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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | B2B VOICES MAY 5, 2011  The Most Important Question You Can Ask If you focus people — and most likely a leader — on what they want to achieve you can not only get into their thought process and decision making, but you can help bring everyone together. This post is inspired by Marc Cenedella , Founder and CEO of The Ladders who offered his single best career tip on his blog last week. No deep, zen-like words of wisdom. question. Not tactics. | B2B VOICES DECEMBER 6, 2011  How are you measuring influence? like to use a three step process that I’ve used for many other forms of communication — new product launches, events and white papers. Last week I spoke at the European Corporate Communications Social Media Summit on tracking influence and the non-financial ROI. I’ve written on this blog before about ROI ( Return on Influence ) as has Aaron Pearson ( Dare we measure ROI? | | | | | |
| B2B VOICES JUNE 11, 2012  Further Momentum with Financial Services and Social Media While the industry has often been branded as a laggard in social media, there is growing evidence that firms have the people and processes in place to integrate the right tools. Second, having the internal processes in place and compliance matters put into order have become more clear. There continues to be momentum in the use of social media in the financial services industry. | B2B VOICES NOVEMBER 28, 2011  B2B Creativity is Not an Oxymoron We know in B2B the sales process and cycle is much longer than in most B2C decisions, so you will need to think long-term for your campaign. One of the myths around B2B communications is that the industry lacks creativity – or the drive to be creative. can’t think of anything that’s farther from the truth. Another Lego creation at home. Take risks, but know your limits. | B2B VOICES DECEMBER 14, 2011  Social Clutter or Social Clarity? This is probably the most difficult part of the process but also the most important. The past year has been a year of more dashboards , more ways to measure , more apps, more blogs and just more of more. And it’s all happening in real-time. So how can we keep track of what we need to keep track of without losing track of things to track? What do you see? Clutter or potential content? | | | | | | | | |
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B2B VOICES | MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011  Finextra Review — The Growth of Social Media in Financial Services
Who Owns It? : There was a good discussion around who owns the strategy and process of social media at a company. Due to culture, structure and processes there really is no “one&# model that works better than another. Last week I had a great opportunity to speak on a panel and also moderate a panel at the 2011 Social Media Days London hosted by Finextra at Thomson Reuters. The event’s next stop is New York on May 18. was surprised to hear so many people ask about how social media is driving B2B sales. social media team? Corporate communications? Marketing? MORE >> -
B2B VOICES | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012  Do Most Online Communities Fail?
In addition, there are numerous blog posting and online reviews of platforms that can help you speed up your decision process. This is an interesting question. Fortune magazine seems to think they are failing. But the answer is never as easy as the question. For instance, if you build a community targeting CFOs from the Fortune 100 companies what would determine your success? Would it be 100 percent participation? Probably not since we know most people watch and listen online and getting 100 percent is unrealistic. Maybe, but they may do that regardless of your online community. MORE >> -
B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012  The Three I’s of Social Business Media
As these tools have evolved from communication experiments to integrated marketing tools the next phase we need to watch will be the transition to how Twitter, LinkedIn and other tools become part of an organizations’ business processes. While we continue to hear more about social media and the ways companies are leveraging these tools, I want to point out the significance of the business purpose for using them. Influence, Information, Interpretation. Part of this transition will cause frustrations. ”). Your number of followers that you’ve built up are great. MORE >> -
B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011  Do We Need a Social Index for Businesses?
The advantage is that you now have a new tool to help in your discussion and decision process. Last month, the Dachis Group launched a public version of its Social Business Index as a way to measure and analyze the social influence of brands in real-time. Less than a month into its launch the company has gathered a lot of attention from the likes of Tech Crunch , AdWeek and Edelman Digital. There certainly are a lot of questions. For one, do we need this? And second, is it legitimate? This can be helpful, but it also needs to be accurate and fair. It’s not perfect. MORE >> -
B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 Are your spokespeople social media trained?
Do you think that people are more aware of the risks/opportunities or is this an ongoing process? As the use of social media by journalists and non-journalists has continued to grow we’ve been making the shift at the exchange to integrate the risks of social media with our spokespeople. Here are the areas that we have now included in all of our spokesperson training: Understand that your interview with a reporter may also end up being referenced in blogs, Twitter or Facebook. Keep in mind that even in “customer only&# meetings that information could be sent out via Twitter. MORE >>
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- Social Business? I Have Just the Award for You B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011
- Why My Role Model is an Economist B2B VOICES | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
- Biz Tech Is Back B2B VOICES | SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012
- Four Spring Cleaning Tasks for B2B Communicators B2B VOICES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012
- Customer References: What’s In It For Them? B2B VOICES | MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
- Top 10 B2B Voices Posts of 2011 B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
- What’s Ahead? The Changing Role of Communications B2B VOICES | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013
- How Stratasys Hit 700k Video Views and Reimagined What’s Possible in 3D Printing B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013
- How do you reach the guy with the wallet? B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
- 5 Ways to Increase Engagement With Your Content [Cross Post] B2B VOICES | THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010
- So, What do Financial Marketers Want? B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013
- A History of Disruptive Innovation in B2B Marketing [Infographic] B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012
- Why Digital Media Outreach Shouldn’t Be Ignored B2B VOICES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- The NY Times and its Paywall Decision — A B2B Discussion B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011
- B2B Voices @ SXSW B2B VOICES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013
- You Can’t Make a Great Cake Without Quality Ingredients B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
- In Search of Great ‘Future of Work’ Stories B2B VOICES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
- Spotlight on Healthcare from HIMSS 2011 B2B VOICES | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
- Measuring Outcomes in B2B Social Media – Part II: A Model B2B VOICES | MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010
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