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User-Generated Content: How to Use It for Good and Avoid a PR Crisis

Contently

Here’s an example of when it’s bad: United Breaks Guitars is a song and music video that musician Dave Carroll created in 2009 after United Airlines damaged his guitar during a flight. “Word of mouth” marketing is key for creating community and virality. That can be a good thing or a bad thing.

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MarketingSherpa Seeks Case Study speakers for 2009 B2B Demand Generation Summits

markempa

If you have a great B2B story to tell, think about sharing it with other B2B marketers at MarketingSherpa’s 6th Annual B2B Demand Generation Summit 2009. Experienced B2B marketers who want to present will need to submit speech proposals by May 21, 2009. Click here to learn more.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Word of Mouth Marketing relies on reputation not branding

markempa

« New PDF Tracking Gives Us Pause | Main | Podcast: Landing Pages for Lead Generation » Word of Mouth Marketing relies on reputation not branding The premise of my post is that B2B marketing and B2C marketing are different. Word of mouth is all about our reputation. They have it wrong.

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Influencer Marketing: What is it and Why Should You be Doing it?

Onalytica B2B

Although the industry category and buzzword is ‘influencer marketing’ we are going to focus more on the Influencer Relationship Management approach, which is the most organic form of influencer marketing, where relationships and partnerships are at the heart of a successful strategy. Why should you be doing it?

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PowerViews with Dave Munn: The Transformed Marketing Organization

ViewPoint

That’s something we talk about in organizations—that senior management needs to realize that a good investment in marketing can help support sales, help make sales easier, and help make it more efficient.” Three Distinct Roles of a Transformed Marketing Organization. Are you in the middle of a transformation? How are you transforming?

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

Convince & Convert

I developed 6 new requirements that all social media savvy, marketing-centric organizations need to have. You must take the time to build a cross-functional team in your organization, and figure out your policies and procedures. Why Social Media Makes Everything About Marketing View more presentations from Jay Baer.

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Social Media Marketing Terms You Need to Know

ClearVoice

It would be like word of mouth advertising, but at scale (thanks to social media). The network launched in 2009, and its growth was by word of mouth, and the platform become open to all in 2012. It's proof that word of mouth advertising is still one of the most effective forms of advertising.