Convince & Convert

JULY 9, 2013

Most of us are familiar with the concept of influencer marketing, i.e., marketing to a select group of individuals — such as journalists, bloggers, consultants, or industry analysts — who influence your buyers’ decisions. Most influencers that businesses target, especially B2B businesses, probably aren’t world famous media moguls.

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Influencer Strategy Content Vocus 158

Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 27, 2010

Whatever questions you may have about social media marketing, you’ll probably find the answers in the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report from white paper guru Michael Stelzner. A year ago, the top questions most marketers had about social media related to tactics, with ROI second. The Biggest Question.

Report 191

Report Social Media B2B Newsvine 191

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Answers, comments posted on your blog, etc. Sentiment: Are the comments, posts etc. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

SM2 187

SM2 Alterian Vocus Social Media 187

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 25, 2010

SMI was developed by some of the same people as the popular B2B Marketing Zone b2b marketing portal. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Technorati. Now you can, at Social Media Informer , a social media content hub launched today. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Facebook.

Social Media 150

Social Media Aggregator B2B Technorati 150

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

To give credit where it’s due, both the TopRank Online Marketing Blog and Robin Good have provided nice lists in the past, but as changes in the blog directory world can be challenging to keep pace with, both now include dead links and directories that have significantly changed their policies (e.g. Webbiquity B2B Marketing Blog).

Directory 189

Directory RSS Sites Syndication 189

Idaconcpts

AUGUST 26, 2010

SMI was developed by some of the same people as the popular B2B Marketing Zone b2b marketing portal. Buzz Marketing for Technology. Direct Marketing Observations. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Technorati. Here is a list of other featured authors: Alex Blom. Janet Fouts.

Social Media 132

Social Media Aggregator Technorati B2B 132

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The impact of that can be felt in B2C as well as B2B Marketing. There are fewer numbers of print publications remaining and every company’s marketing department wants to garner more traditional press. PR becomes this amorphous blob that can move into many adjacent markets. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

Conversation 232

Conversation Newsvine Plaxo Ping.fm 232

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Code to Create Custom Share Buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Delicious by B2B Online Marketing. Number your comments, or make author comments stand out? Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Technorati. 35+ Most Essential WordPress Tricks and Hacks by Artatm. Share this on Bebo.

WordPress 182

WordPress Content management systems Message Boards SEO 182

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

LinkedIn is firmly ensconced among the “big 3″ social networks for marketing and business purposes, and though its base of 80 million members is far smaller than the 600 million users of Facebook, its impact in B2B marketing is larger. Blogs represent 50%, Facebook 47% and…Twitter scores 41%.”.

LinkedIn 189

LinkedIn Tips B2B Findability 189

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Meaningful Metrics for B2B Blogging by Proteus B2B Marketing. Jeff Bullas presents 50 tips to increase your blog’s readership, like asking questions of your readers, using StumbleUpon and AllTop , thoughtfully commenting on other blogs (with a link back to your own) and tweeting each of your new posts at least twice.

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Alltop Tips Hubspot Directory 148

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Now I routinely trade updates and information with smart marketers and other interesting people across North America as well as in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, South Africa, India, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and elsewhere. Social media makes marketing more fun. Leave a comment to share.

Social Media 192

Social Media Committee Press Release Posterous 192

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? determining which topics generate the highest traffic and comment activity on a company blog, what time of day is most productive for tweeting, etc.).

ROI 193

ROI Social Media Vocus Metrics 193

Bill Hartzer

JUNE 24, 2009

Zuberance , a Word of Mouth marketing company that provides an on-demand platform that enables B2B and B2C marketers to identify and mobilize their Advocates, generating leads and sales, is hosting a free webinar on June 24th (today) 11 AM Pacific Time about how to turn “word of mouth&# into actual sales. Tweet This!

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B2B How To Technorati Case Study 101

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website. Highlight the best comments, selectively hide comments (e.g. Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info?

Tools 206

Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 15, 2010

At its core, social media marketing is still marketing: it requires a strategy, planning, objectives, measurement, and utilization of key messages. It’s a component (an increasingly essential one) of an overall marketing and PR plan. Mass (as in “mass marketing&# or “mass messaging&# ).

Social Media 171

Social Media Technorati StumbleUpon Digg 171

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

Social Media 191

Social Media Research ROI Technorati 191

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams. Any advice?

Brands 236

Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If you are in charge of a B2B (business to business) corporate web site, you might have wrestled with the decision of whether or not your company should create a blog. Will the traditional weblog “comments&# be added as a feature? If so, whose job would it be to “moderate&# those comments? Share this on Technorati.

Press Release 112

Press Release RSS Blogger Airlines 112

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Forrester recently released a report by Laura Ramos and Augie Ray on How to Assess the Impact of Social Media in B2B Tech Marketing. While B2B marketers have been ramping up social media activities over the past 18 months, not all are seeing the outcomes they’d hoped for. Coordinate efforts.

B2B 175

B2B Social Media Marketing Microblogging 175

Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member.

Social Networking 90

Social Networking Tweetdeck Forums Questions 90

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

3) Cross functional participation is important - but consensus is only a “nice to have&# : Much of the long range benefits from doing this work brilliantly accrues from driving cross functional execution(Marketing/Support/Business Units). Why not let us know what you think by adding your own comment! Emergence Marketing.

Communities 117

Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Not whether that’s the Chief Marketing Officer or the Director of Public Affairs or the Community Relations Lead, but actual names of people. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0

Gov 2.0 139

Gov 2.0 Social Media Social Media Management Organization 139

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s my list for 2008.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

For anyone in marketing or PR being asked to make “data-driven&# decisions “based on the numbers&# (and doesn’t that include pretty much everyone in marketing and PR these days?), How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Social Media Facts and Stats.

Research 210

Research Social Media B2B Marketing 210

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 2, 2010

Much has been written about content marketing from the delivery side. A B2B Marketer’s Guide to Great Facebook Pages from HubSpot (29 pages). This report highlights five tips, 15 examples of winning b2b Facebook pages, and eight additional resources on using Facebook for business.

Report 174

Report Social Media B2B GPS 174

Webbiquity SMM

JULY 12, 2010

Without a strategy, there may be no clear ownership, or definition of success, or measurement, or integration with other marketing and PR efforts—all of which can lead eventually to wasted time and effort, abandoned blogs and Facebook pages, and even the erroneous conclusion that social media doesn’t work for us. Share this on Facebook.

Report 191

Report Social Media Strategy Policies 191

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2011

Web presence optimization (WPO)—using tactics like SEO, PPC, online PR, social media, content marketing and reputation management in a coordinated fashion to maximize your online visibility and business results—is the core theme of this blog. Sally Falkow reports research on new influences in the B2B buying process (e.g.,

Tips 179

Tips Press Release Reputation B2B 179

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

And though a website used primarily by young people to post embarrassing pictures of themselves and by older people to share cute pictures of their progeny would seem an odd venue for selling after-shave or enterprise software, both b2c and b2b marketers have embraced the platform in droves simply due to its incredible scale and reach.

Facebook 210

Facebook B2B Privacy MySpace 210

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Business , Marketing , Social Media > Social Media Strategy from A to Z Social Media Strategy from A to Z by Tamar Weinberg on May 28, 2010 Share Social media might be old. It might even be a dead buzzword. Always be Listening.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

Here, Ann Smarty contributes a guest post on best practices in guest posting, from planning your approach and brainstorming topics to following through by responding to comments. 5 Reasons Why You Should Respond to Every Comment by Daily Blog Tips. Seven Ways to Revive a Neglected B2B Blog by MLT Creative. by MarketingSherpa.

Tips 176

Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 176

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Facebook The Facebook Marketing Bible: 24 Ways to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook (Inside Facebook): Justin Smith shows how Facebook includes a variety of channels that spread the word in a very in-depth blog post. Maybe next year, folks! I can tell you that finding these articles isn’t easy!

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc. 85% of Inc.

Social Media 198

Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Is Social Media Becoming Boring? That’s because social media marketing experts found success early on since social media relationship building was simply easier. Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

Social Media 267

Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Dirk Singer uses data from an ExactTarget study to show that “US Twitter users in April 2010 were far more likely than general Internet users to post to forums (75% vs 25%), blog (72% vs 14%), comment on blogs (70% vs 23%) and post ratings / reviews (61% vs 20%). Successful Twitter Marketing Strategies by Social Media Optimization.

Tools 207

Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 207

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

A real-time search engine that displays results from blog posts, articles, blog comments, microblogging sites (e.g., Jay Baer provides concise reviews of his favorite social media tools for Twitter management, comments, search, photo sharing, analytics, video creation, social media monitoring and more. Share this on Technorati.

Tools 188

Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 31, 2011

Twitter is used (officially) in 65 of the Fortune 100 companies , 63% of small to midsized businesses, and nearly half of all B2B enterprises. As adoption skyrockets, marketers are striving to optimize their use of the world’s most popular microblogging platform. 4 Rules for Marketing on Twitter by Practical eCommerce.

Tools 193

Tools Twitter Tips Hubspot 193