Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

RSS subscriptions are up. Blogging every day doesn’t make you a better thinker or consultant, it makes you faster at WordPress formatting. Mike Cassidy made me (and a lot of other people) think differently about the intersection of social media strategy , and business objectives. You would be entirely wrong. Visits are up.

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Paid Search Agency Blogger Advertising Agencies PR 117

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers. Influence: This is a measure of the likelihood of a person recommending your company or brand.

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B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

For normal humans that check social media a couple times a day, NutshellMail may become your new favorite social companion. You can even include Twitter searches in your feed, enabling you to use NutshellMail the same way you’d use TweetBeep, or an RSS feed of Twitter search results. And it’s free. I'm going to try it!

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 120

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

If your designer isn’t an SEO expert (and most aren’t), it’s critical that they be partnered with an SEO consultant so that they’re not designing invisible websites. Extend its life by making your site content shareable via social media, RSS feeds and forward to a colleague.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Or are you trying to position your company or yourself (consultants and coaches) as a thought leader to influence C-level execs and decision makers? Create content – It is easy to get bogged down with the design aspects of a company blog. The focus of your blog will be determined by how well you can define your readership.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

For us, it has helped expand our consulting business, which is a real measure. I once calculated time spent blogging vs. number of RSS subscribers. 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.

Twitter 126

Twitter Paid Content Paid Search Agency PR 126

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

If you fall in love with tools, you’ll constantly be changing directions, with no real plan to guide your way. Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less? Social media is about people, not logos. If you’re a small company, congratulations, this should be pretty easy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Unify Your Team The first step is for companies to devise a coordinated strategy that uses email and social communication synergistically. Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies.

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Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Budget Programs 132

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

When I discuss this concept with companies, however, too often I hear something in the realm of “we don’t know what to provide our customers that would be helpful.&# Try to return something to your own company. 5 excellent points that a company can (should!) Buy your own product. Jay, I'm impressed!

Social Media 150

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 150

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers? Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time?

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? shorten Social Media Consulting & Coaching to just “Consulting & Coaching&# ) and add Search to the end of the nav bar? I also prefer the overall design to #2/3. Im Jay Baer.

Paid Search Agency 109

Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics PR Advertising Agencies 109

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in. It’s about humanization.

Social Media 151

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 151

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!) Hope that helps!

Social Media 157

Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 157

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Help clients tie search success to social media through wise keyword analysis, multi-media optimization and ongoing link acquisition. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google. Learn the Science of Social Like any other online marketing program, social media is widely measurable – and testable.

Social Media 122

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 122

Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

Seth Godin predicted that RSS would kill email. Well, it’s certainly weathered the wooden stakes of pundits and the introduction of IM, RSS, Skype, MySpace, Facebook & Twitter quite well. As for email, it’s been declared dead by more pundits, journalists, and entrepreneurs than I care to count. October 2007. March 2009.

RSS 129

RSS Paid Search Agency Social Media Email Marketing 129

NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2015

In the last two-three weeks, I participated in 3 webinars and 5 software demos, with more planned this week. I have an RSS reader with 150 or so blogs to stay up to speed on the ever changing world of demand and lead generation. Paid Media. Plan search campaigns within the funnel. Make LinkedIn your personal home page.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paid Content Lead Generation 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). I have a few goals set up, including visits to my speaking page; visits to my consulting page; time spent on the site, etc. I implement bit.ly

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 167

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. link] Zack Wow, list of heavy hitter presenters… you're in good company. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. No pressure, eh?

Paid Search Agency 108

Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics Social Media Advertising Agencies 108

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook took a major (yet curiously underreported) move in this direction last week, when they enabled companies to publish to Facebook members’ news feeds for anyone that has “liked&# a Web page. I do think there is some validity to that, and it is up to the companies how much control they really want to cede to someone else.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook took a major (yet curiously underreported) move in this direction last week, when they enabled companies to publish to Facebook members’ news feeds for anyone that has “liked&# a Web page. I do think there is some validity to that, and it is up to the companies how much control they really want to cede to someone else.

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Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

When I'm clearing emails or reading (RSS, web, ReadItLater, 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. I have connected via the VGB cable but the RGB does not get any signal.

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Paid Search Agency Content Social Media PR 137

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

But, it’s the online equivalent of HBO – important more because of who uses it and the media’s infatuation with it, rather than the actual size and impact of its audience. Post originally written for Social Media Examiner – modified today for this version). Teens don't pay for statistical consulting services.

Social Media 125

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 125

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). I have a few goals set up, including visits to my speaking page; visits to my consulting page; time spent on the site, etc. I implement bit.ly

Social Media 40

Social Media Paid Content Tools Media 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I believe Kurrently has the potential to make Facebook a much larger player in the social CRM world, as companies can now instantly see just how much they are being mentioned on that platform. What neither of them seems to have is an RSS feed for results, which would be the Holy Grail of Facebook open-graph API monitoring.

Social Media 165

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 14, 2012

Read on for insights from Katie and our Social Media Stat of the Week ( this week : 47% of B2B companies do not track brand mentions on social media). The RSS feed is: [link]. Jill’s company, Argyle Social, providers of data driven social media marketing software. Listen Now. Find us on iTunes: [link].

Social Media 116

Social Media Work Management Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 116

Convince & Convert

JUNE 28, 2010

You cannot just show up to the party and create your 10 podcasts, and not think about what keywords apply, what the psychology of the people using those keywords is, and how your company can fulfill those needs. There’s a Method to the Content Madness Content without strategy is a colossal waste of time and money.

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