You spend a lot of time researching, planning, and creating all kinds of content online. But if you’re like a lot of brands, you probably don’t spend as much time…
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Yesterday’s webinar with Ruth Stevens and me was about making sure the leads you send to your sales team are qualified, and the process of how to qualify them. The…
Read MoreHow to engage bloggers down the long tail
It’s essential for brands to have access to and a relationship with their current customers and clients as well with their fans, natural allies, their topical neighborhood, and their prospective…
Read MoreSocial business: enterprise knowledge goes retail
Outside our workplace, we became accustomed to easy access to information. If your kid becomes interested in Minecraft and you have no clue about what that is, you just Google…
Read MoreContent marketing as a stellar customer service tool
Most people tend to assume that content marketing is just an inbound marketing tool, but that’s like saying butter is only good with bread. (Wrong, butter is good with…
Read MoreHow many leads do you need to generate? Use this simple calculator.
One key to successful B2B lead generation programs is to calculate exactly the right number of qualified leads to provide to sales—as part of your campaign planning. If you generate…
Read More“I don’t spend on social because I don’t understand it.”
Someone recently told me that this is what her boss says every time she tries to get him to do something–anything–in social media: “I don’t spend on social because I…
Read MoreSocial media is like riding a bike
I have been riding again after decades out of the saddle and I think there’s a lot I have learned from my newfound respect for the motorcycle that maps perfectly…
Read MoreIs marketing trying to annex the organization?!
In the past few weeks the world has been bombarded with striking images of Russian troops marching into land owned by the Ukraine. Although these maneuvers were accompanied by a…
Read MoreInternet of Things and real time planning, or how devices talk and plan ahead
In advertising and media, two of the fancier trends are the ability to answer and understand when consumers talk about it in real time. Content can be used as a…
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