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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

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In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. You are most certainly not the only one.

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7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

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Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

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The 4 Cs of Social Media

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In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. It can include 140 character tweets, photos, brief product updates or FAQs.

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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

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In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists.

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Confessions Of A B2B Marketer

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The “we need a white paper now&# or “let’s pull together a XX&# directives tend to be reactive instead of proactive in many B2B marketing environments. I especially was glad to see content programs listed under your insight-driven marketing comment. Rob Urbanowicz Dec 11 2010 Great points Michael.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

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Use the key insights from your surveys to create whitepapers on the top pain points. Remember the tip from yesterday about surveying and interviewing your customers? Videotape your interview and post it online. You don’t need to sell your solution if you can engage your prospects and demonstrate that you understand their needs.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

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Read: Trade show leads, Whitepaper downloads etc, etc) Alternatively, my recommendation for my clients is go where their buyers are and develop a demand generation program (not lead gen) where you engage potential prospects throughout the whole decision making process and always be present. In fact in the long run it costs a lot more.