particular. But with Facebook becoming the place you just have to be for businesses of all sizes, a little marketing know-how comes in handy. Field of Dreams’ was a horrible move for people who are learning about marketing,” Schmulen says.

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Five Lessons From the Web 2.0 Summit

Paul Gillin

Make Marketing a Service to Customers - I didn’t write down who said this, but the comment stuck with me long after the conference was over. The traditional role of marketing has been to create an image or deliver a message. Marketers need to ask themselves a new question: “How can I help?”. and Twitter. and Twitter.

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