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Todays #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: The Social Media RFP: How to Get the Best Results

Direct Marketing Observations

Request For Information (RFI) or Request For Qualifications (RFQ): Some will say this step is not necessary or that it drags out the entire process too long. From the RFI, you can eliminate roughly half of the prospective vendors on you list. Let us know in the comments if there is a better process that you have encountered.

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IBM SJ 45-4 | Ethnographic study of collaborative knowledge work

Buzz Marketing for Technology

We began the session by walking the participants through the storyboard and then encouraged them to comment. • Completing a request for proposal (RFP) or request for information (RFI) (checklist) • Forecasting inventory and sales requirements (printed spreadsheet). The storyboard consisted of rough, paper-and-pencil sketches.