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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

On mid-1990s projects, for example, typically organizations defined hundreds of requirements and went through protracted RFP processes in search of the best software and system integrator. As for the ideal dynamic today, Enterprise 2.0 differs from its predecessor. Long and expensive consulting engagements often missed their mark.

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Tips for pulling off a successful business event

Biznology

Business events can be a really big deal for companies that rely on them to generate new customers and increase word-of-mouth endorsements. 71% submit an RFP: RFP stands for a Request for Proposal. If this is your type of business, then you know all to well how important a successful business event is.

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“Skepticism” is the “New Normal;” Survey Finds B2B Tech Has Trust Issues

Sword and the Script | B2B

From a public relations perspective, it’s good to see those hard-earned placements in the tech trades still matter. If vendors are not trustworthy sources of information, what sources of information influence the buying cycle? 39% said social media. 39% said social media.

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Social Pros 14 – Jason Falls, Social Media Explorer

Convince & Convert

It doesn’t measure your influence through email, through word-of-mouth marketing, through publishing, whether that be online or offline. Where are these people who are creating these RFP’s getting that from? So, your Directors of Marketing, maybe your Public Relations Director.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Inevitably, when corporate America seeks a PR agency to support their communications effort, the Request for Proposals (RFP) asks for critical capabilities that can help a company sift through the myriad of options available and narrow them down to the few that make sense for their specific needs.