Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

This tricky-to-pronounce online publication is an award-winning business blog founded by entrepreneur, web publisher and CEO/founder of Previso Media, Ivan Widjaya. Noobpreneur also features sections on blogging, social media, branding, and overall marketing. And, be sure to check out their annual State of Social Media Report.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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Social Media Media Conversion Ratio Lead Generation 229

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Distraction-heavy social media darlings come and go, but the email inbox is going strong after more than two decades. Twitter and Facebook can generate traffic, but when it comes to getting an immediate action, like a sales conversation, I’d rather hang out where business is being done, not where news articles and cat videos are consumed.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 6, 2015

So, you have your social media team in place. How do you know that your social channels are actually giving you leads? Is social media working for your business? You need to create or curate content keeping audience needs central. Did you score any genuine business leads from that traffic? But what is next?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2017

5 Marketing Automation Tools to Increase Lead Conversions written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Lead conversion is a daunting task and metric for marketers. Here are five marketing automation tools to increase lead conversions. Most of this software offer affordable monthly subscriptions.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How to Use LinkedIn to Generate Sales Conversations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Combined with the text below you should have a pretty good feel for how to use LinkedIn to generate sales conversations. She is the co-founder of Vengreso , a leading digital sales transformation company.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. You will be creating and scheduling social media posts for our Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter accounts. To Apply: Please email Greg Farrenkopf at Greg.F@skimking.com

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Part 1 – The Problem With Popular Social Media Marketing Wisdom.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Part 1 – The Problem With Popular Social Media Marketing Wisdom.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Part 1 – The Problem With Popular Social Media Marketing Wisdom.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 6, 2019

For example, Treve Wearne from Nazca Services has created a Conversational Solution Sales Program which details how improving just 6 key areas and can improve sales and ultimately grow your business to be the best it possibly can be. There are some really great programs out there that will significantly help your business.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Part 1 – The Problem With Popular Social Media Marketing Wisdom.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Database Channel 79

ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Part 1 – The Problem With Popular Social Media Marketing Wisdom.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Marketing Database 69

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Twitter is always a highly recommended social media channel to promote your brand online. Indeed, historically, Twitter traffic has had one of the lowest conversion rates compared to other social media giants. Yet Twitter can be a reliable source of both clicks and conversions. But it’s not easy to build a following.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 15, 2014

Imagine having a conversation about making French Toast and being unable to remember what spice to use, and in a matter of seconds, a French Toast recipe appears on your phone, without any direct user interaction. They have our cross device personalized history, manually curated search cards, and real time information.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Adopt a similar tone in your social media posts. This is a prospect with a high likelihood of conversion, and if you then open up a dialogue by presenting them with the appropriate inbound tactics, you have a good chance of winning them over. Revamp your call to action on your website to reflect the messaging in your outbound campaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Twitter is better than RSS – it’s “curated RSS.&# The stream is limited in length and therefore people share links. They know that a call will lead to a higher conversion rate and a better chance to cross-sell products leading to higher average order values.

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Brandanew

MAY 6, 2016

Social media is changing the way companies conduct business as we know it and the effect on sales is equally profound. Perhaps the most significant change formed by the advent of social media is in customer expectations. Understand the influence of social media on the buyer. Curate and provide content of value to the customer.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

ABM doesn’t stop at lead generation or new opportunities. ABM must target the entire buying committee, not just one or two individuals who may never be involved in sales conversations. ABM teams then began curating content and tagging it by use case, industry, and persona. Who is following you on social media?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2021

How to Use Social Media Strategically in 2021 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. With half of the world’s population now on social media, it’s rare you’ll find a brand or business not using it to grow an audience, generate leads, and increase sales online. . Why businesses use social media today.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Banner ads, webinars, email marketing automation, social media promotions, SEO, content marketing. It’s the point where effort spent on creative and dollars spent on ads culminate in a successful conversion—or not. Unfortunately, most landing pages are ineffective, with an average conversion rate of only 4.6%

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

You can also publicly thank them through your newsletter or on social media. For example, you could produce easily shareable content for you internal team to re-post on their social media platforms. After you have identified six or seven potential strategic partners it is time to begin the conversation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 21, 2012

LinkedIn is not the biggest or most talked about network these day, but when it comes to connecting with people who mean business and generating leads, few can compare to the power of LinkedIn. Spend time looking at the level of participation and conversations. You must participate in conversations. Create groups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

But I want to talk about that word a minute, because it’s not just a strict advertising vehicle, it’s a social media and content amplification play as well. 20% curated from other sources. 25% supports business goals (lead generation, product launch, sale) – advertising. 20% about people and culture.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2019

Having a worldwide audience at your fingertips is great, but if a social media platform is the gatekeeper of your contact list, do you really own that information? I understand why social media marketing is attractive to small businesses. Maintaining an upward trajectory on social media, however, is more challenging.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2017

Build a lead generating content upgrade for each piece. Start promoting each piece in advertising and social media (We’ll cover this tomorrow). That’s it – execute on this over the next six months, and you’ll start generating leads. Build a lead generating content upgrade for each piece.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2017

Lead generation & sales. When companies combine great content with advocate-based distribution, they have seen great results, like a five-fold increase in web traffic and 25% more leads. You can do that by setting keyword alerts on a social media monitoring tool like BrandWatch. The result? About the Author.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2017

If you aren’t, you can use search engines to find what experts are already sharing, and curate the best available strategies into a coherent piece of content. I would share it on all my social media accounts – Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and Google Plus – plus send out an email newsletter to my blog subscribers using MailChimp.

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

But think that that, you know, leads to a great deal of the disconnect that you see; a lot of sales teams are measured on deals closed, and marketing teams are measured on leads generated, and sometimes leads generated is a very fuzzy term when it comes to actually business that can be closed. What about trust?

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Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This can be simplified further into a three-stage model: Top of the funnel (TOFU): Awareness Middle of the funnel (MOFU): Consideration Bottom of the funnel (BOFU): Conversion. These linear marketing/conversion funnel models are based on the traditional customer lifecycle. . The conversion at this stage is them attending that webinar.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 3, 2017

When trying to gauge the ROI of your content, you can’t rely on a single conversion point. The overall performance of a content piece is determined by various factors such as a call to action click through, the number of leads generated etc. Conversation – Are you being talked about? Not really.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a freelance writer and a social media enthusiast. Content marketing allows a business to connect with existing and potential customers by providing value through original or curated content. Social media is the sole indicator of success. Long-form content is dead.

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