Welcome to Idea Exchange, where we share our latest thinking about how marketers of highly engineered products and services can design better interactions along the Buyer Experience Value Chain

IDEA EXCHANGE

Welcome to Idea Exchange, where we share our latest thinking about how marketers of highly engineered products and services can design better interactions along the Buyer Experience Value Chain®. At Quarry, we believe a strong brand is just the beginning — which is why we focus on converting branding to buying.

Net Promoter Score – A B2B Inbound Marketing Lead Generation Hidden Gem?

Many B2B marketers may not be aware that they have an inbound marketing and lead generation diamond just waiting to shine. And the tool to polish this little gem could be Net Promoter Score. Read more

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Beautiful Responsive Website Examples

Mobile browsing is exploding. Visitors and your buyers are demanding a better experience. Curiously though, many business-to-business marketers are late to adopting a mobile-friendly approach. Fortunately, Responsive Web Design (RWD) offers a more versatile approach. Read more

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Your Buyers Are Mobile – Is Your Website?

Have you ever tried to access a website from your smartphone or tablet and found yourself scrolling sideways or facing blocks of stacked text and images? Trying to piece together a site that was clearly intended to be viewed on a larger display? The experience feels disjointed and onerous, which are pretty good reasons not to return. Read more

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2D Code, or Not 2D Code, That Is the QR Question

QR codes (aka 2D Barcodes) aren’t new, and yet they remain shrouded in uncertainty. Most marketers understand the theory behind QR code technology, but many are unsure of how exactly it works, or when to use it – and why. This uncertainty raises questions around whether or not a QR campaign is really worth its risk. Read more

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Social Media and SEO [Video]

In this video, Dave McVittie, a search engine optimization (SEO) specialist with Quarry’s Traffic Builder team, discusses how social media and SEO should be considered complementary practices and how certain social channels are being leveraged for search engines. Read more

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Reach Out by Reaching In: Harnessing Employee Power for Social Business

So your business is now social – with a Twitter account, a robust LinkedIn company page, a product photo album on Flickr or possibly even a great blog. You’ve done a thorough job using social media to reach out to and engage with the external community, but what about that all-important internal community? Read more

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