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Hindsight 20/20 Series: 4. Your social business platform as a shopping mall

Biznology

After a while, you’ll have to figure out what is the real difference between your social business platform, and all the communications and collaboration products that preceded it, like your intranet web content management system, your corporate wiki, your SharePoint or Lotus Notes, email and telephones.

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How to Write a Strategic Marketing Plan

WebMarketCentral

Include both current customers (can we sell them more of what they are already buying, products and services in addition to what they are already buying, or a more premium version of our products/services?) The first step in developing a strategic marketing plan is to identify your target markets. and new prospects.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity. 9) Collaboration — capabilities like wikis, sales-contributed content, voting and tagging. In fact, 88% said Web sites were important in helping them decide what to buy.