The corporate organization that embraces the benefits of employee personal branding with a plan, can reap significant benefits. Here’s a look at some of the key planning elements to harness the personal brand in the corporate workplace.
A well defined company culture supported by employee personal branding produces the best case for effective Internet marketing results.
We’re all familiar with the humorous cliché “how many (fill in the blank) does it take to screw in a light bulb?” Obviously, most anyone can handle the mechanical task of inserting a light bulb into the appropriate receptacle. However, the light bulb itself has no value without a bevy of expertise from electricians, engineers and support personnel driving electricity to the socket. The same holds true for marketers in implementing online marketing strategies.
Social media marketing is different for B2C (business to consumer) companies than it is for B2B (business to business) companies. Yet, there isn’t much written about the difference in developing a social media plan for a B2B compared to B2C company. So, I’m offering five steps for B2B companies to develop a winning social media strategy.
eShare is a direct response marketing system geared primarily for B2C marketers. Typical users of eShare may include retailers, restaurant chains, catalog marketers, automotive dealers, politicians and any marketer that needs to reach large numbers of consumers through direct response marketing campaigns with a specific offer desiring a measurable revenue outcome.
On November 1st LinkedIn quietly launched a new feature for company profiles. A handful of companies were selected to be the first to display their products and services on their company profiles. LinkedIn is now in the process of rolling out this feature network wide.
After giving a presentation I like to chat with people about it to get feedback on what resonated with them. Not surprisingly, the topic, which almost always bubbles to the top, is blogging. I’m convinced that blogging has risen to the top of B2B marketer’s fears right up there with fear of public speaking and fear of heights. I continually hear about the fear of people leaving negative comments, or bloggers writing poorly, or not having anything to say, blah, blah, blah! I suggest their biggest fear is getting started! Business blogging is like jumping into a pool of cold water. It may take some getting used to, but once you acclimate and build momentum you’ll wish you had started five years ago like Indium Corp.
Bernie Borges recently presented a seminar for job seekers. He presented five strategies for social networking that can turbo charge a job search. The five strategies are: Acquire the Mindset of a Triathlete, Basic Social Networking Best Practices, Social Networking Like the Pros, Become an Entrepreneur and Good Enough Isn’t. Bernie’s slide presentation is available for download.
Enthusem is the only outbound marketing system (that I know about) that truly combines personalized outbound marketing with inbound marketing strategies. The online attachment to a personalized card is the content which marries the outbound touch to the inbound contact. When someone receives my Enthusem card one of two things can happen. They can read the card and toss it. Or, they can read the card and visit the online attachment. In both cases, I’ve created some awareness for my brand. In the latter, I’ve created a lead which I can nurture.
One of the most common mistakes marketers make is thinking they need a Twitter or Facebook or LinkedIn strategy. They don’t! They need a social media marketing strategy. These web platforms become part of the execution strategy. This blog post is excerpted from Bernie Borges’ book Marketing 2.0, to offer marketers advice on how to develop a social media marketing strategy.
Podcast interview with Andrew Davis of Tipping Point Labs. We discussed measuring online brand value in content marketing using the influence pyramid and Google Insights. B2C and B2B examples provided.
This blog post is an excerpt on personal branding from my forthcoming book Marketing 2.0, due out in June… (edited Book Published June 2009) The
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