Archives of Social

A “Push or Pull” Perspective on Social Marketing

Not long ago, I wrote about the marketing limitations of Social Media. Today I want to note certain advantages of Social Media. But first, let me tell you what inspired this post. A fellow technology professional that I’ve known for years (and partnered with on occasion) has developed certain niche applications for very specific vertical […]

The Limitation of Social Media

Will social content ever be able to compete with well optimized landing pages for search engine position? Not any time soon in our opinion, due to the massive growth and meandering of tweets and posts. This is why well optimized blog posts differ so much from social media. They are easily  index-able (partly due to their permalink structure). […]

Social Marketing: The Customer Success Program

Some B2B technology and consulting companies are beginning to see the power of social marketing, not as a means to an end (the social networks) but as the end itself (positive customer engagement). They realize that it all began with the power of the “customer testimonial”.  And they understand that when that testimonial went from “static” […]

B2E Tech-marketing: 4 ways B2C Buzz Can Cloud Your B2E Strategy

Do you ever get the feeling that the  majority of available info regarding digital marketing seems geared toward B2C strategy? Despite all the buzz,  not all digital marketing takes place in a B2C or even a generic B2B context. For business to enterprise (B2E) technology marketing, I’d like to share some ideas regarding strategy. And accordingly, we’ll […]

Can Relevance Become “The Box”?

As a marketing professional, my LinkedIn account serves up lots of relevant information about topics of interest to me on LinkedIn Pulse, which is home to lots of well written and informative articles on the subject matter pertinent to my profession. The emails I receive (from HubSpot and others) and the various news feeds served […]

Social Selling to the Next Level

As a sales and marketing professional for over 2 decades now, I’ve seen technology change the dynamics of selling over the years (as many of us have) and am constantly refining strategy. And I think that companies may fall into several camps when it comes to positioning their sales teams to take advantage of certain […]