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JUNE 9, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. IT Marketers - if you have often wondered how you compare to your peers, make sure you participate in this survey. IT Marketers - if you have often wondered how you compare to your peers, make sure you participate in this survey.

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JUNE 16, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. I realize that this blog reaches beyond Minnesota but this internship will be based in Arden Hills, MN. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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MAY 24, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. They have an amazing lead conversion rate, which is triple the amount of their industry peers. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 For them it works.

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JULY 11, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! sales ready leads).

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

That’s like finding a better way to punch people in the face&# is one of the more memorable examples of his outlook. UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form. UNsettling Stratten has a knack for gaps. A tall order, to be certain.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. First, marketers of all stripes seem to have accepted (for now) that social media in large measure = Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. population. population. Here’s 6 ways to find the gossips in your midst: 1.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

In other words, how accurate does it need to be? She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. First – What are the objectives?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

Yet according to CSO Insight’s 2010 Sales Performance Optimization study, only 52% of sales reps met quota in 2009, and companies achieved only 78% of their revenue plans. Any revenue-focused executive who can’t reliably deliver on his or her revenue commitments will soon be out of a job. techniques to grow revenue predictably and reliably.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate. In fact, 88% said Web sites were important in helping them decide what to buy. B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

Truer words could not be spoken and your results may be reflecting a message that is contrary to your organization’s mission and self-image. A Google search of the phrase “social media ROI” provides 694,000 results (at least at this writing). What matters to the CEO is her/his vision – no more and no less. Why ignore it?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

Because as a content consumption device, the iPad is simply without peer. Before that fabulous, glorious day, one of my jobs at home was to jump up and twist the channel knob at the whim of my parents, like some sort of orthopedic carpal-tunnel experiment gone astray. Less than seductive technology. I have found this to be a poor comparison.

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APRIL 12, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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MAY 19, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Reichheld asks, “Would you recommend our products or services to a business peer?” I submit that if you are not asking and getting the answer to this question, you could be generating word of mouth, but not the good kind.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

world-wide shows that just 25% of respondents said their friends and peers are credible sources of information about companies – a decline of 20% since a similar analysis in 2008. That’s why brands go to great lengths to humanize themselves on the social Web. A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.) A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.)

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Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

philosophy, Jeff is also co-author of the ExactTarget/CoTweet SUBSCRIBERS, FANS & FOLLOWERS Research Series. He lives in Cleveland and has not, to his knowledge, ever been bitten by a vampire—although he his cursed to roam the earth as a Cleveland Browns fan. I had an epiphany the other day. So too with email. Consumer’s who get it, want it.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home About Speaking Research Media Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter A few years ago, critics said Blogging was a fad.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Send them via Twitter @kurrently Kurrently allows us to peer into the minds of Facebook users like never before, and since there are something like 500% more Facebook users than Twitter users in the U.S., But there are 400 million people on Facebook,&# Gilbert said. “I want to know what they are saying, too.&# that’s a big deal.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 22, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Family, friends, colleagues. As my co-author Amber Naslund put it once “with social media, my relationships aren’t bound by geography or circumstance.&# Humanity People always slam Twitter for people talking about “what they had for lunch&# but the blending of the personal and professional is very attractive to me. I love change.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

Crowdsourcing is evolving beyond the shiny contest model (Doritos’ “Crash the Super Bowl” ) and into something more meaningful to the brands embracing it and the consumers contributing to it. There is no better ‘bang’ for your buck than a well thought out and properly executed crowdsourcing initiative. This is where crowdsourcing comes in.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

He is without peer. Louis to Phoenix, coming back from SocialFresh. I’ll probably fly 150 segments this year, which is a lot, but nowhere near Chris Brogan territory. Today, I’ve fortunately been upgraded to first class, which happens infrequently because I travel enough to make it exhausting, but not enough to make it rewarding.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

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