In my year-end blog post, I predicted that 2014 would be the year of the great marketing U-turn – the year in which marketers fully harness digital marketing tools to begin speaking primarily to individuals, not to the groups in which we believe they are members. My focus at that time was customer acquisition – […]
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LinkedIn is the ultimate networking platform for professionals. But many think of it primarily as a platform for promoting their professional experience in order to secure a new job, or use it as part of their background search when seeking potential new employees. Well, LinkedIn is hoping to change that. The company recently launched its
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The more I look into crowdfunding, specifically the coming of equity crowdfunding, the more I’m intrigued by the democratization of capital infusions it should soon represent for entrepreneurs. For those who are unfamiliar with it, “crowdfunding” refers to networks of individuals who pool their money through websites to support the efforts of individuals or organizations.
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In my December blog post, I predicted that 2014 would be the year of the great marketing U-turn. My third of three predicted trends was that we’d become more successful at using marketing automation to move prospects through the sales funnel, and I promised to write more on that later. Here goes. As Carabiner takes
What’s a blog without year-end predictions? After Dana took her turn in our last post, I peered into the Carabiner crystal ball and saw that 2014 would be … The year of the great marketing U-turn. What that means is, we’ve reached the point at which marketers are speaking primarily to individuals, not to the
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My immersion in Atlanta’s technology scene started over 20 years ago, and during that time I’ve had unique opportunities to work with some memorable, outstanding entrepreneurs. As I look back on the years that I’ve been fortunate enough to be alongside clients who were at the forefront of many exciting new technologies, I think its
I’m seeing first-hand that B2B buyers’ expectations are changing. Driven by the fact that they are and will forever remain a consumer, business buyers are expecting the B2B buying journey they are on to mirror the buying experience they have as a consumer. What does that mean? It means treating them as an individual, not
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I posted last month about the Venture Atlanta Entrepreneur’s Reception as a preview to this year’s Venture Atlanta event, held at the Georgia Aquarium on October 22 & 23. I attended both days from start to finish, and it affirmed my hunch that investors are increasingly focused on real business people with real business ideas.
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The latest report on content marketing for B2B companies finds that 93 percent of these organizations rely on content marketing for brand building and demand generation. More than 1,200 North American B2B marketers participated in the survey designed to understand the impact of content marketing on these organizations, as well as the tactics they are
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I recently talked with execs at a company that had just received a healthy dose of financing. These good people now face aggressive goals for customer growth, and they need to begin demonstrating measurable progress by the end of this year. Growth in such a short term is challenging, but doable. What’s needed is fast-track
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