SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Within the SaaS industry, trade shows and conferences have consistently been an integral part of business development and networking. Promoting your event through email is a great way to get the word out, generate excitement and buzz, and drive turnout. Email Promotion. These emails are highly shareable and get people’s attention.

Marketing & Strategy 105

Marketing & Strategy Paid Social Agency Multi-Channel Lead Ranking 105

markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

« Consistent Lead Generation Pays Over Long Term | Main | Seth Godins speech on Marketing at Google » Generating Real Sales Leads from Tradeshow/Conferences Aaron Ross over at "Building The "Sales Machine" shares some great tips on trade show lead generation.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Conference B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2011

Amid all of the hype, conferences, and rapid adoption of social media marketing by organizations from sole proprietors to the Fortune 100, there remains an undercurrent of skepticism. It’s why a search for “social media sucks&# on Google yields almost 12 million results (so much for my SEO on this post, oh well).

Social Media 100

Social Media Peer-to-peer Media PR 100

markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

« Generating Real Sales Leads from Tradeshow/Conferences | Main | Webcast: 8 Critical Success Factors for B2B Lead Generation » Seth Godins speech on Marketing at Google Six time best selling author Seth Godin speaks to Google as part of their Authors@Google series.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Google B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 120

Biznology

DECEMBER 4, 2012

At the end of the day, none of us own anything we do on Facebook, Twitter , Pinterest, Google +. Social media and its social networks may feel like a home to some of us, but they’re really just private public spaces, similar to coffee shops, the Politics & Prose reading area, or the conference or ballroom at the Rosslyn Marriott.

Social Media 80

Social Media Paid Search Agency CMS Development Advertising Agencies 80

Lenny's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

PR can work, but rarely does. The first users of the product came from meetups and conference-based events, online content, and proactive reach-outs to our networks, dev thought leaders, and open source maintainers. Get press Three startups I looked at had meaningful success with early PR. Normally PR is a terrible channel.

Ideal Customer Profiles 112

Ideal Customer Profiles CPO B2B Startups 112

The Lead Agency

OCTOBER 4, 2017

There is a lot of buzz around machine learning and artificial intelligence. They are Google, Facebook, IBM and Amazon. Marketers have been using change detection and notification services like Google Alerts and Mention since 2003. How are marketers applying machine learning in 2017? Sentiment analysis and client monitoring.

Marketing AI 100

Marketing AI Paid Content Work Management Marketing Automation Services 100

SnapApp

MARCH 27, 2018

She is a frequent speaker and emcee at conferences including TEDx, INBOUND, and MarketingProfs, and serves as the Co-Executive Director of Boston Content, the city's largest community of content professionals. Read more about how to create a buzz-worthy brand POV. . Congratulations, Katie. There’s no magic to it. .

Tips 67

Tips Marketing Proposals Peer-to-peer Curation 67

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Sales reps from traditional PR distribution services were even quoted as saying, “there’s a reason it’s free.&# – implying that it doesn’t perform well. Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

As mobile browsers become more powerful, Google and its partners decided to do things their own way. Pissing off Google.) Pissing off Google.&# Pissing off Google.&# Pissing off Google" [link] [link] Bruce Hendrickson Great post! You know what’s not a good idea? introduced an application-geared Internet.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

October 6, Go Mobile Conference Atlanta, GA: This event, sponsored by HubSpot and powered by the 60 Second Marketer, will teach you anything and everything you need to know about mobile marketing, and more. Also, you don’t want to miss expert advice from people at Google, Kodak, IBM, HubSpot and SPANX! Plus, it’s free.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Web 2.0 Marketing Management 40

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

October 6, Go Mobile Conference Atlanta, GA: This event, sponsored by HubSpot and powered by the 60 Second Marketer, will teach you anything and everything you need to know about mobile marketing, and more. Also, you don’t want to miss expert advice from people at Google, Kodak, IBM, HubSpot and SPANX! Plus, it’s free.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Web 2.0 Marketing Management 40

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Google’s new Buzz technology recognizes this convergence, by treating email connections between us as the core atomic unit of the social Web, rather than newer, more ephemeral connections made on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

Social Media 122

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 122

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

October 1-2, Open Video Conference New York, NY: This multi-day summit full of thought leaders in business, academia, art and activism will explore the future of video on the web. October 7, WOMMA New York, NY: Join Google, Cisco and Wikimedia as they discuss issues that even the savviest of brands face today.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Digital Asset Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. link] Top 250 Blog Posts – Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR « Spotlight Ideas [.] Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics?

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 167

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

FAQ 139

FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 139

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

I'm not sure you can separate content from community anymore, as Google seems to be looking more and more at engagement (comments, linkbacks, time on site) to determine the value of content. In PR, measurement has always been a finger in the wind exercise.

Webinar Metrics 132

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency Blogger 132

Webbiquity

JULY 22, 2014

As noted in several of the posts highlighted below, the PR professional has changed considerably over the past few years. The audiences, topics, tools, and tactics employed in PR have evolved. This shift has led to today’s emphasis on “social” PR. What role do press releases play in PR today?

PR 100

PR Paid Content Blogger Outreach 100

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Class: Viral Marketing and World Wide Raves (GF301) Professor: David Meerman Scott, author of New Rules of Marketing & PR and World Wide Rave David is a great speaker and has engaging stories, making his presentation one of the best of the series.

Inbound Marketing 100

Inbound Marketing Training Planning Work Management 100

markempa

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

« Google Makes Web Analytics Free but will it help your lead generation? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 During the summit, senior marketing executives were challenged to improve the influence of marketing by building more efficient and accountable marketing organizations.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Webinar Metrics 120

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Regarding comments about the search box location, I'm used to a left or central location on search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.), 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.

Paid Search Agency 109

Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics PR Advertising Agencies 109

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

We need both…and curation doesn’t work without creation (much like Google trying to save the newspapers because they need great news to survive, but that is for another story). Content curation is as important in the content marketing toolbox as is creation. For some brands, curation may be enough.

Curation 40

Curation Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management 40

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. For example, we get pitches from PR firms about major brands running new viral or social media campaigns. Excellent food for thought for us PR hacks out there. Please don’t.

Online Marketing 40

Online Marketing Blogger PR Digital Asset Management 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Consequently, if someone searches for “Colorado River Whitewater Rafting&# on Google, they’ll likely find that version of the Western River blog, which contains only posts about “ Colorado River Whitewater Rafting “ The software automatically harvests and organizes topically similar posts for maximum search effectiveness.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 142

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Remember, your most important customer is Google, and your content ladder needs to maximize your chances for search success. This is especially important now that Google and Bing are incorporating social content into real-time search results). and search for them on Google, Bing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and SocialMention.

Paid Content 145

Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 145

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels. .-= Maria Reyes-McDavis´s last blog. Twitter Lists Frenzy =-. 2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels.

Social Media 149

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 149

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

I am showing as 2291 keywords where my site appears in Google's index, but only 170 words where they have actually clicked through to the site itself. link] email writing My readers used 411 different search terms to generate over 510 visits (i'm rather small)… [link] jakejordan Do you search with 3+ words in Google?

Long Tail Marketing 117

Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content 117

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

People coming from Google don’t know who you are yet, so you can’t treat them like a Facebook audience that’s already drinking your Kool-aid. When we talk monitoring not just for PR/Marketing but product or service development and industry related news as well. link] [link] T.J.

Social Media 118

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 118

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Regus chose Affect Strategies , a PR, marketing and social media firm specializing in business-to-business companies, to run their New York campaign. Social is not an isolated activity.&#

Social Media 40

Social Media Enterprise Management Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

[link] Ariel Roberge RT @Tinkweb: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush [link] [link] Steve Woodruff Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | (@jaybaer) [link] [link] Montreal Design Buzz TR @tinkweb: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush [link] [link] [link] Terametric RT @jaybaer: What exactly is Influence Mining?

Paid Content 134

Paid Content CRM Paid Search Agency Social Media 134

Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

A Google search of the phrase “social media ROI” provides 694,000 results (at least at this writing). I recently heard a poignant expression, “you are your Google results”. Now, Google creates perceptions and it is our job to engage the communities and instill what perceptions we want seen.

Social Media 136

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 136

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Subscribe to SmartBrief newsletters, RSS feeds, and Google alerts in order to find ideas for new content (that’s how I found this blog!) Comment appropriately on the top blogs ranked by Google on the major key word or phrase you are trying to optimize for SEO. Take the content from the book and produce a conference series.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Tips Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profiles 40

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Make sure you’re not just shopping who you think your competitors are, but also who Google says your competitors are, based on search engine results. 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.

Social Media 150

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 150

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Content marketing is perhaps alone in its ability to be a successful endeavor at every phase of the customer lifecycle: When a potential customer is using Google to research new digital cameras, what is going to get them to a Kodak site? Because content is the most efficient form of marketing available. Smart, optimized content.

Paid Content 125

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 125

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

The metrics available on Facebook are in many ways better than you can get from Google Analytics. But if your saying Twitter isn't a tool as in a hammer, that you can use to build your SEM, SEO, or PR then I am not following your logic. Facebook fan pages are email newsletters 2.0

Social Media 135

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Video Marketing 135

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

I'll have to check my Google numbers, all that good stuff. 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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 120