Content Marketing is very much a mainstream marketing activity these days, in nearly all segments of the marketplace. It’s particularly important of tech savvy buyers looking for education in a particular product category. It’s rise in importance corresponds with the general degradation of outbound marketing response rates, along with Internet-driven prospect preferences toward more control […]
Is Outbound Marketing Dead?
There has been a slow but inescapable trend in marketing for years or even decades. During this time there has been a shift from “outbound marketing” towards “inbound marketing”. I use inbound marketing as a proxy for other terms as well such as “content marketing”, “permission marketing”, “new marketing” “modern marketing” and a few other […]
Is SEO a Legitimate Marketing Technique?
I have definite ideas on this question. But what got my attention recently was a reference to SEO in a prime time television show (one of the legal dramas) on one of the major US networks. It went something like this: Lawyer: “What are you concerned about?” Client: “I’m concerned that the jury will have […]
Is Google Actually Good or Evil?
I know this has been a topic that’s been discussed at length by many other folks. But a recent personal experience caused me to explore it further. I recently transitioned my Blog from Google’s Blogger platform to WordPress. Like most software transitions, it was a bit of work, and somewhat painful. Thankfully being from the […]
White Papers in the High Tech and Software Marketing Mix
There are many marketing methods in Software and IT marketing that can be appropriate in some–but not all situations. I’d put White Papers in that category. The term “white paper” is a broadly used term, and can mean different things to different people. There are non-technical and technical white papers. I define a white paper […]
