markempa

JUNE 14, 2007

For example, my business partners and I were talking at lunch about why Steven Hawking is less known at this stage of his life than Albert Einstein (dont ask why were talking about this). There’s just more to write about, more people and thus there’s more momentum. B2B is more complex.

Social Media 120

Social Media Lead Generation B2B Marketing Social Marketing 120

markempa

MAY 23, 2005

Relevant content builds credibility, generates positive word of mouth (wom) and creates a buzz for future events. Example: Thought Leaders in Lead Generation Using your archive properly boosts attendance Don’t forget to archive your webinars/web casts and make sure they are visible to your website visitors. The results.

Webcast 120

Webcast Lead Generation Webinar Metrics ROI 120

markempa

JUNE 16, 2006

He features my recent book launch as a direct to consumer news release case example. He features my recent book launch as a direct to consumer news release case example. David Meerman Scott, author of Cashing In With Content , wrote a post on direct to consumer press releases today as discussion leader on the IAOC blog.

PR 120

PR Lead Generation Rules Generation 120

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

.&# - 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! That’s like finding a better way to punch people in the face&# is one of the more memorable examples of his outlook.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Peer-to-peer 115

markempa

JUNE 13, 2006

Update: The book made its debut in Amazons top 100 (sales and marketing books) today. Debbie Weil author of The Corporate Blogging Book calls my book launch an example of Book Launch 2.0. Update: The book made its debut in Amazons top 100 (sales and marketing books) today. More about the author. I had the pr.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Generation Leads 120

markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

Though it may seem old-fashioned and probably not very creative in today’s scheme of such things, well-chosen words in a short letter can perform wonders when they are part of a multi-modal lead generation plan. Jim logan gives us a great example of how do an effective direct mail letter for a complex sale on his blog Direct Reponse Works.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership 120

Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. Todd Defren and Dell have both shared excellent examples to build from. Do you know of any examples where an IP holder had successfully removed infringing content posted by another user?

Social Media 155

Social Media Paid Content Media Advertising Agencies 155

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

Social Media 150

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 150

markempa

JUNE 13, 2007

See the above mind map for examples) 2. There are three basic steps if you want start using trigger events: 1. Review 10 - 15 recent sales "wins" and look at what business pains or events were present. Develop an intelligent system to identify when your trigger events happen.

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Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Generation Leads 120

markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

This is a common theme in sales and marketing automation, CRM implementation being another good example. All to often companies invest in expensive software before they fully understand the fundamental operational processes that it will be supporting.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

For example, I get some numerous e-mails from companies that know me (in some cases Im their customer!) For example, I get some numerous e-mails from companies that know me (in some cases Im their customer!) The key is message relevance and program execution. but their e-mails dont show it. but their e-mails dont show it.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Relevance Resources B2B Marketing 120

markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

During their sales lead close-loop feedback sessions, they discovered key pieces of information that impacted their overall go-to-market strategy. For example, they learned that 4 SIC codes comprised their sweet spot not 20. Their initial marketing budget was cut in half because their market size was much smaller.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Marketing Budget SIC Budget Programs 120

Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

The book includes several compelling examples of groups creating and maintaining impressive online collaborations, without a profit motive in sight. His chronicle of an online study group at Ryerson University is a perfect example of the ramifications of widespread interconnectivity that society will be wrestling with into the future.

RSS 118

RSS Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies PR 118

markempa

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

Ive included an example of a recent dashboard that we created for a CEO. It is designed it to give a complete view of companys vital marketing ROI metrics for each of their lead generation modalities (contains fictional data). Ive included an example of a recent dashboard that we created for a CEO.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation Work Management Leads 120

Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

For example, the markers for a jump to cloud computing for a declining retail company are quite different than the markers for a growing startup to embrace a business intelligence application. Well, I’ll try to keep the answer short because complete answer is a long one. Is the same true in adoption of new technologies? Great question.

Social Media 117

Social Media Enterprise Management Media Webinar Metrics 117

markempa

MARCH 27, 2005

It’s a great example of paying attention to events as I discussed in Marketing Like an Actor - Events. Brian also gives some. Read More] Tracked on June 24, 2005 at 01:20 PM Comments Podcast: How Trigger Events improve Lead Generation Have you ever wondered why some sales happen twice as fast others?

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Marketing Budget Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

A common result, for example, is that salespeople ignore the process and operate outside the system," writes Webb. A common result, for example, is that salespeople ignore the process and operate outside the system," writes Webb. Webbs article tells how to avoid the common pitfalls of sales/buyer process mapping.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation ROI Process Generation 120

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

It's time that social media understood that they are under the umbrella of PR, and need to learn the underlying foundation of public relations in order to become part of an integrated strategy. Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective.

PR 161

PR Social Media Paid Content Media 161

Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Great example right from his blog [link] [link] Mike Ellis RT @ginidietrich: Does your blog offer enough voices asks @jaybaer? Made it better than we could ever do on our own! link] Eric Wittlake This may be my favorite post yet from @jaybaer.

Paid Search Agency 117

Paid Search Agency Blogger Advertising Agencies PR 117

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

.&# Features being considered for inclusion in new releases include CRM integration; deep analysis of customers’ social graph and content they’ve produced (keyword analysis of your Tweets, for example); and even semi-automated social media response mechanisms. Just a thought.

Social Media 128

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Paid Search Agency 128

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Remember, the first step in social media effectiveness shouldn’t be building an empire of half-baked, free-standing social outposts, but rather determining had to add social frosting to your existing marketing cake. Sound off in the comments, and maybe we’ll put together another post with great examples. Awesome post!!

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 142

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

From what I've seen anywhere from 5-10% is a pretty decent (example: listed 500 times and have 10,000 followers) number to aim for. Personally, I've always been a fan of looking at the # of lists to # of followers ratio as to how valuable someone's time is on Twitter.

Twitter 126

Twitter Paid Content Paid Search Agency PR 126

Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. link] [link] Dan Nestle Case study could herald future of ad agencies RT @jaybaer: An Online Community with a Purpose, and a Plan. link] [link] Todd Lynch RT @jaybaer: An Online Community with a Purpose, and a Plan.

Social Media 126

Social Media Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Media 126

Hubspot

JUNE 24, 2011

For example, a smartphone user needs an appliance. They are influenced by many other things, whether that be word of mouth, online or television ads, or products on a shelf. As Tasner says, “Mobile is growing faster than any other online-marketing method, tactic, or technique.”

Mobile Marketing 28

Mobile Marketing Paid Search Agency Urgency Marketing Advertising Agencies 28

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites. The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

At the end of the day, however, a great product and great customer service is still what will keep your clients coming back despite the notion by some social media gurus (certainly not Mr. Baer) that positive word of mouth (or “buzz&# ) was created by social media. Maybe you guys have other examples where that is not so.

FAQ 139

FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 139

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I’ve been talking a lot about the integration of email and social media , and this is another example of using cross-functional technology to build content creation and deployment synergies. Subscribers then receive a digest of all the content posted to the fan page.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency PR 115

Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education. Silberberg RT @jaybaer: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility [link] danperez Laura, you've made several good points, especially with the Target & P&G examples.

Social Media 138

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 138

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Raj Kadam : The question we ask is whether the specific data is useful to marketers. We are aggregating vast amounts of data, and in our integration with Facebook for example, we don’t open up everything we get because some of it just isn’t relevant. If it is, we’ll include it in Viral Heat.

Paid Content 134

Paid Content CRM Paid Search Agency Social Media 134

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

For example, you can determine in an instant what the cost and return per view is for a YouTube video you spent $5000 on to generate 25,000 views. That’s why there’s a built-in calculator where you can input your costs (hard costs + labor costs) for each social media outpost, and the system automatically calculates your ROI.

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

I can't think of many examples of that type of guts on the player side. They fail to take notes on good PR and instead take notes from GM b/c “they've always been a good example.&# jefflogden You are so right, Jay. link] jaybaer Weird, isn't it? Maybe golf, where people routinely penalize themselves.

Social Media 157

Social Media Media PR Webinar Metrics 157

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

On Twitter for example, if you’re tweeting about your company’s new product, you’re engaged in a customer gain event. If there's a crisis, for example, they're going to be out there broadcasting their crisis management blogs but also reacting to customer issues.

Social Media 118

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 118

Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

The last thing I need is a dressing room photo of me modeling Diesel brand fat pants hitting the public News Feed on Facebook. I can’t quite figure out the connection of this with privacy but as an example of smart social commerce and a happy solution to the boredom of Facebook fan pages, I’m a big fan. Re: the Diesel-cam.

Social Media 134

Social Media Media Curation Webinar Metrics 134

Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

I must have used the Edelman WalMart 'flog' example 20 times in pitches and workshops! I must have used the Edelam WalMart 'Flog' example 30 times in presentations and workshops! As always – great piece Jay. As always – a great piece Jay.

Social Media 120

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 120

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Learn the Science of Social Like any other online marketing program, social media is widely measurable – and testable. With customer service & public relations becoming blurred thanks to Social Media, it's a great detriment to ignore the movement. I am learning a ton and more importantly applying it.

Social Media 122

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 122

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

It’s an example of an industry with poor understanding of taxonomy – the words and phrases used to describe products and services. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. And great example about the eyeglasses.

Paid Content 145

Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 145

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

What a great example to set for your children. I was struck by what a great example & experience you're providing for your children. Like most things I do, it will either be a great example for my children, or a disastrous cautionary tale. Here's to fresh starts and growing new roots in good soil!

Social Media 116

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 116