Paul Gillin

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How to Get Salespeople Aboard the Social Media Train

Paul Gillin

Outside of prospecting with LinkedIn, few sales pros are willing to make the investment of time to learn and use tools that promise a payoff months or years down the road. Set measurable goals like the number of Twitter followers, number of LinkedIn connections of number of contributions to the corporate blog, then put rewards in place.

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Direct Marketing Doesn’t Have to Suck

Paul Gillin

HubSpot reports – The maker of “inbound marketing” software regularly sends alerts about new white papers, tip sheets and e-books that highlight best practices in social marketing. It’s a prime source for my Newspaper Death Watch blog. With the exception of Gizmo, all the companies have something to sell.

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How Much Should You Pay For Content?

Paul Gillin

Marketers often ask how they can train engineers and technical people to blog, podcast and otherwise engage in deep online conversations with customers. So if you’re going to create your own blogs, white papers, e-books and such, you should probably use professional communicators to help you do it. My advice: don’t bother.

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