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“the majority of people are less concerned about data being collected and more upset when that information isn’t used to improve how the information collector relates to and interacts with them.

As you may have gathered from my posts, comments, etc., models for knowledge-driven B2B marketing have been on my mind and in my conversations quite a lot for the past 12 months.  I have been developing and applying a model that is bearing fruit for a global ecommerce solution provider that is a client of [...]

Someone in my Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Group on LinkedIn started a discussion thread about using Twitter for business.  I couldn’t resist chiming in, and by the end of my post, realized that I had written what amounted to a short blog entry.  This isn’t any new information for folks who are already using Twitter [...]

Don’t get your knickers in a knot.  The ‘revolving door’ metaphor isn’t suggesting that your prospects and customers will be coming and going.  It is a nod to the types of messages and tactics you should be using as a B2B marketer these days.  Your department’s revolving door should be spinning off its hinges with [...]

I love that the Skittles social media campaign that launched yesterday all but took over the entirety of Twitter for an entire day. Even more than that, I love that the Twitterverse instantly assumed that they are smarter and more astute than the minds behind the social media campaign, and that Agency.com and Skittles/Mars [...]

This question was posted today on one of the LinkedIn discussion groups that I follow:
“Coke is it”, “Just do it”, “We try harder” – In today’s day and age of Web 2.0 and non-traditional marketing strategies, can today’s marketing messages be as simple as in the past?
This was my response:
I think a slogan or tag [...]

I’ve been investigating different hosted application sets as I look to move to some sort of cloud-based environment for my email, contacts, and document storage.  Right now I’m playing with Google Apps and just started experimenting a bit with Apple MobileMe (formerly .mac).
I have already run into a pretty big issue with MobileMe though…it doesn’t [...]


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  • Nolin: I like the analogy, Scott. Makes me wonder if/when there will be a PVR commercial-skipping or BitTo [...]
  • scott: Another great post and discussion. I say track away! And don't come for free content if you don' [...]
  • Axel: An interesting model, Nolin. A nice way to formalize the process. I would like to see how it applies [...]
  • Nolin: Good point on 'tone'. I need to dig into Scott's thinking still...thanks for the reminder. The r [...]
  • Axle Davids: "tone" - personality may be a more "plug and play" term "Extract / Transform / Infuse" @dmscott a [...]

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