Everyone knows that social media marketing is a CRITICAL promotion tactic these days. But what a huge corporation does on a social media platform to promote it’s brand is usually dramatically different from a hardware, SaaS or software startup. Mostly this has to due with the vast difference in monetary and personnel resources of Giant […]
Webinar Marketing for Software Companies
Software companies have a variety of promotional opportunities available to fill the sales pipeline and move prospects along through it. The particular techniques used and their individual priority depends upon a number of factors, including but not limited to market segment, product complexity, price points and length of the sale cycle. One of my favorite […]
Social Media Marketing for B2B Tech Companies
By now, every company has grasped the importance of having a social media presence on the web. Or have they? In discussions with potential clients and others I am actually amazed how many folks even now still have done little or nothing in the area of social media marketing. In the many cases where they […]
Pay Per Click (PPC) Online Advertising
It’s known by several names: PPC or Pay Per Click advertising, CPC or Cost Per Click advertising, or sometimes by the best known PPC advertising engine, Google Adwords. Pay Per Click advertising is no longer new; as a result, much of the “easy” money has already been made. But I’m struck by how many companies […]
Shooting Stars or Industry Stalwarts—What Makes a Great High Tech Company?
You’ve seen them many times. The software company starts off like a bullet, racing at the high-tech company equivalent of 0-60 mph in 4 seconds. These companies often come out of nowhere and are an immediate factor in their market. There are many examples, in nearly every major market segment. The original browser company, […]