Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

In the era of Facebook, Google , Twitter and Yelp, buyers have as much control over the flow of information as salespeople. Buying, once a one-way interaction between an informed seller and a curious buyer, has become a conversation between equals, and the revolution in buying behavior is still ongoing. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?! The second is paid search or PPC advertising.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. Not watching the backend results: look at conversion rates with sales and ultimate ROI. Thanks for emphasizing the point!

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Home Members Only News Features Columns SEM SEO PPC Social Media How To Google & Search First Time Here? MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business B2B Hubs Or PPC? Mar 17, 2010 at 11:34am ET by Andy Komack B2B companies crave leads. There is no ability to do that with PPC! Good leads.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? That depends upon how many other people/brands they are following, and how often they check Twitter. In general, however, the chances any one Twitter follower sees any specific update from you is minimal. Very, very few.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

While great content is extremely important, it is essential to use your blog, Twitter/LinkedIn accounts, and other social media tools (RSS syndication) to build a group of influencers that will amplify your content. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 9, 2010 9 Subscribe Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog? I check my Twitter lists.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

While social media is all part of a consumer revolution of peer-to-peer conversations and consumer-generated content, the Toolbox.com report states there is room for marketers to contribute since “online communities are open for participation and welcome the information and insights that their companies can add to the conversation.”

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration? Systems: minimal system impact Program Acceleration.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. These tools can all be used to monitor industry and competitive conversations. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It means having real conversations with them. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. It means listening to what will make our customers lives better.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Conversions increase. Share: Read more from Demand Generation B2B Marketing , Inbound Marketing , Online Demand Generation , Sales Alignment , Sales Funnel , Strategy 2 Comments Post a comment kenny madden Oct 19 2010 AMEN!!! Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? This is great stuff.

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Hubspot

JULY 22, 2019

TV advertising spend actually climbed 16% from 2010 to 2017 , according to analysis by ARK Investment Management. And yet, conversely, TV viewing decreased in that time by 20%. If these losses continue as projected, by 2023 viewing hours could be less than half what they were in 2010, and cut in half again by the year 2028.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Brand Management , Social Media 4 Comments Post a comment Sharetivity Sep 10 2010 Social Media is definitely a hot topic and sooo many companies are following the trend. Engage in a conversation with them. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 2, 2019

Which is why so many B2B companies are turning to thought leadership to build brand awareness, enhance decision makers’ trust, open the conversation, and help close business, according to research by Edelman and LinkedIn. You can do this easily by clicking the Facebook or Twitter icons below the answer. Brian de Haaff, CEO of Aha!,

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

link] Marketing 150 Via @jaybaer [link] Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter [link] TimWeaver How will this be different or an adjunct to those of us who read your blog, FB and follow you on Twitter? Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. How can I help you?

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Home Members Only News Features Columns SEM SEO PPC Social Media How To Google & Search First Time Here? Conversion actions are not all created equal (e.g. Test ad copy frequently to achieve the best combination of Conversion Rate (not part of Quality) and Click Through Rate (part of Quality!).

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

The Best of Twitter 20 From the forward: I’m sitting in a ballroom in Indianapolis in September, 2008 watching Joseph Jaffe give a masterful presentation on social media transforming corporations, when I come upon the idea to interview him on Twitter. You can download it free below.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Now you can begin implementing these simple steps: Listen: drive insights across your organization and identify the key themes, topics, tones and influencers in your marketplace Respond: identify what kind of conversations you want to take part in and what kind of thought leadership you can present. Amplify good news.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

Convince and Convert Recommends Facebook Vs. Twitter (The Arkayne Blog) 7 Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook – Free Ebook (Danny Brown) Facebook Pisses Off Users. facebook Rocks [link] objectivemarketer Facebook Success Summit 2010 @marismith @jaybaer @briansolis @mike_stelzner @ekaterinawalter and the likes. How can I help you?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

According to this study , none of the Global Fortune 100 CEOs had a blog and only 2 had a presence on Twitter. Most important – listen to the conversations and use those insights to drive integrated campaigns that use traditional, digital, and social tactics in harmony- centered on meeting a well-defined customer need.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics. I was just introduced to you and Scott via twitter. link] links for 2010-09-07 | Glenn Friesen [.] His self-deprecation adds a hilarious, warm tone throughout. If he’ll be near you, check it out.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

And the conversation went way later than the restaurant manager and our wonderful server wanted it to. Conversion plummets. kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. Happy to connect kenny@spiceworks.com Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Hi Kenny, thanks for your comments. So marketing sends more. Some are slowly doing it.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

First of all, tremendous thanks to the incredible team of guest bloggers who did an amazing job keeping the content fresh, and the conversation lively. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Retweets are up. How can I help you?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. Adding a Twitter field to your contact records is only a start. and hope for a.02 through a new channel.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

Through their inquiries for, and conversations about content, the public is telling us what they want online in record volume, and nearly in real time. Understand the Context of the Inquiry Match the topic of the desired content as observed in social conversations with the keywords identified in search. Easy – you listen!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. I’m on vacation in the great white north for a couple weeks, trying to spend a little time with the family and get The Now Revolution (my new book with Amber Naslund ) finished up.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Twitter is for people you want to know. (I Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Linkedin is for people you know.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 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 Would You Try It With a Fox? How can I help you?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. Twitter knows that you are @somecustomer, and what you Tweet about, and maybe your geography.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

Convene, converse and collaborate. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. You're still staring at a screen, but at least you're interacting. How can I help you?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Commerce Related to the first, but commerce-oriented blogs are more interested in conversion events than in traffic generation. We hear how twitter and the other SM tools will help to get you on top, blah, blah but that only happens so few times. Blogging is a commitment to yourself and anyone reading.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 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 It Curtains for the App Store?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You run over to check your Twitter account. Twitter Without the Hassle Want to know who has signed up to follow you on Twitter today? You can even include Twitter searches in your feed, enabling you to use NutshellMail the same way you’d use TweetBeep, or an RSS feed of Twitter search results.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Twitter is even narrower at 36% – 46%. Whether you’re spending millions per year on marketing, or less than $50,000, your proclivity toward being active on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube is strikingly similar. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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