Paul Gillin

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How to Get Salespeople Aboard the Social Media Train

Paul Gillin

How good is a competitor’s product? B2B marketing Social Media Tips HubSpot Jeff Hoffman linkedin sales Twitter' Anything that ticks off the prospect can sabotage the sales, so salespeople are trained never to express strong opinions, especially negative ones. Why Sales Is Going Inbound: Introducing Signals.

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Direct Marketing Doesn’t Have to Suck

Paul Gillin

HubSpot reports – The maker of “inbound marketing” software regularly sends alerts about new white papers, tip sheets and e-books that highlight best practices in social marketing. Gizmo’s Freeware – Why pay for commercial software when products of equal or greater value are available for free?

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How Much Should You Pay For Content?

Paul Gillin

Journalists are quick learners by nature and their time to productivity is short. Among the brands I know that do so are IBM, HubSpot, Eloqua, JetBlue, Cree Lighting and Sybase. Cree Lighting blogger and former newspaper reporter Ginny Skalski. If you can afford to hire a full-timer, I highly recommend it. I’m sure there are many more.

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