The new role for B2B PR - Five Minute Pitch

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Five minute pitch Paul Maher Positive Marketing

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How can the skills which helped sell B2B products and services be reassigned in the new world of the Real Time and Social Web? Find out here, with a former Communications Head for VMware, HP and others.

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Five minute pitchPaul Maher

Positive Marketing

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Once it was Oh so easy...

Information DemocracyConsumer Technology Search Optimization

The Press Pack

The Lunch The Vanity HQ

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1. Target hard-to-find buyers

2. ‘Free advertising’

3. Explain what complex products do

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Three disruptive changes

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Information Democracy

Consumer Technology

Search Optimization

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Infinite information always available

Technology is every day

Information is everywhere

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Huge UpsideNOW YOU CAN..

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Prospect in more places

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Discuss (demo) products any time

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Advertising still exists

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This is not free – or strategic

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Organic Search

Pay Per Click Pay Per Lead

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Clicks are not Leads

Search is not Brand BuildingLeads are not Prospects

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But what about

‘Free advertising’?

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Today there is a ‘River of News’

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Source: Google CTechTarget How IT buyers Search Online)the Purchase

Process, 2009

SOMEONE NEEDS TO START THE CONVERSATION

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Discussions. Not Ad breaks

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Positive values

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Experienced Engaging Effective

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We can start tomorrow. Can you?