When I'm teaching social media, I don't spend a lot of time talking about whether or not social media works for lead generation or thought leadership — that's been pretty well established at this point. I usually start out my classes by saying that the single most important issue in social media today — especially … Continue reading How I apply David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’ to social media and ‘thought leadership’ marketing…
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On Effective Business Development
Some people like to make things overly complicated. Me? Sometimes I like to grossly oversimplify things and take them back to the basics. Example? 'Thought leadership' marketing. To my mind, if you want to be a thought leader there are only two things you need to do well: Deepen your expertise through a continuous learning … Continue reading On Effective Business Development
Thought leadership humor
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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up
Forrester reported over three years ago that the lead management market was heating up..."Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions. Most recently, Marketo just announced their lead management solution. While honored, I also find reviewing these … Continue reading B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up
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The Ultimate Info Smorgasbord!
Image via CrunchBase Are you still getting email newsletters? I'm doing everything I can to eliminate them and keep my inbox for 'just in time' information only. Wait! Where do I get the information which was contained in those newsletters? Through newsfeeds. Here's a post that might help you get started... "Do you have a … Continue reading The Ultimate Info Smorgasbord!
Do You Have the Skills to Be a B2B Social Media Marketer?
Image by fredcavazza via Flickr Consider this...Every job requires a variety of skills to be successful, and social media marketer or communicator or specialist at a B2B company is no different. But when you start to list out the skills and realize the level of competency required for this postion, it becomes daunting to find … Continue reading Do You Have the Skills to Be a B2B Social Media Marketer?
How SMBs Can Start Using Facebook Places Now
Image via CrunchBase If you’re a business owner and you’ve heard the recent news about Facebook’s attention-grabbing new feature for location-sharing and checkins, you’re probably itching to find out what Facebook Places can do for your business and how it can help you reach out to would-be customers and loyal regulars in your community. While … Continue reading How SMBs Can Start Using Facebook Places Now
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“There’s a map for that”
Image by jimrenaud via Flickr While the Vikings were sticking it to the Packers on Monday Night Football, Verizon was sticking it to Apple and AT&T in the only way they really could; on the issue of reliability and connectivity... Recently, I had the chance to use both my BlackBerry Curve and an iPhone 3Gs … Continue reading “There’s a map for that”
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