New Chief Marketer research shows that using social media for B2B (business-to-business) lead generation is “still tricky.” Translation: converting prospects is a pain.
Elaine Fogel
Top 10 Benefits of Providing Exceptional Nonprofit Customer Service
Nonprofit customer service. What’s that? Well, the same as it is in the business world, except that most nonprofit “customers” represent stakeholders like donors, volunteers, members, and clients.
If You’ve Got a Chip on Your Shoulder, Why Are You in Marketing or Sales?
When you cold-call prospects, how do you respond when they ask if you’re selling something? It’s a very common question busy people will ask when they don’t know you.
Why LinkedIn Says It Should Be Our #1 Choice for Sharing Professional Content
According to a new LinkedIn study, professional content consumption is dramatically rising—especially on LinkedIn, where over 1.5 million publishers actively use the LinkedIn Share button on their sites to send content into the LinkedIn platform.
Follow These Recommendations to be a High-Performing Organization
A recent Harvard Business Review article by Marc de Swaan Arons, Frank van den Driest, and Keith Weed, uncovers what it takes to be a high-performing company. The Marketing2020 study has some excellent observations from which any sized business or nonprofit organization can benefit.
Isn’t Content Marketing Getting Overcrowded?
To succeed at marketing, in my opinion, one should develop a multichannel marketing plan that fits with target audiences. And, if that includes a mix of traditional and digital channels for your content, go for it!
Choose Your Advertising Slogan Wisely
New research by Texas Tech University associate professor of marketing Mayukh Dass tells us what connects us to certain slogans over others. He, and his colleagues, explored a variety of factors that influence slogan “likability.” And, here’s what they uncovered.
How Good Are Your First Brand Impressions?
Most are familiar with the cliché: “You only have one chance to make a good first impression.” It doesn’t just apply to people—it’s true for businesses and nonprofit organizations, too.
Want to Reach High-Income Baby Boomers?
If you’re targeting high-income Baby Boomers with your marketing, you’ve got to see this new research from the Luxury Institute. Affluent Baby Boomers are spending almost twice as much time with print and TV than their Millennial counterparts, while lagging in their usage of social media, online radio and online video.
Who Said Social Media Marketing Was Free?
Whoever said that social media (SM) marketing was free is living in La-La Land. Even if your business has “free” SM accounts, content doesn’t appear by osmosis. It takes real, live people to create it, post it, and engage with it.
