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UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

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The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (pt 3)

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What we try to spend time on in this call is "space" shared between marketing and sales. Brian leads the call with the stat - "80% of leads sent from marketing to the sales organization are lost, ignored, or discarded." We again have Jill Konrath and Brian Carroll talking about the topic.

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Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master

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In serving in the capacity of a consultant, colleague or employee, it is not my role to try and change that vision, it’s to execute that vision and make it reality. Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. Excellent post. That means: a. Do you agree?

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

Convince & Convert

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

I realize number of friends/followers/likes isn't an important statistic, but if you don't have a few, it's hard to get the stats that do matter. So I think there's a bit of relevance to tracking those stats.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

In particular, sales and leads (as opposed to chatter, sentiment, buzz, purchase intent, etc.). more [link] ) [link] jaybaer I believe we agree far more than we disagree on this point, and as a former direct marketer, I share your concerns about chatter being overvalued. I think this is a fundamental necessity. Im Jay Baer.

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19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

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CK’s B2B Blog ( SMS Mobile Marketing Mix Audience ). Great B2B Marketing Stats (in a GREAT format!) , June 13, 2010. B2B, Buzz & Brand ROI: Creating Customers That Create (MORE!) Marketing Finger ( Resources Studies Social Media Consulting ). How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI , June 24, 2010.