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

Convince & Convert

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

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How should B2B brands engage decision makers?

Champion Communications

Mark speaks to those in the industry and looks for examples of success, he says that emails received through direct marketing ‘go straight into the bin’ ” If I am getting insight from an organisation that I have not gotten before, that is helpful. If I feel it is a hard-nosed sales pitch, it gets junked.”

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UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

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)

markempa

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

Convince & Convert

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. What matters to the CEO is her/his vision – no more and no less. Excellent post. link] olivierBlanchard Spot on.

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

Convince & Convert

I like your “monitor and respond to all&# thought — this is more of a public relations model than a marketing model, especially if we dispense with the concept of “impressions&# in favor of “contacts.&# Sore spot with us PR types.) Sore spot with us PR types.) link] Russ Henneberry Wow.