B2B selling is a complicated affair, but you can simplify your marketing strategies dramatically with buying process analysis. This means that you lay out your prospect’s buying process, stage by…
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Eight media relations tips most PR pros totally miss
I was a technology journalist for more than 20 years before taking a decade-long hiatus into social media marketing. Last year I returned to business journalism as a contract editor…
Read MoreThe dirty little secret of media relations
When reporters speak in public about how they gather information and decide which stories to write, they tend to sound like scientific researchers, claiming to spend long hours objectively sifting…
Read MoreWhat’s changed, what hasn’t in media relations
When blogs and social media rose to prominence about a decade ago, pundits were quick to declare that these innovations would likely spell the end of the news media. After all,…
Read MorePush versus pull marketing: in B2B, you need both
The other day, a marketing colleague told me she was feeling under pressure to move all her efforts to inbound, or “pull,” marketing. “Outbound is bad,” she said. What? Well,…
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