Sword and the Script | B2B

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. Annual spending on PR software grew 14.7% 34% said ebooks.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. What’s the Point?

Webinar Metrics 132

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank’s internet marketing blog on the intersection of digital PR, social and search engine marketing. Pitching bloggers and print journalists are somewhat similar, but in the end, they can be very different things. Don’t send blanket solicitations to bloggers in the same general industry.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s what makes UnMarketing an unusual, yet worthy use of your marketing education time: UNpretentious Unlike so many marketing books, Stratten doesn’t overcomplicate the subject matter. His value as an educator and coach and the spotlight he’s shining on the video creation business is lifting all boats, not just his own.

Social Media 115

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education. While demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, Target also created a local solution to a national issue by personally connecting with parents through a timely and innovative social media campaign.

Social Media 139

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Ontraport

APRIL 14, 2021

Through your public relations (PR) efforts, potential leads in this stage are beginning to subconsciously learn about your brand’s existence via partnerships and connections you’ve built with industry thought leaders. A free teleconference or educational webinar. Attracting potential leads with ungated content.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Free Marketing Stuff Can Sell As marketers our job is to generate brand awareness, educate our prospective customers on the benefits of our products and get them to purchase. His eBook “ The New Rules of PR ” was offered for free without requiring any registration from his website and was downloaded 250,000 times.

Work Management 100

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Keep up with the leading b2b bloggers by subscribing to the B2B Marketing Zone and regularly visiting this new site, BtoBbloggers.com. Public relations (PR) is pretty much the opposite—it produces limited immediate and direct results, but builds your brand in the eyes of prospects, the media, analysts and other influencers over the long term.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Jonathan Kranz has written a huge stack of content, advertising, direct marketing, and public relations materials for consumer and B2B clients in financial services, banking, insurance, high-tech, healthcare, education, and other industries. David Meerman Scott's New Rules of Marketing & PR. Seth Godin's Purple Cow.

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Ontraport

APRIL 14, 2021

Through your public relations (PR) efforts, potential leads in this stage are beginning to subconsciously learn about your brand’s existence via partnerships and connections you’ve built with industry thought leaders. A free teleconference or educational webinar. Attracting potential leads with ungated content.

Paid Content 72

Paid Content Brand Identity Branding Lead Scoring 72

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. Like traditional PR activities (i.e. Image created by Ryan Schradin.)

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

People who have educated, inspired, engaged, supported us. People who have educated, inspire… [link] [link] kelvin lee The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life [link] [link] Jim Weldon The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life: Who Influenced You?All My first PR job was in consumer product goods and one of our clients was a bagel brand.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. What are your thoughts on the PR agencies that still have a Social Media or Digital department or practice that operates separately from the rest of the agency? Oh, that's part of our digital practice.&#

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Our job is to educate a marketplace to be objective driven.’What Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. At the end of the day however, does it matter? Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. From a PR angency perspective (I work on the digital team for Porter Novelli), I’d add the myth that social media is a specialist skill.

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Hubspot

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Explorer -- Jason Falls is constantly pumping out great posts on social media's impact on marketing and public relations. PR Squared. -- If public relations is your core interest, then be sure to check out Todd Defren's blog about the intersection of public relations and digital media.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

The details of his somewhat haphazard education at Harvard, and his kismet kissed co-founding of LinkExchange (ultimately sold to Microsoft for $265 million) are downright fascinating. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

Never Heard Of It This is of course a situation that is most acute in B2B, where White Horse found that 60% of companies either have low executive interest in social media, or have modest interest but a lack of education. But the job of arm twisting and education can’t come from outside. This makes no sense.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

I recently had lunch with an old colleague who now works for a well respected and large competitor PR firm. Every single person in a public relations firm should: 1) understand the impact of social media and 2) be able to activate that marketing potential for their clients. I don’t believe in a “digital divide.”

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I’ve asserted that B2B social media tactics vary from B2C, in that they are typically rooted in consumer education and thought leadership, and thus require deeper layers of interaction. None of that is impacted in the slightest by whether you’re selling to consumers or other businesses. Private brand communities vs. Facebook.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Combined with their above average income and above average education, Twitter users’ propensity to interact with brands make them a huge potential source for Mass Influencers (although Forrester’s research says Facebook is a better pool ). Put another way, Twitter users are 3 times more likely to follow brands than Facebook users.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

You are definitely an old fogie – educate yourself [link] [link] Kate Brodock 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media (convince and convert) [link] [link] BTCustomerstreet #my Awesome 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media – [link] #BTCustomerstreet [link] jaybaer It will. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

RT @nickkellet : Content Marketing overtook Digital Marketing as a keyword 2 months ago #cmworld #digitalPR #pr. When you include one keyword or phrase in your post title, then repeat it in the first sentence – you are using helpful SEO tactics, even if you and/or the source blogger don’t know the first thing about SEO.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

link] Top 250 Blog Posts – Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR « Spotlight Ideas [.] link] [link] Augure.com WORTH A READ: Develop a social media strategy in 7 steps [link] [link] Riitta Lumme-Tuomala RT @jaybaer: Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [link] Interesting and educating. Im Jay Baer.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 9, 2018

Before we dive into the various positions you can find within a marketing department, let’s discuss tools and education necessary to become a marketer. Public Relations. Both programs offer in-depth studies of marketing, but they differ in education specifics and structure. What You Need to Be a Marketer. Management.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Some Bloggers respond to the comments and some don’t. I have tremendous respect for blogger that are not too busy to at least acknowledge comments with a simple “thank you.&# I have tremendous respect for blogger that are not too busy to at least acknowledge comments with a simple “thank you.&#

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2010

I believe this will be the most comprehensive, useful collection of Webinars (education in your jammies rules) ever compiled about social media. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

These women are executives, thought leaders, bloggers, authors and role models for younger women with an interest in technology. Next year, Cheryl and I tentatively plan to honor #Nifty50 Women and Men Writers, including bloggers, journalists, authors, and PR professionals. That will be our top focus for next year. aespinosa.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

These women are executives, thought leaders, bloggers, authors and role models for younger women with an interest in technology. Next year, Cheryl and I tentatively plan to honor #Nifty50 Women and Men Writers, including bloggers, journalists, authors, and PR professionals. That will be our top focus for next year. aespinosa.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Twitter Marketing Management 100

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Leyl Master Black is a Managing Director at Sparkpr , one of the world’s top independent PR agencies. In my view, Facebook presents a unique opportunity to connect with and educate your target market in a way that your website and even your blog can’t match. 5 Predictions for the Public Relation.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

link] PRAMITA SEN 3 Reasons Email is the Coolest Vampire Today [link] #socialmedia #marketing #PR via @jkrohrs and @jaybaer [link] Jeffrey K. It is great when a blogger can take great, relevant content and present it in a light-hearted and fun manner like you did here. A driving force behind the company’s SUBSCRIBERS RULE! Why is this?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 2010

After all, you could make me money, save me time, protect me and educate me with this article. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. But Wait… We Also Want D.I.S. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Social media for me is like selling PR to a company who had only done advertising. I remember getting questioned from a prospect years ago about the value of a PR program and what could happen if consumers saw articles mentioning their products. Why was advertising fine and pr questionable? Failure may happen. Im Jay Baer.

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Hinge Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

Inbound marketing messages tend to be educational in nature rather than self-promotional. . If you publish educational blog content, use keyword research to make your blogging more strategic. Webinars offer almost all of the benefits of an in-person educational event, while adding a host of new advantages. That’s powerful.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

Befor… [link] [link] Alyssa G I agree with your perspective on the iPad being the ultimate content consumption tool – and for that reason, I think it will be a great device for education, particularly for college students. I find Kindle to be easier and better as a book device. I should have written a textbook long ago!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Between the pre-set bots, and the humanoids who decide to act like 'bots RT anything if the right blog (or blogger) curates it … I unfortunately think the #'s would be huge. Because, unlike newspapers or bloggers or ‘friends,’ gravity has no agenda of its own. Not their #'s and reach, but are they trusted.

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