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B2B Marketers Must Be Transparent to Build Trust

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Doing business today requires transparency, which builds trust with your customers and partners. I think the one most important to marketers today is number 6 – Trust is required for doing business today, and consumers and business people demand transparency. Trust is paramount and consumers demand transparency.

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Social Media Outsourcing – Is It Right?

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The reason to engage in social media sites online such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook is to have authentic, engaging, transparent conversations with people with whom you want to connect. With authentic, transparent engagement in mind, is it OK to outsource your social media to a third party social media company or consultant?

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Social Networking – Organic? Strategic? or Gaming a System?

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Now that social media is used by more businesses, it’s become clear that there is a right (and wrong) way to use it. Social media is supposed to be an authentic and transparent online conversation with your peers – not a marketing ploy or a way to pull one over on your prospects. Do be organic.

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4 Keys to Building Trust with Inbound Marketing

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Inbound marketing is the art of attracting and engaging the right people to your website through traditional and social media marketing. First you have to get known online through social media and traffic to your website. Be consistent with your social media activity and content. Be transparent.

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Why B2B Marketers Must Pull Up From Boring Product Marketing

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Your business must show up consistently across online platforms, including your website and social media. An un- or poorly-branded company page on social media shows that you’re not consistent. Transparency. Engaging people with your human side in social media? Don’t hold back your story.

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5 Skills Your Marketing Consultant Must Have

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And most recently, I’ve been hearing about marketing providers who are just proposing the latest new tactic – social media – witho ut taking time to fully analyze and understand the client and their industry. Understanding of technology.

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3 Big Reasons B2B Marketing Content is Key

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Create and post valuable content on your website and on social networks so that you will get found by qualified prospects. Good content is transparent, helpful and valuable to your prospects. B2B marketers – don’t throw your valuable marketing dollars away on SEO or pay-per-click ads.