Webbiquity

JANUARY 15, 2010

Marketing and sales were still largely in control, but buyers were entering sales cycles with more and better information. But it’s been the explosion of social media and user-generated content over the past three years that has really changed the sales process. This is not necessarily bad news for sales.

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Sales Cycle Buying Cycle Social Media Marketing Management 100

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Producing and sharing content with your market both attracts prospective buyers and educates them, potentially shortening sales cycles. Content marketing doesn’t always produce immediate or direct results, but it does increase brand recognition, credibility, online visibility and yes—sales—over time. Share this on Bebo.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Business Paid Search Agency 100

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li” Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Check out the Webbiquity bookstore. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Post on Google Buzz.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Emarketing Media 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

And as one more bit of anecdotal evidence, I have my Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook badges all displayed in the left column of this blog. I pick up a lot of new Twitter followers here, and a fair number of LinkedIn connection requests, but rarely a Facebook invitation. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Share this on Mixx.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 5, 2017

CRM (customer relationship management): Software that allows companies to keep track of their potential and existing customers at whichever stage they may assume in the sales cycle. Discovery call: The first contact a sales rep makes with a prospect with the aim to qualify them as a lead for the next step in the sales cycle.

Budget Programs 99

Budget Programs Top of Funnel Tools Work Management 99

Digital B2B Marketing

APRIL 6, 2011

It was the silence of Twitter. Half of the content was focused on how to use social media throughout the sales cycle and the increase in demand this drives. And in a room full of marketers, Carmen Hill (a content and social strategist and my colleague at Babcock & Jenkins ) and myself were the only ones using Twitter.

Social Marketing 100

Social Marketing B2B Marketing Enterprise Management B2B 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 2, 2010

Substituting thought-leadership content for ad copy— telling rather than selling —should benefit both buyers and sellers, by increasing the knowledge of buyers and shortening sales cycles (though this latter effect may be masked by current economic conditions). The others I just think are helpful and interesting. Share this on Bebo.

Social Media 100

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