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When Perfect is the Enemy of Good Enough

Waxing UnLyrical

” I hate to break it to you, but the perfect blogger hasn’t been born. “I’m not going to bid on that RFP because I don’t have a perfect team in place.” “I can’t submit this guest blog post, even though I know it’s a great opportunity, because it’s not perfect.”

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

On mid-1990s projects, for example, typically organizations defined hundreds of requirements and went through protracted RFP processes in search of the best software and system integrator. As for the ideal dynamic today, Enterprise 2.0 differs from its predecessor. Long and expensive consulting engagements often missed their mark.

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The Top B2B Marketing Trends for 2018 – A Meta-Analysis

Webbiquity SMM

Most “top trends” posts either tell what the blogger thinks (good), or curate the opinions of multiple experts (better). Two bloggers wrote that audience building will be a distinct skill in demand next year, while one predicted greater use of content repurposing to extend the life of older but still relevant content.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It also happens to us Z-list bloggers as well. About a month ago, though, a cooking blogger asked for help (she wanted to hire me, actually), and her budget wasn’t big enough for the types of clients I’m taking on (none at this time, actually), so I gave her some *really* good free advice. What do I do? Awesome work, Tamar!

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Social Pros 14 – Jason Falls, Social Media Explorer

Convince & Convert

Where are these people who are creating these RFP’s getting that from? We saw the court case, I think it was in Seattle or maybe in Portland, Portland I believe it was, earlier this year of the blogger who did not want to reveal the source. It’s one piece of data. Jim : Where’s that coming from? Eric : Yeah.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Companies should go into the RFP process looking for a partner, not an order-taker. There’s a difference between a client seeking an agency-partner and someone looking for a “vendor.&# Then, I bet they’d be more appreciative of qualities like judgment and critical thinking.