Guest Blog: Joe Pulizzi on Content Marketing, Social Media and Listening Better

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This month, I’m pleased to have Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute, contribute a blog post addressing our questions about B2B trends and tactics. Joe has some great insights about the importance of being more social, as well as tips on content marketing, understanding buyer personas and why we should listen to our [...]

Google+: A Content Marketer's Dream Come True?

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When Google leaked its Google+ social network in late June, I was pretty skeptical. After playing with it the first few days I yawned in public. I’ve since admitted the early errors of my thinking and retracted that yawn.

Like almost everyone using “G+,” I liked the “circles” concept of organizing contacts by theme–co-workers, friends (you [...]

10 Places to Promote Your Email Program During the Holidays

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The weather outside may not yet be frightful, but it’s time to start thinking about the delightful marketing initiatives you’ll put into action this holiday season.

Most retailers gear up for the holidays with an eye on maximizing revenue during the busiest shopping season of the year. But the savviest marketers also look at the long [...]

Silverpop's Mocial Survey: 3 Surprising Findings

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Are you gradually integrating your email campaigns with social, mobile and local marketing initiatives, but still have some work to do yet? Have you established a presence on more than one social network site? And are you considering launching a mobile app in the next year or two?

If so, you’re in line with the majority [...]

Location, Location, Location

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A few months ago I visited a burrito chain and “checked in” on my mobile phone to take advantage of a “buy one, get one free” check-in coupon offer. One free burrito later, I was a convert to the phenomenon of check-in promotions.

After that great experience, I “liked” the restaurant on Facebook, signed up as [...]

Twitter Uses #emailmarketing 2 Reach Its Users

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When Twitter wanted to build engagement with its users or bring back inactives, did it launch a 140-character message? Nope. It turned to email.

If you use Twitter, you might have gotten a curious little email message earlier this year with the subject line “Get the most out of Twitter in 2011,” sent on behalf of [...]

Social Meets Email Meets Social

Email is old. Social is new. New things are always better than old things. Social will kill email. Right?

Well don’t tell this to a little startup I ran across: TweetyMail. These guys have made an entire company focused on giving you access to Twitter using your email inbox. Send a message to tweet. Get an [...]