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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Advantages of LinkedIn in B2B Marketing

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The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. LinkedIn's network of groups is one of the best tools for business-to-business marketers looking to contribute to conversations related to their industry and establish themselves as thought leaders, according to WSJ’s Kate Mitchell. For B2B Marketing, Email Should be Personalized and Targeted.

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3 Things We've Learned After Years of LinkedIn Group Spam (and what to do now)

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In 2008 LinkedIn introduced Groups and for years now B2B marketers have been tortured by inappropriate, low-value comments and linking—people trying to promote "their thing." Here is a proven system to use LinkedIn for B2B sales leads and prospecting. Here is a proven system to use LinkedIn for B2B sales leads and prospecting.

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PowerViews with Jill Rowley: Social Employees Should Connect and Amplify

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A lot of people don’t know how to use LinkedIn. In a business-to-business world, the main connectors are on LinkedIn, but many people are underutilizing this social media platform, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Jill Rowley, aka the Eloqueen. Define Your Personal Brand. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jillrowley.

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PowerViews with Koka Sexton: How to Leverage Social Media

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Click to start video at this point —Koka told me that when he first signed up for LinkedIn, social selling didn’t even have a name. For salespeople in particular, LinkedIn allows you to differentiate yourself—not by what’s listed on your resume, but by the people you’re connected to. LinkedIn is more buttoned up.

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Tweet Less and Talk More

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Technology provides us with many great tools, but it is the person behind the LinkedIn profile , all the fancy gadgets, and high-tech presentations who actually makes the sale. Email, texting, social networking—these certainly have their place in business today, but none of them replaces the power of an in-person connection.

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PowerViews with Joanne Black: No Such Thing As “Warm Calling”

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Click to start at this point — I asked Joanne about what goes into a referral, and she said that knowing someone only through LinkedIn—and never having spoken with them over the phone, much less in person—is not the way to get a good referral. A referral is personal and “hot.” And what good is that?

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Best of PowerViews: Are You Tenacious About Sales Follow Up?

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Koka Sexton, LinkedIn Peter Bourke, The Complex Sale Lori Richardson, Score More Sales Jamie Turner, The 60 Second Marketer. Koka Sexton, LinkedIn, People Still Buy from People, Regardless of Technology. Twitter is more of a running conversation, where people relax and divulge more personal information. Today''s Featured Guests.