Paul Gillin

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I’ve Been Writing A Lot Lately, Just Not Here

Paul Gillin

What could possibly unseat Google as the king of the Web? Sales complains that marketing gives them lousy leads while marketers charge that sales wouldn’t know a good lead is it bit them on the nose. Improve lead quality and a lot of the bad karma disappears. Social is the Future of Search (Profitecture Blog).

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8 Data Points about the Importance of Customer Experience

Paul Gillin

I was asked to prepare some background information on the importance of delivering a positive customer experience, and I thought I would share some of the research with you. The world’s two most valuable brands – Apple and Google – are considered world-class.

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What Social Media Marketers Should and Shouldn’t Do

Paul Gillin

Listen to your market and customers using tools like Twitter filters, Google Alerts and LinkedIn searches. Don’t lead with a sales pitch. Indium uses the blogs to provide those solutions and also to capture contact information for sales purposes. The other 90% is informational and advisory.

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Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses

Paul Gillin

Each company matches its offer to its goal, whether it’s a free trial, information or downloadable assets like ringtones. If you lead with your wall, you’re missing an opportunity. Fitness has a variety of other offers on its Facebook presence, but it leads with the simplest one. Tip #2: Make your offer shareable.

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B2B Blogging Excellence

Paul Gillin

Process Experts was named Best Corporate Blog by BtoB magazine in 2010 and Cahill is now leading the company’s charge into Twitter and Facebook while institutionalizing best practices among all the Emerson Process Management divisions. Even rarely used terms like “compressor surge control” deliver Emerson on Google’s first page.

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Live Blog: Lotusphere 2012 Opening Session

Paul Gillin

The user interface is a Facebook/Google+-like internal social network. Looks just like Google Hangouts. The IBM Customer Experience Suite is aimed at making it as easy as possible to reach mobile customers, deliver engaging experiences and apply analytics for informed decision-making. Now you have those statistics instantly.”

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How Twitter Amplifies a Customer Attack

Paul Gillin

To the uninitiated, it’s a cacophony of voices sharing mostly useless information. Instead of relying on just one channel for information, you tap into the collective reports of many. However, even that small number can unleash a breathtaking amount of information. Then tweet follow-up information as you receive it.

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