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By: nix

nix — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:52:57 +0000

we love recieving a direct message on Linkedin, a comment posted to our blog or a tweet from one of our Twitter followers. I’m sure when phones were still new, executives were happy to answer calls but times have changed and more often than not, they aren’t always excited about incoming phone calls.
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1300 phone numbers — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:43:25 +0000

Hi,
You brought some really great points here. Twitter DM and Linkedin are less intrusive for the reasons you mentioned. The fact that Salesforce has now added a Twitter app confirms what you mentioned about it being able to keep an eye on the exchanges and use that knowledge (without seeming like a stalker). Perhaps over time if these channels get over crowded with information, we’ll start reacting to them the way we do with phone and email but we’ll have to wait and see about that. For now it seems non intrusive and a good way to connect.
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By: Neil Sequeira - ReadyContacts

Neil Sequeira - ReadyContacts — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:11:33 +0000

Thanks Rob. Its true that these could go the same way as email and phone calls if they get crowded and only time will tell if these networks remain as popular as they are now.

By: Neil Sequeira - ReadyContacts

Neil Sequeira - ReadyContacts — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:08:56 +0000

Thanks Ardath,

You brought some really great points here. Twitter DM and Linkedin are less intrusive for the reasons you mentioned. The fact that Salesforce has now added a Twitter app confirms what you mentioned about it being able to keep an eye on the exchanges and use that knowledge (without seeming like a stalker). Perhaps over time if these channels get over crowded with information, we'll start reacting to them the way we do with phone and email but we'll have to wait and see about that. For now it seems non intrusive and a good way to connect.

By: Ardath Albee

Ardath Albee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:17:20 +0000

Hi Neil,

Great ideas. I'd stipulate that it's a lot less confrontational and obligatory for an executive to exchange thoughts quickly via a Twitter DM or a LinkedIn email or to post/answer a comment on a blog. Cold sales calls are interruptions, they usually turn into a Q&A so the salesperson can figure out how to sell to you.

With online interactions, they have the ability to decline to reply easily. They aren't committing themselves to anything with a simple exchange and they can participate when they have time to do so. But, marketers and salespeople can learn a lot if they pay close attention to what these exchanges reveal. The tricky part is in how they use that information. There's a fine line between being attentive or being seen as a "stalker." The art of conversation seems to be supplanted by self-focus in a lot of cases.

There's another thing I find interesting, as well. When I receive an in-system email from LinkedIn, I'm more likely to pay attention as the person is part of my network. Sometimes they're random people who belong to the groups I'm in, but often it's a request for helpful insights where I can contribute value. Same thing when I comment on a blog I read (yep, like now).

What do you think?

By: Salesforce Announces Twitter App - Account Intelligence Data Just Evolved | ReadyContacts Role-based B2B Contacts

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:34:09 +0000

[...] Salesforce Annnounces Twitter App – Read this post on the Znet blog and it confirms one of the new year predictions we made in January and validates what we have been talking about in some of the earlier posts B2B Marketing Data Forecast – Blog, Twitter & Linkedin Info A Standard Data Field . [...]

By: Rob Leavitt

Rob Leavitt — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:49:05 +0000

Great post. We've found some initial success using LinkedIn to reach out to executives, and I agree its important to use whatever channels you can. Some of this will likely be a short-term effect; as participation in social networks continue to grow at the executive level, we'll likely see the same crowding out effects of too many marketers trying to reach the same people. But early adopters should be able to to make valuable headway in the meantime. And certainly we should all be adding social media contact details to our databases; that should be a given by now.