Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 9, 2010

At the recent ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum I was stunned by a presentation given by Sean Geehan CEO of the Geehan Group author of the upcoming book the B2B Executive Playbook. But in many cases, 20% of a B2B company’s’ customers are responsible for 80% of the revenue. Therefore our spending patterns are typically reversed.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content is Media&#. Building a solid content creation engine is critical to B2B marketers today. I think B2B marketers really need to think and act more like a media house themselves. B2B Marketing Content: Lure or Lasso?

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Nominations and voting are now open for the B2B Twitterer of the Year (B2BTOTY) awards. Here’s your chance to recognize your favorite B2B organization or individual for their exceptional Twitter skills. Nominations can be submitted in 10 categories: • National / International B2B Manufacturer (includes software developers).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 2, 2010

s Social Media in Business study found that 60 percent of consumers believe they are already interacting with companies on the social Web. Nearly all participants — 93 percent — believe all companies should have a presence in social media. Related posts: B2B Marketing Content: Lure or Lasso? A recent Cone Inc.’s Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

The question is – What is the appropriate level of budget to support social media for a B2B company? First was the post on the Media Budget Ratio (MBR) for a B2B company. One question has popped up a few times to I thought it was worthy of some research and comparative analysis to give you a very clear answer. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 16, 2010

In the last post we covered Social Media Listening for B2B Marketing and while providing outstanding customer support is always a good choice when it comes to building a business case that will stand up in the boardroom, another very fertile area to consider is creating a stream of leads from all those conversations out there.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 4, 2010

The point here for B2C and B2B Marketers is that as Facebook makes their platform rich in interaction and captures more users and hence more conversations about your brand – you will need to be there and engage with their user base. Did I forget to mention all of this is FREE! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 13, 2019

I did a website analysis and custom demonstration for a local IT recruiting company recently. This is a very successful company. They need a pipeline of companies that want to hire them to recruit on their behalf. By Peter Caputa. They’re a leader in their field and they have a good number of recruiters working for them.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

These technologies include Browse My Stuff (which powers both the B2B Marketing Zone and Social Media Informer ) and Paper.li , which enables users to create custom online “newspapers&# based on a Twitterer and his/her followers, a hashtag subject or a Twitter list. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

It’s the experience they had with your company over the entire sales cycle and the ongoing relationship they will have with your company when it comes to long term support. B2B Marketers need to examine and invest in this area of the spectrum – the customer retention area. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 24, 2010

What’s the best way for B2B companies who market to small businesses to drive word of mouth? Give different functions within your company a chance to respond directly to online comments and inquiries, right up to the CEO, said Jantsch. By Erika Penzer Kerekes. – Take turns. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Jason Yormark

JANUARY 6, 2011

clients outside the normal b2b and b2c environments I have. interested in learning more about S360, you can visit our company. Despite the. fact that I was unhappy with my role, with. href="[link]. size-full wp-image-358" title="Strategies360Logo". src="[link]. alt="" width="300" height="167" /> some patience, I. Needless to say.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 8, 2010

4) Respond like a person, not a company – try to resist the urge to automate the responses. Some companies are telling me their volume of social media mentions are getting to high and they are considering automating a response to a Twitter DM. A good response is one that comes from an individual not a company. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 11, 2010

And according to a study by Neilsen on Facebook Ads there is much better awareness, ad recall and best of all purchase intent when your friend “likes&# or mentions a company to you via Facebook. 1:1 Social Advertising in B2B Marketing Imagine a world where B2B Marketers could target specific decision. We hope you agree!

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 27, 2010

This new report does point out that the use of social media outsourcing does vary by company size, but still only 25 of medium to large enterprises are taking advantage of outside expertise. It would seem logical that for many companies, marketing costs would be shifted, but not necessarily reduced, by the use of social media.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

There is a customer service lesson in here for all B2C and B2B Marketers – this is the type of support customers are expecting today on the social web. I think a lot of B2C and B2B Marketers are listening but they tend to think that actual customer support is someone else’s job when in reality Marketers need to own customer support!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 15, 2010

Certainly internally in your organization you need to be an extrovert if you want to organize a Tribe or movement in your company to take on social media. Related posts: Social Media Listening for B2B Marketing One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 5, 2010

Combining two of the most customer focused organizations I am aware of on the web and making one of the most powerful customer centric companies out there. In this world where customers can create content at the drop of a hat – displaying their love or hate for a given company – should not be taken lightly. Tweet This!

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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. LinkedIn New Feature – Follow Company by Success CREEations. New LinkedIn Features.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 30, 2010

So do you have buyer personas at your company? Will Facebook replace your B2B Marketing email system? (see photo from left to right, Heather Margolis, Director of Marketing for Kadient, Luka, Anya (both cardboard cutouts) and Jeff Ernst, Vice President of Marketing for Kadient). Not any more …. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 25, 2011

Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. It’s not only great for search, but showcases your (or your company’s) expertise, helps humanize your company (blogs are more informal and less promotional than corporate websites), and encourages reader interaction.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

The prospect or buyer likely had several other exposure points to your brand prior to that click (visiting your booth at a trade show, hearing someone from your company speak, seeing an ad, reading about your firm on a blog or an industry trade press article or analyst report, etc.). Influence: a.k.a. Sentiment: Are the comments, posts etc.

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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. Post this on Diigo.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Webbiquity B2B Marketing Blog). Meta description: (usually no more than 200 characters, e.g., “Webbiquity is the fusion of SEO, search marketing, social media, reputation management, content marketing and social PR to make you or your company omnipresent on the web for your unique search phrase.&# ). Blog URL (e.g., Weblogalot.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Just a few of the cool people I likely never would have gotten to know without social media include Jill Konrath , J-P De Clerck , Jennifer Kane , Judy Grundstrom , Alice Elliott , Paul Dunay , Ambal Balakrishnan , Tony Karrer (my partner in the B2B Marketing Zone and Social Media Informer ), the B2BTOTY steering committee or the LeBron team.

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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. It’s no secret that the number of publications has declined over the last few years. Email this to a friend? Share this on Facebook.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

determining which topics generate the highest traffic and comment activity on a company blog, what time of day is most productive for tweeting, etc.). Social Media ROI – How 3 B2B Technology Companies Are Achieving Revenue Results by MarCom Ink. CEOs Love Pie: The B2B Social Media Case Study, Part 2 by iMedia Connection.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit? And while I focused on editorial sites, the same general approach works for e-commerce, B2B and any other category. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. 12 Social Media Tools for B2B Pre-Event Marketing by Social Media B2B. ** 5 Stars. Create animations?

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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.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Throughout the day I follow toggle between TweetDeck, retweeting good posts and reading new posts on my Google Reader and sharing them (during lunch or after work). My advice would be don’t let Google Reader (or any social activity) over run your life – remember you are in control! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Facebook Pages for B2B social media marketing – a look at the elements of three successful B2B pages. The 6 flavors of SEO your company needs – different positions / SEO strategies that need to be covered for your website’s search success. Search Engines / SEO / Analytics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Even if you do not know much about it yourself, check for these qualities and these answers: At the very least, someone hoping to get a job with your company should have a Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn account. Ask them if they are familiar with StumbleUpon, Digg, Quora, and Google+. According to Internet World Stats , 77.3%

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have. And furthermore the path is unique to each company. Challenges in Everyone in Your Company being Social In the last post called Just 4 People doing Social. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 15, 2010

It supports a brand, and needs to integrated with other marketing and PR activities rather than treated as a separate island (just as, for example, a company’s search and display advertising should communicate a consistent message). It’s a component (an increasingly essential one) of an overall marketing and PR plan.

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The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

43 pm 3 Ways to Analyze Facebook Fan Page Traffic Jump to Comments NOTE : I had recently scribbled my thoughts on Facebook Insights for India’s growing B2B marketing community www.paulwriter.com. The solution has been created by a London based web-development company for further inputs you can read their detailed blog-post.

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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. In reality, you can learn a lot about promoting your company’s products and services on the web by “doing what the bloggers do.&#.

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