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Tribes Rule the Hyper-Social Organization

Paul Gillin

Given the opportunity, we seek help from others when making important decisions and willingly share our own advice in return. Rules Have Changed. It means listening to the market and helping customers make wiser decisions, even if that means recommending someone else’s product. This is been a huge advantage to suppliers.

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The Changing Rules of B2B Marketing

Paul Gillin

By day, he and three other technologists at Dell Computer manage the Dell TechCenter , an online community that helps enterprise IT professionals unravel the thorniest problems that occur when trying to integrate technology from multiple vendors. But to thousands of technology professionals around the world, Hanson is a celebrity.

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The Smart Device Revolution Is Just Beginning

Paul Gillin

It’s a 17-page compendium of products that are rewriting the rules of entire businesses by embedding intelligence into everyday things. There’s a device you can attach to a golf glove that gives you feedback on your swing and several examples of devices that monitor your health to help you or your doctor make more informed decisions.

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Research Finds Expanded Marketing Role Correlates With Business Results

Paul Gillin

Among the the top problems are measuring effectiveness, juggling data coming in from multiple sources and managing complex business rules. And who better to help them get there than the technology pros? Eighty-five percent of marketers say they need an integrated suite to manage multi-channel communications.

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IBMer: ‘Social Selling’ Is a Sales Process in Itself

Paul Gillin

It’s no secret that the factors that motivate salespeople to change the way they work have to be pretty simple: Help them spend more time selling and less time scrounging for information and telling managers what they’re doing. It was about returning value and time to our sales teams for their time invested.”. “If

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What Social Media Marketers Should and Shouldn’t Do

Paul Gillin

Your principal goal should be to help people solve problems and make smarter decisions. Be helpful and sales will come. A good rule of thumb is to make about 90% of your contributions relevant to your audience’s needs, regardless of whether they promote your products or company. Don’t lead with a sales pitch.

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Tips for Building a Quality Twitter Following

Paul Gillin

When I publish something, others help me promote it. The only exception to the courtesy rule is when I’ve been treated poorly by a business or institution. The people who follow me have no incentive to do so other than to discover and learn from information I share. That’s the reward of a quality following. The Road to 10K.

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