Paul Gillin

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Two B2B Social Marketing Initiatives Worth Checking

Paul Gillin

The site is organized in “chapters&# by platform – Facebook, LinkedIn, Ratings and Reviews, QR codes and the like – and presents really useful tutorials in a step-by-step format, many including video. It’s a low-key approach to branding that uses the quality of the content to validate the service.

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Recent Writings: Negativity, Social Gaffes and Farewell to Case Studies

Paul Gillin

Because a little negativity reinforces the validity of the positive comments you publish. Corporate case studies used to have a purpose in the days when customers couldn’t find each other, but today all it takes is a few searches or LinkedIn queries to identify experienced buyers.

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Social CRM: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Paul Gillin

For example, I have 725 friends on Facebook, nearly 1,000 connections on LinkedIn, and almost 7,500 Twitter followers. I do believe that some of the core concepts of social CRM are valid. What’s more, I question how much social interactions have to do with decision-making in many cases.

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The Power of B2B Communities

Paul Gillin

Those early outposts looked little like the Facebooks and LinkedIns of today, though. The most prolific contributor to LinkedIn’s “Answers&# forum is Dave Maskin , a New York-based event marketing specialist who has answered an incredible 25,000 questions. Activities are a validation point.

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How to Promote an Event with Social Media

Paul Gillin

Use a unique tracking code with each promotion and make sure to use a different code for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and e-mail. Post a description and link in relevant groups on LinkedIn. Promote a newsletter sign-up page on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Publish the best comments as validation of the quality of your content.

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The Appeal of B2B Social Networks

Paul Gillin

Those early online outposts looked little like the Facebooks and LinkedIns of today, though. Activity is also a validation point. The most prolific contributor to LinkedIn’s “Answers&# forum is Dave Maskin, a New York-based event marketing specialist who has answered an incredible 25,000 questions.

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Bulldog Reporter’s Faux Pas Shows Why Not to Take Research at Face Value

Paul Gillin

In fact, statistically valid research conducted by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth over the past several years has documented that about only about one-third of the Fortune 500 and fewer than half of the Inc. That’s assuming the question is valid, which it isn’t. ” Holy cow! I e-mailed Ms.