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Breaking Bad Round Table: "Blood Money"by TV Fanatic Staff at . Comments
The beginning of the end got underway for Breaking Bad last night, as "Blood Money" took viewers into the disturbing future of Walter White and then settled on his suddenly unsettled present.
Yes, Hank now knows the truth about Walt. And Walt knows Hank knows. And, in a scene we'll be talking about for years to come, Hank knows Walt knows that he knows... and no one has any clue what will happen from here.
But Round Table panelists Matt Richenthal, Dan Forcella, Steve Marsi and Jim Halterman will at least take a few guesses, as they convene below and debate the best scenes, best car wash names and more from one of the final episodes of one of television's best-ever shows.
What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: I'll let other panelists tackle the nail-biting final confrontation and go with Walt's genius plan of how to reorganize the air fresheners. It was both humorous and revealing, a sign that maybe Heisenberg really is in Walt's past... the drug-dealing Heisenberg, that is. But the controlling Walter White has now found a new venture into which he can pour his time and intelligence: the car wash business!
Dan: Definitely the haunting cold open. When the first words don't get uttered for minutes upon minutes... and those first words are "Hello, Carol"... and the groceries are dropped to the ground... it set the tone for a wonderful final run of Breaking Bad.
Steve: It seems too obvious to pick the face-off between Walt and Hank, but it was so brilliantly executed that I have to. Dean Norris' expressions conveyed how dismayed, distraught, vengeful and stunned he was at the same time, while Bryan Cranston seemed perfectly stuck between Walt and Heisenberg, unsure who was confronting Hank at that moment. Amazing.
Jim: Definitely the garage scene with Hank. I thought it was going to end with Walt walking away but then it was almost as if Heisenberg emerged within and decided to confront him. Walt's face was showing both his vulnerable former self and then his harder, newer self so that scene was everything. And Dean Norris was never better! Overall, it just showed that these last episodes are not going to hold back and the pedal is to the metal.
Favorite callback moment: the remote control car; Jesse throwing money at the junkies; Walt setting down his vomit towel like Gus?
Matt: The remote control car. Those small moments often go unnoticed when folks rundown the reasons for Breaking Bad's unparalleled success. But Vince Gilligan draws our attention to every minute detail and then never fails to make them count in the big picture.
Dan: My favorite had to be Walt putting down the towel to vomit. It was such a tiny detail, but one that undoubtedly made a number of uber fans scream in delight.
Steve: You can also add the cold open - amazing for all the reasons Dan described - to this list. I immediately recalled similarly haunting images of the debris from the yet-unseen plane crash floating in Walt's pool at the onset of Season 2.
Jim: Walt and the vomit towel. It was almost like a reward to those of us who've watched the show so carefully since the beginning.
Does Jesse really believe Mike is alive?
Matt: That's like asking if Walt Jr. thinks there's anything worthwhile to eat for breakfast aside from cereal. Of course not.
Dan: No... bitch!
Steve: Jesse believing anything Walt says is about as likely as Badger's Star Trek script getting picked up by Paramount.
Jim: No way. Jesse's biggest problem is that he doesn't want to see what he knows, so he'll lie to himself (or just drown in drugs) as much as possible, trying to keep his eyes shut. But the pressure of it is eating him up in a big way and I can't believe it will end good for him.
What should Walt and Skyler name their new car wash?
Matt: High and Dry.
Dan: Easy. White Wash.
Steve: Crystal Blue Persuasion.
Jim: Crystal Blue Clean.
Which, if any, main character will die first this season?
Matt: Holly or Walt Jr. I foresee one of Walt's kids getting caught in some kind of crossfire, setting their dad up for whatever machine gun and Ricin-based mission we saw him on in the flash forward.
Dan: If we are talking series regulars, I think Lydia or Todd are the obvious choices (bumped up to series reg for final eight episode, it should be noted). If we only want to go with people who have been here from the beginning, I think it's Walt. I don't think any other Whites, Schraders or Pinkmans will fall before Walt's demise.
Steve: I don't see anyone surviving the Hank-Walt confrontation; the latter's desperation will, directly or indirectly, mean the demise of his brother-in-law, the most shocking death in a long list of them since the series began. That's just the feeling I get.
Jim: Having no inside knowledge of what's to come, I feel like for Walt to really go where he needs to go, Jesse needs to be out of the picture. Whether Walt does the deed or some other means, I feel like Jesse is on a very different dark journey from Walt's - but he's bound to be in the way sooner or later. We may lose some others before that but of the substantial characters, I think Jesse's days are numbered.
@wizardrunner - I have to agree. I love how they paint Hank to be this cocky, obnoxious, self-righteous prick who Walt has always outsmarted. It was only by chance that Hank found out the truth, not be being a clever cop. Plus in many ways Hank has gotten so far because of Walt and the empire he put together. So you want to root for Walt, even if he's the "bad guy". This show really makes everything shades of Grey Matter. ;-) I loved the remote control car; my heart was racing thinking Walt was going to run over it like Hank's kleptomaniac wife Marie did the kid neighbor's car back in, what was that, Season 1 or 2? One more to add - when Walt was at the toilet, it had echo's of when he found that flushed pack of cigarettes stuck in there as well...
In real life story arcs, there are many times the BAD GUY WINS hands down over the good guys! For once, because this show has been fairly realistic (Mythbusters debunked some of the science on the show; the bathtub eating through the floor and the little packet of explosives that Walt threw on the floor), I would like to see the BAD guy win on this show!
Good does not always trump Evil! I'm really sick of cop vs bad guy shows where the cops always win! It's too predictable! Graceland, the Closer, The Listener, Rookie Blue, Elementary, Perception, Cops - pretty much all of them have just about 100% success rate. I'd like to see, after all is said and done, Walt come out on top and continue his Car Wash empire!
@kate: youre right! I think the same and I would LOVE to see some Jesse and Hank time. Jesse needs to tell someone everything. But Walt is out of control (especially because he thinks his cancer is back) and that puts Jesse in danger I dont want Jesse to die! Im gonna have a massive cry if that happens!
Judging entirely from the preview, it seems to me the next step is a race for Jesse by both Hank and Walt. Like that Hank ends the confrontation by saying something to the effect that he will find a way to destroy Walt and that if he is the monster Hank thinks he is (he is) then there are people along the way that he destroyed on his way to the top. Some one of them might feel repentant and willing to deal. I have to think the first person who comes to mind to Walt is Jesse and I have to think that Hank will remember Jesse and then do a little big of investigation and probably find ties Jesse has to both Gus and Mike. And Jesse is unintentionally hiding really well from all of them.

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In 2012, the pope called for liberty, identity, evangelization
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI turned 85 in April, and while he certainly showed signs of age -- in March he started walking with a cane on some public occasions -- he kept up a busy schedule throughout 2012, traveling to three foreign countries, presiding over a world Synod of Bishops and turning out yet another bestselling book.
Following are 10 highlights of the pope's year:
1. At consistories in February and November, the pope created a total of 28 new members of the College of Cardinals. The first group included Cardinals Timothy M. Dolan of New York; Edwin F. O'Brien, a former archbishop of Baltimore; and Thomas C. Collins of Toronto. The second group was notable for its global character: new cardinals from Asia, Africa and the Americas, which the pope said showed the church "speaks in the various cultures of the different continents." Among the second group was Cardinal James M. Harvey, a former prefect of the papal household and a native of Milwaukee.
2. Visiting Latin America in March, Pope Benedict told Mexicans that no secular ideology can free the region from poverty, violence and other social problems without faith in Christ. Human rights activists complained about the pope's decision not to meet with political dissidents in Cuba, but during his visit he appealed for greater religious liberty under the Communist regime and persuaded President Raul Castro to make Good Friday a national holiday.
3. In four speeches from January to May, the pope told U.S. bishops visiting the Vatican that the church must engage all the more closely with America's increasingly secular society for the benefit of the entire nation, by defending values that include religious liberty, sexual morality and the traditional definition of marriage.
4. The year's biggest public distraction for the pope and his collaborators was surely the so-called "VatiLeaks" affair, over the publication of private papal correspondence and other documents, some of them alleging mismanagement and corruption within the Vatican. The news became a global story following the May arrest of the pope's butler, whom a Vatican court in October found guilty of aggravated theft for his role in the leaks.
5. The Vatican made several high-profile moves to reinforce the religious identity of Catholic institutions. In May, it announced a major reform of the U.S. Leadership Conference of Women Religious, to ensure the group's fidelity to Catholic teaching in areas including abortion, euthanasia, women's ordination and homosexuality. The same month, the Vatican tightened its control of Caritas Internationalis, the global confederation of Catholic aid agencies. In December, the pope issued new rules designed to ensure that the activities of Catholic charities conform to church doctrine.
6. The pope's September visit to Lebanon came at a moment of heightened tension in the region, with a civil war under way in neighboring Syria and an American-made anti-Islamic film inspiring often-violent protests in several Muslim countries. But the pope's calls for peace and religious liberty for the region's Christians drew a warm response across sectarian and political lines in Lebanon, turning the risky trip into a clear success for Vatican diplomacy.
7. For three weeks in October, the world Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization brought more than 260 bishops and religious superiors to the Vatican, along with dozens of official observers and experts, to discuss how the church can revive and spread the faith in increasingly secular societies. Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, the synod's relator, expressed the gathering's urgent tone when he decried the "tsunami of secular influence that has swept across the cultural landscape" of the West.
8. Pope Benedict marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the start of a special Year of Faith by celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square Oct. 11. About 400 bishops from around the world, including 15 of the 70 surviving members of the council, attended. In his homily, the pope called on Catholics to revive the "authentic spirit" of Vatican II by re-proposing the church's ancient teachings to an increasingly Godless modern world.
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You should switch it off and cover it up or move it. Fine dust gets in through the fans and is really nasty.
There is some work going on in my suite and the workmen have stated that they need to either cover my server with polythene for a few hours, or switch it off and move it. Which would you think is the best scenario? It is an HP Procurve and it is about 18 months old.
They are drilling the wall above it to install some trunking.
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You should switch it off and cover it up or move it. Fine dust gets in through the fans and is really nasty.
After the work men here... I'd move it if you can. It's a dreadful thing to have to do, but the mess here from a small amount of drilling was horrendous.
I assume you haven't been told until the last minute so doesn't give you much time to do either? I agree with @SYNACK, but personally wouln't fancy moving it.
Edit: Actually thinking on from what@elsiegee40 has said, if you dont know the quality of their work it might be better to move it. I still have thoughts of builders standing on a shelf straddled over the computers drilling into the walls with everything falling straight into the computers below. They hadn't even attempted to cover anything.
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having been one of those workmen...
whatever you do, turn it off. I would move it if possible, but failing that get the polythene and get the thing wrapped up like a christmas present. When it comes time to unwrap it, hoover it off first.
I would agree turn it off and if you can move it then move it well out of the way. I would also turn off and move any other devices that are in the immediate area as well just to be on the safe side.
I remember dealing with a school once where the workmen were knocking down a wall next to the servers, so they moved them. They moved them to the other side of the same wall! It didn't end well.....
Yes, that is about where I had got to. I think I will turn it off and move it. What about the big switch cabinet on the wall - should I get them to cover it up too? Luckily there isnt any other stuff in there.
I've got to move my computer too - I live behind a little half wall in what is currently the IT suite but will become the library in the fullness of time. For the next 3 weeks or so I will have no home *sniff*
basically, if its bolted down, wrap it up, and wrap it up well. If it isn't, move it.
I moved everything out that I possibly could and everything else was swathed in polythene. The dust gets everywhere. I'd turn off the power in the cabinet to stop anything overheating and to stop any fans sucking dust in (Don't know what else you have in there beyond the switches)
As said earlier, vaccuum off the polythene before attempting to remove it, otherwise you may as well not have bothered. Don't forget the projector (if there is one) and whiteboard need wrapping too. I literally covered our projector with a taped bin bag.
Yes, switch off and cover or move ANYTHING that has an air intake (not members of staff though - your personnel officer should be sorting them).
Fine dust will get into everything and I've seen kit die from repeated power-downs, brickdust and the like.
Some workmen needed to drill one hole when we were having the aircon put in our server room. They said they would cover the rack, but there ended up being dust EVERYWHERE. Had to literally take each server apart and clean every component over half term. So move it as far away as possible is my advice
As others have said, move what you can (personally, I'd remove the switches from the rack if it's only a couple) and smother everything else in a couple of layers of polythene and duct tape.
Also - take the power leads with you so no-one powers the cabiner on while still smothered and it cooks itself.
Another vote for moving it!
Wrap it up in polythene and then hoover it whilst you're at it stick it on the roof and hope for a lightning strike. {sarcasm}
I say certainly move it elsewhere with a switch in a cab turn that off and cover the cab up to prevent as much ingress of dust as possible.
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"We wanted a project that would require families to come into the parks–not just attend programs that we were holding elsewhere," says Au. "We also wanted the children to learn something about nature."
Getting Families To The Parks
The first challenge was to get families to enroll.
"Our naturalists had already been providing free nature programs at the county libraries," says Au. "So we wondered: Would the libraries allow us to use their summer reading program kickoffs to also enroll children in the Summer Letterbox Adventure?"
The libraries agreed to the idea, and just like that, Preservation Parks had a ready audience of families happy to discover a fun, inexpensive and educational summer activity for their children.
The libraries worked closely with the parks on registration-day logistics, and library staff continued to register families throughout the summer–keeping Letterbox Adventure materials at the children's department desk or at the front checkout counters.
"Registration at the libraries was important for working families," says Au, "because although the parks themselves are open in the evenings and on weekends, park offices are closed."
Connie Pottle, head of youth services for Delaware County District Libraries, says that having library staff help with registration made the ongoing parks/library partnership even stronger and more equitable.
"Preservation Parks has been doing nature programs for us for awhile," she says. "We're happy to have the experienced naturalists from the park, to do the kinds of programs that we can't. For very little work on our part, we benefit from these great programs."
Overcoming The "We Have No Budget For This" Hurdle
Like most park districts, Preservation Parks tries to minimize its programming costs. The district dove into the letterbox project with no funding, so all materials were produced fully in-house in 2008, the project's first year. The booklets were designed using publishing software, and pages for about 200 of them were printed on a copier and trimmed, collated, and stapled by hand.
Other costs incurred were for flyers, posters and some inexpensive incentives (insect finger puppets) for the participants.
For the second year of the project, Preservation Parks set a small budget. Staff members again designed the booklets in-house, but the printing was done by a quick-copy service. The outlay of only a few hundred dollars resulted in 750 booklets, which, while still printed only in black and white, had glossy covers and were cleanly cut, collated, and stapled–a professional-looking product for little money.
In 2009, the park district also found a few sponsors who underwrote the cost of some prizes for the participants.
Most of the cost was in the form of staff time. Apart from the marketing and design work, naturalist Kim Banks decided on the hiding places for the letterboxes, and formulated clues while choosing which natural features to emphasize in each park. Park managers familiarized themselves with the letterbox locations, so they could assist visitors, and all staff members helped maintain the project throughout the summer.
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About 220 children signed up the first year, and 30 or so found all the hidden boxes. In 2009, the number of participants jumped to more than 700, with about 75 children completing the project.
Banks, who helped design the Letterbox Adventure, believes the program grew because of its inherent appeal. "Participants like the exercise, learning something new about nature, and spending quality time with their families," she says.
Pottle says word of mouth helped the program grow as well.
"We would overhear parents say to their friends, 'We had a great time last summer doing the letterboxes,'" she says, adding that library staff members helped push the project.
"It was an opportunity for us to tell families about other resources available to them in the county," she says.
Many families say they will participate year after year.
"This was a great summer project; we'll do it again," says Bodker, pointing out that her children learned about nature, had fun outdoors, and discovered new places to explore. " … And before this," she says, "we didn't even know half of these parks existed."
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The Truth About How the Moon Effect Whitetail Movement
by Darrin Bradley
A vast number of observers have attempted to correlate whitetail movement in relation to moon phases. Some theories have suggested the whitetail deer needs light to feed at night. This contention would suggest whitetail movement is enhanced on days following low lit moon phases. Others theorize whitetail movement is enhanced by lunar positioning. The list of theories is endless with relentless attempts at predicting movement of big game animals. These lunar theories have been commonplace conversation pieces throughout many a deer camp for decades. Minimal evidence is present to support any of these lunar theories. It is my contention there is minimal evidence in support of these theories due to the fact that whitetail movement is not predominantely determined by the moon, but rather by other environmental conditions which are more significant to the animals survival.
Very little experimental testing has been conducted in regard to how lunar phases enhance or decrease animal behavior. Even less experimental testing has been conducted specifically on how moon phases effect the behavior of the whitetail deer. After researching, several studies conducted in regard to animal behavior, I quickly discovered the majority of these experiments were performed on labratory animals crabs, birds, rats, etc. in controlled environments. Although these tests results may be useful for modern day science , they are virtually inapplicable in regard to the implementation of whitetail hunting strategies in the field. The labratory animals in experiments are responding to moon phases in abscence of fear responses. In the wild, whitetail deer are forced to react inside the parameters of the instinct of survival. They are constantly attempting to detect predators while avoiding detection by predators. In reality, moon phases play a very insignificant role in the accomplishment of this task by whitetails.
According to Frederick Toates (1980), an animal behaviorist, Aggression and fear share important characteristics in common with, on the one hand, feeding and drinking, and , on the other, sexual behavior. They serve the survival of the individual animal, and therefore allow perpetuation of its genes. Toates, further adds , when we experience intense fear, we usually take some type of evasive action. Fear forces animals to modify their behavior. Although moon phases may play some type of minor role in the scenario, more important environmental factors determine whitetail movement. These environmental factors are inclusive of wind speed, wind direction, hunting pressure, food, thirst, predators, time, and precipitation. It would be insane to say whitetail deer will move in a given area based solely upon lunar phases. As a whitetail hunter, I know deer movement will be decreased on a day with 30 mph winds, a pack of hungry coyotes howling at the edge of the primary foodsource, during the 7th day of firearms season, in the middle of a monsoon, irregardless of what moon phase is occuring. On the other hand, I also know on a day with 5 mph winds, during an incoming storm front, in a month which falls outside of deer season , deer movement will most likely increase, irregardless of what moon phase is occuring. The whitetails movement coincides primarily in response to the environmental conditions which allow deer to detect predators and avoid danger.
Since 7/30/94 I have recorded environmental conditions on 416 seperate hunts. I recorded wind conditions, food source, temperature, moon phases, precipitation observations, commercial scent usage, number of deer seen, number of bucks seen, and the number of bucks seen possessing antlers exceeding a minimum Boone and Crockett score of 130 gross inches, National Record Book bucks.
By studying the observations recorded in a game diary I have obtained data surrounding whitetail movement in relationship to lunar phases. In the early stages of the game diary , I believed moon phases significantely effected whitetail movement. Prior to recording lunar data I can remember blaming moon phases for unsuccessful hunts on days following a full moon, or praising the moon for successful hunts following a new moon phase. Prior to beginning the studies, I had actually hoped I would discover moon phases significantly increasing or decreasing whitetail travel. I would have been able to predict whitetail movement and in turn would have enhanced my odds for successful hunts.
The eight primary moon phases are inclusive of the New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and the Waning Crescent. Each phase lasts approxiametely 3 days. I have ranked the moon phases in regard to my hunting success during each particular phase. A successful hunt is defined as hunts in where I viewed whitetails while hunting from a stand location. The rankings, in regard to all whitetail deer movement, are as follows:
ALL DEER MOVEMENT (Does and bucks.)
Ranking Moon Phase Successful Hunts Unsuccessful Hunts Success Percentage
1 Waning Crescent Phase 36 11 77%
2 First Quarter Phase 41 13 76%
3 Full Moon Phase 52 20 72%
4 Waxing Crescent Phase 35 14 71%
5 Last Quarter Phase 42 19 69%
6 Waning Gibbous Phase 32 16 67%
7 New Moon Phase 26 16 62%
8 Waxing Gibbous Phase 24 16 60%
In addition to studies encompassing all deer movement I recorded whitetail buck movement specifically, during particular moon phases.
Ranking Moon Phase Successful Hunts Unsuccessful Hunts Success Percentage
1 First Quarter Phase 23 26 47%
2 Full Moon Phase 32 40 44%
3 Waxing Crescent Phase 20 29 41%
4 Waning Crescent Phase 19 29 40%
5 Waxing Gibbous Phase 15 25 38%
6 Waning Gibbous Phase 22 36 38%
7 New Moon Phase 14 29 33%
8 Last Quarter Phase 18 41 31%
I have recorded fifty six seperate National Record Book buck sightings over the past five years. These animals were bucks possessing antlers which would exceed the minimum Boone and Crockett score of 130 inches. The following data demonstrates Pope and Young buck movement during particular moon phases.
Ranking Moon Phase Number of Pope and Young bucks seen during phase.
1 Full Moon Phase 12 bucks
2 Waning Gibbous Phase 9 bucks
3 Last Quarter Phase 9 bucks
4 First Quarter Phase 6 bucks
5 Waxing Crescent Phase 5 bucks
6 Waning Crescent Phase 5 bucks
7 Waxing Gibbous Phase 4 bucks
8 New Moon Phase 3 bucks
Moon phases may be seperated into three classes of light emittance. These would be inclusive of low light emittance, high light emittance, and fifty percent light emittance. Low light moon phases include the new moon, (Which is completely dark.) waning crescent, and waaxing crescent. Highly lit moon phases would include full moon, (Totally lit.) waning gibbous, and waxing gibbous. Fifty percent moon phases would include the first quarter, and last quarter. The most prevalent lunar theory contends whitetails feed primarily after dark during moon phases which offer a maximum amount of light. At the foundation of this belief lies another concept. Deer movement is increased on days following moon phases which offer minimal light, because they werent able to feed at night. The new moon phase offers no light at all. In review of my studies, a new moon ranks seventh in regard to all whitetail deer movement, sixth in regard to whitetail buck movement, and seventh in regard to Pope and Young buck movement. In other words the new moon hasnt offered too much opportunity throughout the course of my hunting career. The forementioned theory suggests whitetail deer feed primarily on nights which offer the maximum amounts of moonlight. One could assume days following highly lit moon phases deer movement would decrease during the daytime, as whitetails are feeding at night. As a result this would give birth to inferior hunting following these phases in relationship to the low light moon phases. My studies depict the full moon ranks third in regard to all whitetail movement, third in relation to whitetail buck movement,and ranks in first place with regard to Pope and Young buck movement. Wildlife biologists have proven deer see as well at night as humans do at dawn and dusk. Whitetails can see to feed at night during any of the lunar phases. After reviewing statistics surrounding my studies, I have not found any correlation between the amount of light provided by individual moon phases and whitetail movement. In fact, I have not found any correlation between moon phases and whitetail movement.
The most prevalent lunar theory contends whitetails need light to feed at night. This theory further indicates that because of the whitetails difficulty with feeding during moon phases providing minimal light, deer will move more often on days following a new moon. The new moon phase offers no light at all. In review of my studies, a new moon ranks seventh out of eight in regard to all whitetail deer movement. The new moon ranks seventh out of eight in regard to whitetail buck movement. The new moon ranks last in regard to Pope and Young buck movement only. The forementioned theory would suggest whitetail deer would feed primarily on nights which offer the maximum amounts of moonlight. The theory furthers suggests days following a full moon would minimize deer movement. My studies depict the full moon ranks third in regard to all whitetail movement. Full moon ranks second in relation to whitetail buck movement,and ranks first place with regard to Pope and Young buck movement. Biologists have proved deer see as well at night as humans do at dawn and dusk. Whitetails can see to feed at night during any of the lunar phases. After reviewing statistics surrounding my studies, I have not found any correlation between the amount of light provided by individual moon phases and whitetail movement. In fact, I have not found any correlation between moon phases and whitetail movement.
In my game diary I have devoted one section solely to recording personal hunting records and accomplishments. One event in this section is entitled, Most deer seen during a single hunt by myself out of a stand location. This record count is the sighting of fifty two deer. This event occured in 1998 during a full moon phase. Another event is entitled, Most shots passed in a single hunt. A passed shot is defined as a refusal to shoot at a deer within bowrange. This hunt took place on 10-24-95 when I passed up twenty four shots during a new moon phase. You will notice both records are based upon the quanity of deer seen. One event occurs during the least light producing moon phase, while the other event occurs during the most light producing moon phase. This would be virtually impossible if whitetail movement was determined by moon phases or the amount of light various lunar phases produce.
It is my contention moon phases do not play a significant role in whitetail movement. A good whitetail hunter is as good as the amount of time he or she puts in the stand, the ground one hunts, and the ability to make the shot. My advice is not to plan hunts in accordance to moon phases, just plan to hunt. Over the past five years, I have harvested seven mature bucks during five different moon phases. There are few shortcuts in the sport of whitetail hunting. Moon phases predictions are not one of those shortcuts. Pay your dues in the stand regardless of the moon phase and your diligence will payoff.
Darrin Bradley


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January 14: Tillie Olsen
Tillie Olsen, the author of Tell Me a Riddle (1961), was born in Nebraska on this date in 1912. Olsen's parents were radical Jewish refugees from the failed 1905 revolution in Russia. Olsen became a left-wing union organizer, and while she was in jail for her political activities she landed a contract from Random House to write a novel at the age of 22 — but that book, like much of her creative productivity, would be delayed for forty years by her activities as a mother (she raised four children), worker and homemaker. Tell Me a Riddle, a collection of four stories (the title story received the O. Henry Award), became a feminist and college-curriculum staple. She also wrote Silences, an analysis of writers' block and non-productivity, especially among women and working-class artists. After being in declining health for years, Olsen died at the age of 94 on January 1, 2007 in Oakland, California.
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According to a recent survey, the B2B Content Marketing Report, respondents reported customer testimonials (89%) and case studies (88%) are the most effective content marketing tactics. The survey (snapshot shown below) was conducted by Holger Schulz in the B2B Technology Marketing Community group on LinkedIn, with results posted here on Slideshare.
Have you wondered how to create a really great customer success story, or how you might use it in your marketing?
Customer success stories (AKA case studies) can be powerful tools for B2B Marketers. Their primary purpose is to help introduce a prospect to a product or service in the context of a successful implementation of it by another company.
They work particularly well towards the middle and bottom of the sales funnel when potential customers are looking for some real-world examples with a touch of radical transparency (You may recall from my podcast interview with Jay Baer on creating massively useful marketing with Youtility: prospects are looking for robust, detailed information about how your products/services work in the real world.) Customer success stories can be effective to illustrate just how inherently helpful your solution can be.
The most effective and compelling B2B marketing case studies are those where the focus is clearly on the business implementing the solution, not on the company who sold it.
They work even better when the buyer is positioned as the "hero" of the story, with the seller offering guidance, and of course the solution at the opportune time. Think of the customer as being on a quest (more on the quest story plot later) to solve an important business problem in much the same way Indiana Jones set out to find the Ark of the Covenant, and unlock its power.
Moreover, a well-crafted case study is essentially a story of the buyeys' journey. As such, to resonate with other potential buyers, it should contain elements of effective storytelling. Otherwise, it may simply come across as bland, unbelievable, or worse still, a self-promotional advertisement. And no one finds those helpful or compelling enough to warrant taking the next step.
Here's how to go about crafting a compelling B2B customer success story:
It should go without saying, but I will anyways: a customer success story is as much, if not more, about the customer as it is about your company. (Duh - this might be why they're called "customer success stories!") So for goodness sakes, first discuss it with your customer! What's in it for them? Position it as a tool they will be proud of and can use perhaps in their own marketing and client relations. After all, your customer is the true hero of the story. So collaborate with them from the very beginning and all the way through to make it truly shine.
The most important part of constructing a compelling story is taking the time to ask good questions. For starters...
Think about the customer situation, the experience and situation around the sales and delivery process. Be curious. Don't be satisfied until you uncover the "real" story. Be like Peter Falk in the T.V. Series Columbo, "Excuse me, but there's one more question I'd like to ask before I go." Keep asking questions like:
The quest story plot is a well-recognized format used in literature, musical theater, novels and the movies. It also plays out in real life and people will identify with the structure and elements of it as you tell the story. It's an excellent format with which to tell a customer success story: a journey which pulls the hero to some distant, all-important goal.
Now take everything you've probed, gathered and thought of thus far and begin to write out your B2B customer success story in these four parts:
Section 1: The Pre-Solution State
Section 2: The Challenge
Section 3: The Solution
Section 4: The Results
Formula for writing an effective title for your success story:
Client name plus verb plus benefit plus solution equals your headline.
B2B Example: Blue Sky Inc. Sees 30% IT Cost Reduction with Cloud Computing
Writing Subheads:
Think of these as mini-headlines to help identify the sub-sections of your case study and engage the reader's interest.
The Challenge section example: Achieve Greater IT Cost Predictability, Speed Application Deployment
The Solution section example: SaaS Implementation Model Lowers Human, Infrastructure Costs
The Result Section: Blue Sky Inc. Speeds Deployment of New Applications, Sees 30% Reduction in Asset Cost
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I'd love to hear how you may use this info to craft your next customer success story. Please drop a line in the comments below about that, or share how you've used success stories in the past.
Are you marketing to B2B companies on the Web? If so, how are you set up to be found and engage with them? You want to fill your funnel with interested and qualified prospects. Should we say more interested and qualified prospects? If so, you're probably very interested in top B2B inbound marketing tactics for business results. Right?
I snagged a prospect on my Web site this week. My prospect, the the head of marketing at a B2B company found me by Googling the term, "b2b inbound." I was thrilled. I dominate the first page for this term occupying the first 4 of 5 slots. Granted, there's not a lot of traffic one can expect to generate for this search term. But I'll take the 2 daily visits my keyword research tool tells me I can get for being the #1 ranked listing. Besides, it's my name. I should be found on top of the heap for it. But I digress. Or do I?
Back to my lead. He completed my contact form: "Looking for a website redesign, please call."
Naturally, I called. He was sharp and had a definite idea of what he wanted out of a Web site redesign, the process he was using to evaluate "partners," and what he didn't want to get into: No blogging or social media, and "we do quite well with SEO already," he stated.
He then rattled off a bunch of Web sites he wanted his to be more like. I was already familiar with them (sites like Marketo and Aprimo). They do a fantastic job of marketing to B2B in a buyer-centric manner and all have active blogs, social media engagements and strong SEO.
In other words, here was a B2B company who Googled, "b2b inbound" but had no immediate and strong interest in inbound marketing services.
I was dumbfounded. He said he wanted to be found more on the Web, engage users with information then convert them via a registration process for a demo or more info. But, he didn't want to invest in any of the inbound marketing tactics known to drive the business value he was seeking.
I thought I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and graded his Web site via HubSpot's Website Grader. It didn't fair so well. The score of 53 out of 100 indicates the marketing effectiveness of his site is better than 53% of the over 3.3 million sites that have been graded thus far. 53% isn't good enough. And, doing a Web site redesign without a content marketing (blog), social media and SEO plan will not help improve it.
What are other B2B marketers investing in for effective marketing to B2B? Well, if you happen to Google "b2b inbound" you'll see the current 6th place listing: B2B Inbound Marketing: Top tactics for social media, SEO, PPC and optimization.
I wish my prospect would have checked this out first. Maybe it would have made a difference in his thinking. It points out that "inbound marketing is growing in B2B companies. Investments in webinars, SEO, social marketing (includes most effective tactic: blogging), and page optimization are all on the rise."
This comes from a MarketingSherpa, 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report which found investment was increasing:
Are you marketing to B2B? Thinking or planning to do a Web site redesign? Great. Do that. But don't forget the most important tactics to marketing effectiveness!
My response to this prospect? I think this is it. I think I'll send him a link to this blog post with a copy of his website grader report.
What would you do?
It's widely accepted that creating compelling and relevant content and publishing it on a consistent basis can lead to a bevy of benefits for the digital marketer. Namely, increased traffic, links, SEO authority, leads, thought leadership status and sales growth.
"Content is King," we hear. And creating content is at the center of any inbound marketing plan. SEO you might say begins and ends with content; without it we'd have no reason to search. Blogs and podcasts tell us 2011 is the year of content marketing.
How do marketers deal with the mantra of creating more and more content? ContentWise reports over $47 billion was spent on content curation and publishing in 2009. A new study (published Sept. 2010) by MarketingProfs and Junta42 named, B2B Content Marketing 2010 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends found, among other things:
With modern web technologies everyone can be a content creator and publisher. This onslaught of content gives consumers more choices than ever. More, it could be argued than they know what to do with making it increasingly difficult to find the best content for a specific interest or need. We're finding ourselves in content white-out conditions. There's an ever rising amount of it.
For companies who are content creators and publishers, it's getting increasingly more challenging to get found - to rise to the top of search. Not only that, but add to this the flood of activity around content creating and sharing enabled by social media:
"It's a well-known fact that the game has changed forever when it comes to interacting with customers and prospects. While the Internet has proved an invaluable tool for the rapid sharing of information, the deluge of online content driven by new social media channels continues to grow at an ever increasing and relentless pace," writes Pawan Deshpande, CEO of HiveFire in the ebook: Content Curation: Taming the Flood of Online Content.
So, where does that leave us? If content creation, publishing and marketing is so very important (and it is) how can marketers stand out in this blizzard, and how can consumers/information seekers deal with finding the best, most relevant content that meets their needs? Enter Content Curation.
Rohit Bhargava, a highly-regarded global marketing strategist and founding member of the 360 Digital Influence Group at Ogilvy, one of the largest marketing agencies in the world, recently published: 15 Marketing & Social Media Trends to Watch in 2011 on SlideShare. Take note of Trend #5: Rise of Curation.
"One way, suggests Bhargava, "to deal with the vast amount of information out there is through content curation. I wrote back in 2009 about how I felt the Content Curator would be the next big job of the future. In 2010, this started to become a reality as more companies hired people in these types of roles."
I'll explain a bit more about what content curation is, (or at least how I'm beginning to understand it) but think of it as both a tool and a process - something that may involve both technology and humans to pull off. It can be highly effective for harnessing the best information possible across a vast array of sources while adding credible and actionable insights in an impactful and interactive way. As again, Pawan Deshpande points out in the aforementioned ebook:
"Content curation has emerged as a new and powerful tool for B2B marketers, allowing them to easily sift through the flood of content, cost-effectively advance online thought leadership, and drive business through new and innovative customer interactions."
How do you define content curation? There are some interesting perspectives on the definition of content curation from a number of marketers and strategists as assembled by Lee Odden of Top Rank Online Marketing in his post titled Content Marketing: Definitions of Curation & Context. My favorite is from MarketingProf's Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley who puts it this way:
"Content curation is the act of continually identifying, selecting and sharing the best and most relevant online content and other online resources (and by that I mean articles, blog posts, videos, photos, tools, tweets, or whatever) on a specific subject to match the needs of a specific audience."
What we need it seems, are curators amidst the blizzard of content. To gather, shape, and put it to use in a much more benefical way. Somewhat like the pair to the left has done amidst the Snowmageddon of 2010 in Minneapolis! You may view, and rightly so I believe, content curation as an emerging category in the overall content marketing game. As such, we may envision any number of roles. Certainly there will be content creators and thought leaders to provide their insights and to advance a particular point of view. They will continue to create original content supplemented with the curated content. And someone will annotate, editorialize, comment on and put into perspective for us what the curated content means.
The Content Curation Process - Below diagram from a recent American Marketing Association webcast presented by HiveFire CEO Pawan Deshpande and joined by Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs on: Content Curation: The Secret to becoming a Thought Leader.
"A Content Curator is someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online." - Rohit Bhargava
And yes, there are solutions, like HiveFire's Curata that help automate the curation and organization of content that's most relevant and useful to a particular audience. What's more, they provide blogging functionality for creating original content, sharing, visitor engagement and more, all in one platform or destination/microsite. I'll talk more, in upcoming articles about how solutions like Curata have helped companies like Airvana, Verne Global and others leverage content curation technology to boost not only SEO, traffic, leads, inbound PR and keyword rankings but thought leadership as well - in a short amount of time - amidst the flood of industry created content and tight marketing budgets.
While automation can be a key component to success with content curation, so too is human invovlement. Like C.C Chapman and Ann Handley wrote in their book, Content Rules: "You still need a human at the helm."
So, whether we employ a content curator to pull in, shape and help advance the company's voice over a particular subject, or we involve multiple folks, the point is: the content we're creating and curating must mean something to our audience. At the end of the day, we want, no need someone to help us understand what it means, what it means to us and how to best act on it.
You no doubt have questions, opinions, interests, concerns over content curation marketing and what it might mean to your organization and content marketing plan. In the weeks ahead I'll discuss more specifics about the practice and place for content curation. With more about the tools and processes involved and share some case studies, real-world examples of content curation at work driving real business results. I'll help you determine whether content curation is for you, and will make a case for how content curation can be your ticket to becoming a recognized thought leader for advancing your brand or particular business opportunity.
For now, your questions/comments are welcome.
I don't need to convince you of the benefits of blogging for small businesses do I? Good, didn't think so. But sometimes, despite our best intentions to be consistent we miss putting that log on the fire. And consequently that daily, or in my case weekly blog post gets snuffed out by other "priorities."
So, when that happens (and it will). Let me encourage you as I do myself on some ways to re-ignite or stoke up your blogging fire.
I got this from another HubSpot customer, Jeffrey Henning of Vovici who spoke at the HubSpot User Group (HUG) conference in Boston this past October. Download his presentation: Create a Blog Factory - Building an assembly line of daily or weekly blog posts. You can also download the handout here. You may also like to watch the video of Jeffrey's presentation:
For me, everything starts with the idea. Ideas lead to topics, themes, positioning, key points, inspiration and the development process. The key is to get your ideas from your head to some type of central collection tool. Jerry says to "collect your ideas in one place."
I write my ideas down or scribble notes on some information piece I've printed out and put them in a folder aptly named, "Blog Ideas." But that's me, I'm a paper guy. You digital natives could use an app on your handheld device or your computer.
The point is if you have a collection of ideas to draw from you'll be one step ahead of firing up your blogging engine.
Turn your ideas into a variety of blog posts by categorizing or segmenting them into different types. For example, in a recent training webinar for HubSpot partners, "Coaching Clients to Blogging Success," Pete Caputa said to "Plan a Mix of Posts." Drawing analogies to different types of food he suggested blog posts could be categorized as:
Athletes excel when they're "in the zone." Hitters at their peak performance see fastballs as though they're in slow motion. Golfers get into a rhythm with their swing and timing. Performers, like dancers (like Gillian Lynne) often have to move to think - they are at their best, most natural self when they are applying their craft, when they are in motion.
The same can be said for bloggers who become the blog - who stay in a blogging mindset. It's not an activity with a scheduled start and stop time. It takes in all that you do and experience all of the time. And all of that fits into how you think, what ideas you have and how you communicate them. Making blogging part of your every move puts wood on the fire, it keeps your fire burning and brings value to those entering the room.
Not sure if this was a Raisin Bran or Spinach post, but I hope you found it useful. Hope it gave you some inspiration on collecting ideas, planning to mix up your posts for a balanced diet and got you thinking about staying in a blogging mindset.
What tips do you have for stoking the blogging fire?
The centerpiece of this post is a short, 2 minute video I shot of my friend, Bernie Borges of Find and Convert on the subject of how and why B2B companies can embrace social media marketing.
But before you view that, I'd like to share a short tale of how Bernie and I came to meet (offline), continued our conversation (online) and deepened our relationship, again offline.
A quick aside: if you're looking for a book that helps you understand and apply modern and effective marketing strategies with how-to tactics and real-life case studies, do yourself a huge favor and pick up Bernie's book: Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyer through Social Media Marketing.
One of the things you'll learn and want to practice is what Bernie calls, "The Lifecycle of Interaction in Social Media Marketing" (he devotes an entire chapter to it). The Lifecycle of Interaction in Social Media Marketing involves: Engaging, Listening, Interacting and Measuring. And that's precisely what transpired in our tale.
Mix into this lifecycle of interaction the concept of O2O: Online to Offline to Online, or in our case: Offline-Online-Offline...
A year-and-a-half ago I met Bernie, CEO of Find and Convert at an industry conference (offline event). We struck up a conversation, discovered we had some things in common, exchanged business cards and that...
Following @berniebay on Twitter I learned he's an engaging podcaster, blogger, content marketer and author of the aforementioned book. (Hint - Get That Book!)
I "listened" to all his content which offered me valuable insights into my own marketing strategy and practices. We continued building our relationship through online social media sites and email.
Fast-forward a year-and-a-half to today. We subscribe to each other's content, email each other and tweet about business (and baseball - He's in Tampa and a Rays fan, I'm in San Francisco a Giants fan). All of this online interaction set the stage for and led...
Earlier this month we met offline again at the HubSpot User Group (HUG) conference and Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston.
During the conference we talked some more and I shot the video for this post of Bernie outlining in simple terms how and why B2B companies can embrace social media marketing.
Then, following the conference, I hitched a ride with him to the airport. He drove, I navigated, and we had an engaging discussion about our mutual interests, business challenges and opportunities.
I'm certain the O2O cycle in the context of the lifecycle of interaction will continue. And, who knows, someday we may find opportunity to collaborate and do measurable business together.
Relationships take time, but embracing the opportunities and tools puts you in a position to grow and succeed.
I hope you'll view Bernie's video, read his book; and if you find some things in common or that resonate with you begin following @berniebay and/or @gregelwell on Twitter. Who knows, maybe we'll meet offline some day and deepen the lifecycle of interaction in our social media marketing?
Note: The links to Bernie's book: Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyer through Social Media Marketing are my Amazon.com associate links. You don't pay any more for the book and I make a small referral fee.
Next post: Time for a Social Media Marketing Revival? Don't miss it as I bare my soul, share my social media experience and what keeps me on the social media straight and narrow. Subscribe to the B2B Inbound Marketing Blog.
Today, I received my usual daily, Seth Godin blog post via email titled: Two kinds of schooling. The two types:
Type 1. You can take a class where you learn technique, facts and procedures.
Type 2. You can take a class where you learn to see, learn to lead and learn to solve interesting problems.
Godin's post got me thinking about being a content producer. If you're in the B2B lead generation game you're in the content business. More specifically, you're in the content marketing business.
In case you missed it, I wrote about the significance of producing content and its correlation to lead generation in the post: B2B Lead Generation: Setting Content Marketing Goals. Basically, to recap: the more content you produce drives more traffic, links, SEO authority and leads. And, it's important therefore to set goals around the most important content related metrics, like the number of Google indexed pages, keyword rankings and blog posts.
That's all well and good, but after reading Godin's post on the two kinds of schooling, I realized theres more to it than just creating buckets of content. Just as there's a difference in the kind of results you'll get from the types of schooling you receive, there's also a big difference in the kind of engagement you'll get from the types of content you publish.
When you first start zeroing in on the kind of content you should be marketing the concepts of remarkable and relevant content come readily to mind. But I think this doesn't quite go far enough. As in the two different types of schooling, you could be cranking out remarkable and relevant content but it may still not have the impact on lead generation you're looking for. For this reason I believe we must examine two kinds of remarkable and relevant content.
It seems to me to be a lot about positioning. Where you're coming from. What's your content producing mindset? There's two types as I see it:
1. Commodity based content. This is fact-based content. It's focused on heralding the virtues, features and benefits of products and services. There's nothing wrong with commodity based content. It's needed. It may even be remarkable and relevant. I mean what would we do without all the Dummies books? It's all very proper and valid and true and compliant with known laws, principles and scientific fact. But, the issue with this kind of content is it's dry. It doesn't connect with the readers problem. It doesn't really stir any emotional response or opinion. You could get it from just about anywhere. From it, you don't get any sense of the content producer's heart, soul or persona. It's just kind of vanilla - anyone could have written it. Maybe useful, but more often than not it fails to connect at a level we humans need.
2. Thought leadership content. This is getting inside the head of your reader type content. It comes from an understanding of your buyer personas' needs, problems and the ideas and solutions they seek. It tells a story, differentiates, goes against the flow, stirs reactions, stimulates fresh thinking, nurtures consideration and helps drive action.
It's illustrated by the approach Marcus Sheridan of River Pools and Spas takes on his company blog. Sheridan, who set out "to become the thought leader in the in-ground swimming pool industry through content creation and distribution," via his blog and social media engagement, frequently answers common questions his typical customers ask. For example, he recently shared his ideas on 11 Ways to Enhance the Look of Your Backyard Swimming Pool Oasis. So, if you were in the market to have an in-ground swimming pool installed in your backyard, wouldn't you want to know (beyond the specs and facts) how to integrate it with your surroundings and create a really great experience? Marcus thinks so, and he consistently produces this type of content to his market.
You may not be in the swimming pool, B2C space, but the principles of connecting with your audience through thought leadership is the same for B2B companies. In a recent Economics Intelligence Unit study reported by Marketo.com (Why Thought Leadership Rules the B2B World), 56% of B2B marketing executives stated "Positioning our company as a thought leader" as their top objective.
Focus your content pages and blog on helping others to see your vision, passion and ideas for solving their problems in creative ways. Go beyond the facts. Put your content marketing and editorial calendar together with a thought-leadership objective. Doing so may just get us hooked on you: subscribing to your blog, linking to your content, advocating your stuff on social media sites, and yes, signing up for your offers and trusting you with our business.
What ways have you found to generate thought-leadership content?
For some time now I've been reflecting on the PLACE for B2B social media marketing among business-to-business organizations. Is this PLACE we're looking for...
What would you add to this list?
Social media engagement for B2B finds value in some of these, maybe all, and more. But if we only think of social media as just another technology choice, or something to add to the mix in order to generate leads (and so on) we're missing the point.
Begin with the thought that social media is about sociology not technology. Or, as was presented by Charlene Li last summer in a MarketingProf's Summer Social Webinar, The Art of Social Media: It's All About The Relationships: "Rather than think about crafting a strategy around social technologies, marketers should be pondering how they can use social technologies to support a customer relationship."
If we just think of social media as a technology, tool, trendy thing or tactic we're not helping those who fall into the camp of B2B marketers who say social media is irrelevant to their company. Nor do we do service to the skeptics. Or, if you are one of those B2B marketers whose CEO thinks it's a waste of time and effort,* these PLACES of social media in your company's thinking is of little or no value to meaningful adoption.
And too, you may have tried b2b online marketing with social media but have made one or more of the 7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes. Not the least of which in my view is mistake # 7: "Ignoring synergy between different media - It is important that you do not silo your social media activities from your corporate website, public relations activities or your online marketing campaigns."
Instead of thinking of social media marketing with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or any number of technologies as something you add to your marketing mix, think about it as something that is part of your every move. Having goals around four key areas according to Li help define your strategy:
I too have struggled with the challenges of investing time and resources in social media to find business value. I wrote about this not too long ago here in Building Your Business with Social Media Networking. Sometimes you just learn by doing. As I heard Chris Brogan remark at a conference: "Two-thirds of companies do social media on the fly first and then figure out what's working."
Through the journey to find my PLACE I came to the realization: The objective is not to build social media into business, but to build business around a social media experience.
That's a paradigm shift for sure. But it will help to justify investing time and resources if you can manage to arrive at that distinction.
You can arm yourself with data and point to the growing number of social media success stories among B2B companies. You can track and measure the ROI of social media with closed loop marketing such as what HubSpot's CMS software provides. You can also find your customers and competitors on social media. Any of these can be compelling reason to build your B2B social media marketing case.
But, until you come to grips with your fundamental PURPOSE for the PLACE of social media marketing in your organization you will fail to effectively engage the sociosphere for any real business value.
So, here's the PLACE I'd like to suggest you claim as yours for social media engagement in your B2B organization: Make it about how you humanize your brand through interaction and sharing of useful knowledge and experiences vs. adding one more marketing tactic to the mix.
Your PLACE of engagement in social media is centered on who you are - your business persona - and how you render useful service. It strikes at the very core of the purpose of your company and why you exist. Social media is a way for you to tell your story and lend your true voice to the conversation.
Not engaging in social media is like saying we don't matter. We have nothing to contribute. We are not worth remarking about. We are not about making a difference for good. And, a failure to genuinely engage is a sign you lack the courage to become vulnerable and stick up for what you believe in.
The beauty and essence of what this PLACE of social media is that I'm talking about is that it...
The one thing your B2B organization needs to begin to share your experience is at least one internal advocate who gets it. Who understands social media is not an advertising or direct response vehicle. It's a channel for letting the human side of the company shine through. It's that part of your business operations that gives more than you seek to get. That part that delivers superior value beyond what any customer has any right to expect. It's that one person that can personify the core values of what makes your business truly remarkable and worthy of consideration.
Are you that person? Do you have the courage to lay claim of this kind of PLACE for social media marketing in your organization? Can you tear down that firewall that isolates and prevents you from freely sharing information that's been in lock-down for too many years? Will you be the one to transform the way you go to market and on what and where you invest?
If you are and you can, then get started now and don't quit, ever. It will take some time. But anything worth doing and is worthwhile is worth doing well with determination, definiteness of purpose, courage and faith.
If you aren't that person but know someone who is then help him/her to get stated.
If you are, but they won't let you, there are two choices. You can hang in there and continue to champion the PLACE for social media marketing. Or, you can leave and go elsewhere.
All of this takes courage, conviction and a will to succeed.
I wish you well, and would love to hear your stories, challenges and successes.
*Reference: eMarketer article on White Horse report
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