Paul Gillin

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Why would I want to be on Twitter? Their concerns are motivated by a basic misunderstanding of how people use tools like LinkedIn and Twitter. Alerting the media – Why do CEOs like Bill Gates , Richard Branson , Oprah Winfrey , Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk waste time on Twitter? “I don’t have time to build my LinkedIn profile.

Social Media 50

Social Media Media Thought Leadership Advertising Mediums 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 24, 2013

Paul is a columnist for BtoB magazine and a director of the Society for New Communications Research. Among his awards are Ernst & Young’s Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year and the Leader Award from CRM magazine. Twitter: @pgillin. He blogs at PaulGillin.com and NewspaperDeathWatch.com. 508-656-0734. paul@gillin.com.

Press 50

Press Peer-to-peer Amazon BtoB 50

Paul Gillin

MAY 25, 2010

I was privileged to moderate the BtoB magazine Social Media Awards Breakfast in New York this week. 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.

BtoB 50

BtoB B2B B to B Blogger 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 25, 2012

Intel’s Facebook welcome page features product promotions, a gateway to its international pages, jobs, discounts and even a Twitter feed. He favors an approach like that of Fitness magazine , which rewards new fans with “our all-time favorite abs workout!”

Small Business Marketing 50

Small Business Marketing Facebook Tips A/B testing 50

Paul Gillin

JANUARY 6, 2011

I was recently quoted on Internetnews.com making the following prediction: “Look for marketing’s love affair with social media to give way in 2011 to the sobering reality that a Facebook fan page and Twitter account don’t solve problems of poor products or positioning. That’s an instinctive self-protection reflex.

Social Marketing 50

Social Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools Peer-to-peer Paid Search Agency 50

Paul Gillin

AUGUST 4, 2011

In a survey of marketers conducted by BtoB magazine last year , Facebook was ranked last in usefulness among the top five social networks, trailing blogs, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, in that order. It uses apps for Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Foursquare to pull its content from other social networks into Facebook.

Facebook 50

Facebook B2B Marketing Rules Salesforce.com 50

Paul Gillin

OCTOBER 5, 2011

With 9,400 Twitter followers, 1,200 LinkedIn connections and regular columns in BtoB magazine and The CMO Site , I can extend their reach at very little cost to them. With the exception of Gizmo, all the companies have something to sell. I may not buy from them, but I sure do help promote their wares. And I do, nearly every day.

Direct Marketing 50

Direct Marketing BtoB Word of Mouth Conference 50