Blog Posts by Jason Ward

Lead Contact Methods Becoming Increasingly More Complicated

by Jason Ward on August 31, 2009

Contacting sales leads used to be easy. You could email them, call them, or mail them a letter—and there was an excellent chance that one of these three contact methods would connect you to the actual person. While these three methods of contact are still the most effective, many new ways to personally interact with leads have appeared in the past few years.

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Targeting Content at a Self-Selected Audience: A New Marketer’s View of TechOnline.com

by Jason Ward on June 29, 2009

One of the greatest strengths of Web sites as a content distribution method is the opportunity they provide to customize content for individual readers. This customization can be based upon geography (local banner advertisements, weather forecasts, or maps served based upon the reader’s IP address), behavior (related links continuously update to reflect the content the individual reader views), or volunteered registration information (sites that display content to reflect the reader’s self-defined job title). Personalized content makes any Web site more relevant to every reader.

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Why You Should Give Twitter a Chance

by Jason Ward on May 6, 2009

I always want to be the first person to try out new online tools, services, and applications. I love to form my own opinions and share them with friends, coworkers, and anyone else who is looking for an opinion. Twitter was different for me. I watched it from a distance, unwilling to register because I couldn’t see the value of 140 character ‘tweets’ from anywhere. It seemed like an exercise in pure narcissism to me.

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Hot leads vs. warm leads vs. contacts

by Jason Ward on April 19, 2009

When climbing on my soapbox to preach about the value (and power) of performance marketing programs, I’ve encouraged every electronics marketing professional to start by defining the term ‘lead’. This definition is always unique to a company’s products and sales organization—and there is no wrong answer.

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