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10 Steps to Getting a Job in 2012

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A friend recently asked about some concrete steps for getting a job in 2012.  I don’t claim to be an expert in the area, but here are some thoughts.

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The Future of Campaign Management: Paying More Attention to Retention

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Earlier this week I met with Kevin McShane of Portrait Software and we got to talking about the future of campaign management. Something Kevin said really struck me and has stayed with me. He said that within the next five years, he sees the industry shifting to focus more effort on understanding existing customers and providing them with the content …

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Value in Marketing Automation?

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How does this strike you for controversial?  Marketing automation does not generate revenue.  Sure, maybe can help reduce the operational cost of supporting the sales cycle, and maybe it can even help expedite a prospects journey through the funnel.  Still, at the end of the day it does not create revenue. What has a more direct impact on revenue, however, …

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Why do Sales & Marketing Teams Fail?

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The potential of many companies will never be realized because of the inefficiencies and conflict within their sales and marketing organizations. What makes this such a shame is that majority of problems, or at least the major ones are solvable. At the core, the main challenges can be pegged to two things: Sales fails as a team Probably not a …

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Social Media is the 4th Phase of Industrialization

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Thomas Burns, the iconic economist, originally authored the classic classification scale many use to describe market maturity.  On his scale, the most complete, or evolved market he identified as a phase three and described as being focused on ”stimulat(ing) consumption (with) advertising, product development, design, consumer research, market research, and marketing promotion.” (Hatch, 1997, p. 23)  The question, though, is …

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A little love from Dec. webinar

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Blown away when someone I kind of knew from high school pinged me to let me know they came across the December webinar on a site.  Go CHS love! http://www.wright2know.com/newsletters/02082010/wright-report-how-socially-acceptable-are-you/wow-im-socially-unacceptable

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Super Bowl Show Down – Coke Vs. Pepsi Social Style

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As the Super Bowl draws closer and closer Alterian continues to find rather interesting data on a number of organizations that are advertising in the big event this Sunday.  To be sure there are a number of brands that are stimulating very interesting conversations, and Alterian’s SM2 social media monitoring solution is listening.  The real interesting data generated through this …

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2009 lessons learned

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Hi all, sorry for the radio silence the past few weeks.  The end of the year was quite busy with my day job.  However, that busy time has helped me to distill some of the lessons learned during the trials and tribulations of 2009.  Who am I kidding?  Lessons learned?  It should be lessons validated.  While I apologize in advance …

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How to Implement a Social Media Marketing Strategy

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Again, thank you to everyone for the support and enthusiasm for the presentation. Certainly this is something that has hit a nerve and I’ve heard you loud and clear. Over the coming weeks and months I will be devoting more time documenting the approach we are deploying at Alterian and sharing insights on what is and isn’t working. To download …

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What is Social Media Marketing?

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Recently I was blasted by someone for not having more Twitter followers. It certainly gave me pause. For sure, from a personal branding stand point “followers” and “views” can be a barometer of success in the social space. I would argue, however, there are other valid approaches. Below is in part the rebuttal I sent, but this is something I …

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