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JUNE 11, 2010

Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Social networking has been around for as long as we have and yet the emergence of social media is changing the face of marketing, media, PR, customer service, advertising and ultimately entire organizations. We have to become social marketers, sales people and customer service reps. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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JULY 6, 2010

A recent study by GetResponse showed that adding social sharing in an e-mail increased click-through rates by 30%, adding a twitter share option increased response rates by 40% and adding as many as three sharing options increased response rates up 55%. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Share: Read more from Strategy marketing plan Click here to cancel reply.

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JULY 1, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed. The Representative must specifically address the content that was viewed Each person that searches the web has a specific purpose. Need to Drive Leads?

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AUGUST 26, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

and then quickly thereafter “ how do I get started? ” First off, it is important to note that social media is not synonymous with Twitter or Facebook. These social media tactics can include the following: blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, social media bookmarking, etc. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Quantity 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&# In the era of Facebook, Google , Twitter and Yelp, buyers have as much control over the flow of information as salespeople. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For the self-employed, blogging is a means to attract new business and new clients to their business, whereas “hobbyists&# are simply looking for “personal satisfaction.&# Join the live discussion on Twitter using # BlogWell. But using Twitter, and Facebook are also necessary for giving other information.

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MAY 18, 2010

While great content is extremely important, it is essential to use your blog, Twitter/LinkedIn accounts, and other social media tools (RSS syndication) to build a group of influencers that will amplify your content. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

For those that are unfamiliar with tweet chats, they can be defined as prearranged discussions that happen on Twitter through the use of a predefined hashtag. Formal Twitter tweet chats are arranged in advance and occur at a specific time. participant (non-person) kept hawking an upcoming paid event.

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JUNE 18, 2010

All this is starting to create massive and revolutionary changes in the way businesses in general and marketers in particular interact with customers. Customer lists provide a tremendous opportunity for selling additional solutions and services or upgrades. Create a compelling offer to lock-in your current customers for a longer term.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Take personal accountability and decide what to change. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? And change it now.

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MAY 3, 2010

Yes, in B2B, the decision process is far longer, the decision-maker is typically more than one person and all of them feel much greater risk (jobs, reputation, etc) than when buying a pack of gum. I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. And the truth is far from it.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Yes, in B2B, the decision process is far longer, the decision-maker is typically more than one person and all of them feel much greater risk (jobs, reputation, etc) than when buying a pack of gum. I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. And the truth is far from it.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&# Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Are we considering the larger implications of social media on the organization as it relates to employee adoption, customer service, product development and innovation? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

B2B Marketers cannot ignore this channel and need to continue advocating for our brands and with our senior executives to get more involved, become more visible and to engage with customers in this channel. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? While not “dead”, email consumption is down.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I suggest you spend the time to watch the videos of Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s CEO Evan Williams and also Robin Li, Chairman & CEO of Baidu. Advertising: Mary actually showed a bit of her personality here as she nostalgically remembered that the good ads of yesteryear caused us all to act.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. Social Media And Your Personal Brand. They are: Customers: something that is missing from many social media plans is the focus on customers. And once you have a customer, you need to keep them.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. It is important to utilize quality content in these listings such as videos, customer testimonials and other relevant content along with key business contact details.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Real value comes from producing customers who stay and who have an amazing customer experience so they buy more. That is why customer lifetime value to me is a much more important metric. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? So…Demand Generation cannot stop at the sale.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

And on the creative side where we advertisers are fighting to break through the boring clutter and break out from the pack, this is an important point Personalization. If you want to create a viral campaign, having something really cool and futuristic that is also personalized is one great way to do it. Virality.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Understand why your customers buy from you and not the competition and make sure you have the content to support that Use the halo effect to your advantage. Know how they rank. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2010

But the growth just keeps going for the users on the major social sites Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Here is a review of how I work social media into my routine: Scanning, Monitoring, Prioritizing: I start each day with a quick glance at the blackberry for urgent emails and mention notices from twitter, Linkedin and Facebook.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. Over the years, I’ve used LinkedIn mainly and Twitter and Facebook recently to microblog and “status update&# my way to an online brand presence. We all have a brand and need to channel our inner Brian Solis.

B2B Marketing 100

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. Over the years, I’ve used LinkedIn mainly and Twitter and Facebook recently to microblog and “status update&# my way to an online brand presence. We all have a brand and need to channel our inner Brian Solis.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Click here to cancel reply. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Less People.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There is a more scientific study released today from eMarketer that backs up my point by saying that only 60% of large companies are on Twitter and while the growth is huge compared to the 35% on Twitter just a year ago, I am still surprised that it is not higher. Still asking if social media is worth the effort.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs. The earlier engagement and continuous activity level will create more efficient demand management by delivering against customer needs. Our customers will tell us when they are ready to speak to a salesperson.

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