Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

Hitwise 117

Hitwise Content Blogger Consultant 117

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. Use “ads&# in your blog sidebar, and in-post text links where appropriate, to drive visitors to your white paper or other gated content download pages. Here are 20 ideas. Generate webinar registrations. Gather market intelligence.

ROI 191

ROI Case Study Bazaarvoice Klout 191

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. While three-quarters of marketers consider measurement of social media impact important, 70% say that measuring those results is difficult. eMarketer ).

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Social Media B2B Marketing SEO 245

Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Let’s say you have a white paper for download on your site. If you use Wufoo to power your forms, you can hook up Flowtown to investigate, score, and sort your form submissions, and then alert you based on custom business rules.

Consultant 122

Consultant Metrics Social Media Social CRM 122

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. That’s a good starter list for Mass Influencers. Good stuff.

Social Media 147

Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 147

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Humanize Your Blog Remember, it’s a blog not a white paper, and a key differentiator is personality. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2. Show your first-time visitors who you are (literally and figuratively). That would be a fun discussion, right?

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Consultant RSS 119

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

Social Media 149

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149