Paul Gillin

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Bidding Fond Farewell to BtoB Magazine

Paul Gillin

John Obrecht took over from Ellis in 2010 and was kind enough to ask me to continue writing the column. If you want a top-notch business editor and writer who understands B2B markets, be sure to give John a call. Thanks to Facebook, such interactions are common today across hundreds of brands. BtoB is a victim of those same forces.

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The Changing Rules of B2B Marketing

Paul Gillin

Here is a draft of the first chapter of Social Marketing to the Business Customer by Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman. This chapter focuses on drawing the major distinctions between business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) markets and where social marketing has particular value to B2B companies.

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

In March, 2010, Procter & Gamble announced the most significant technical advance in disposable diapers in a quarter century. The practice is called slipstreaming, and it’s common in high-volume consumer packaged goods markets that manufacture products by the millions at facilities around the world.

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IBM Expands Social Business Services

Paul Gillin

Mentions of the term on the Internet grew from two million in 2010 to about 20 million in 2011, according to an informal Google search. The term “social business” has been gaining traction in the last year. “It’s not just about demand generation but incorporating social it into all aspects of your business.”

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Attack of the Customers Press Release

Paul Gillin

New Book Explores Recent Epidemic Of Online Customer Assaults on Businesses. ‘Attack of the Customers’ Helps Marketers and Business Owners Manage and Prevent Reputation Threats Carried on Blogs and Social Networks. Links and tweets are appreciated, but Amazon reviews will get you undying devotion. Capacity to Destroy. About The Authors.

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B2B Blogging Excellence

Paul Gillin

There I got a chance to meet some remarkable people who took chances on social marketing before it was fashionable and won. Blogging isn’t just pushing out information, it’s responding to the interests of your market.”. I was privileged to moderate the BtoB magazine Social Media Awards Breakfast in New York this week.

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Book Review: Tales From a Veteran Blogger

Paul Gillin

Brill’s engaging and readable book is aimed at product managers, those corporate jacks of all trades who fret about everything from market research to customer support. The guidelines…signaled to employees, clients and the market that IBM would stand behind its [people],” he writes.

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