B2Blog By Dave Jung
A B2B marketing blog by an honest-to-goodness marketing manager for an industrial manufacturer. Find B2Btw on Twitter
- Latest at B2Blog.com: Is industrial marketing this boring? http://bit.ly/9Hs72L (In which I react to latest BtoB mag) 2 days ago
- And what about the bank guy, when I went to close my account ... "I thought so-and-so bank was closing". Bad bad taste. 2 days ago
- Great B2B reading for fun at mfg.com: The Guys In Short Ties http://bit.ly/au01kD 2 days ago
- Neglected feature of AdWords ... when your sales funnel is full, you can turn your ads OFF! :D 3 days ago
- Back to back emails from Microsoft and Yahoo ... Looks like Binghoo is going live (organic results) 2 weeks ago
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Monthly Archives: October 2005
You need your competition
Part of the logic and emotions that drive paying to be listed in a business directory, is whether there is competition. Directories push the fear that because your competition is listed, you are missing out and letting them run away … Continue reading
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Be engaged and aware
Two personal oberservations of mine, brought together to define what good service should be all about: Be engaged:In the car the other day, I heard NPR’s Terry Gross interviewing Jerry Lewis. Not something I would have planned to do, but … Continue reading
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Do engineers like online directories?
I am preparing my talk for the InfoCommerce Conference coming up in a couple weeks. At the same time I am working on renewing my ThomasNet contract. I think you will see much of my posts leading up to the … Continue reading
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Dancing with Jagger
Another major Google Dance is upon us, apparently. According to this article, Talking To Google About Jagger, you can register your complaints to Google, using a special ‘jagger1′ keyword. Nice way to separate the whiners from the playerz. The article … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Tipping Point
Gosh, if I’ve read a business book, chances are it has already tipped and I don’t have to say very much. Ideas ‘tip’ into sudden popularity, but even though Malcom Gladwell does an excellent job of explaining why in The … Continue reading
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New directory: Zycon
An ‘appointment specialist’ from the Zycon Manufacturer’s Directory called me this morning. The what? I thought. Typical spiel, promising an email with more info and appointment to talk to a salesperson, which I accepted, if only to learn more for … Continue reading
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Store hijacked, story at 6
We’ve all seen recently closed businesses with signage still entact–a ghost of commerce past. Suppose it was an upscale business? How about renting the building and putting up ‘going out of business sale’ signs and selling off-brand merchandise? That’s was … Continue reading
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I'm embarrassed
I am the ruler over my computer and know how to get it to do almost anything. But today I learned something I didn’t know. Something helpful that I didn’t even expect, and its so easy: Adobe Acrobat can ‘Save … Continue reading
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Marketing Nitwit: Graphic Controls
I received a postcard from Graphic Controls yesterday. It was addressed to our company without a name or title to go to. Apparently the receptionist assumed it was for printing services and put it in my mail. That may be … Continue reading
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Free Monitor for Google
If you haven’t got this nifty tool, go get the new version 2.0.Free Monitor for Google It just quickly queries Google for your ranking for a URL by keyword. Painless…unless it delivers bad news, anyway.
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