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JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Sales reps from traditional PR distribution services were even quoted as saying, “there’s a reason it’s free.&# – implying that it doesn’t perform well. Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd.

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JULY 5, 2010

Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. fb [link] SEO India Interesting Post blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 12, 2010

May 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Jennifer Maggiore, CEO of Maggiore Consulting, a multi-media lead generation firm and co-host of Locals Only: a Phoenix-based live Internet show. We measure it (personally and professionally) quantitatively not qualitatively. Im Jay Baer.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. You are becoming one of my favourite bloggers! Because the real advantage email has over social is data.

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JUNE 17, 2010

60 Certainly, there are many other factors that contribute to number of followers, and I’m not saying this is in any way a metric judging how influential a person is on Twitter, just how efficient their Twitter usage might be. I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. What do you think?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. The more email addresses a person uses across the social Web, the less ideal the results. Isn’t that worth the 5 cents per contact that Flowtown charges? Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Another person tweeted a link to a blog which turned out, much to my chagrin, to be a post asking for votes rather than a vote about the subject. But until then, I can’t not participate as some sort of personal protest. I guess it’s all transparent, so it’s not really “bad.&# link] jaybaer I know. Im Jay Baer.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I’m a big believer in humanization of your blog (in fact, it’s one of my 11 must-dos for serious bloggers ). Personally I think having the photo on the far right anchors it a bit better, but people seem to be responding well to #3. But I need your help with the biggest change – the header. 2 many words I guess?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Personally, I did not find it helpful, although the concept holds promise. I'm taking some of your suggestions above and tailoring to what I *think* will work best for my personal needs. This, I'll try. However, I found the default content excessive and the reaction of fans not favorable. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If we can reliably identify a person across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and elswhere, we can then segment not only for the demographics of the consumer in question; we can tailor content for the mode they are in where we reach them. You can call it ButterCRM Frosting for all I care. link] Ian Greenleigh Great post, Kevin.

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MAY 5, 2010

link] [link] Eileen Buleza Interesting approach one PR agency is taking to build online communities and connecting consumers with brands. link] [link] Eileen Buleza Interesting approach one PR agency is taking to build online communities and connecting consumers with brands. Im Jay Baer.

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JULY 6, 2010

While demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, Target also created a local solution to a national issue by personally connecting with parents through a timely and innovative social media campaign.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Jeff Bullas - Influencer, Author, and Blogger. She has been cited by Forbes as “The Most Influential Woman on Social Media,” and recognized by ForbesWoman as one of “The Top 20 Women Bloggers.”. Mark Schaefer has over 30 years of experience working in global sales, PR, and marketing. Content Marketing Influencers: Who Are They?

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MAY 27, 2010

If someone fills out the form to download the document, and they have a large following on Twitter (as determined by an instant Flowtown look-up), you can automatically send and email to your PR team to follow up with that individual. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O. The way Lindsey Lohan hates non-alcoholic beverages. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 7, 2010

In the first section, Hsieh recounts his personal story, including his early childhood and nascent entrepreneurial adventures, including a misguided effort at worm farming. The book concludes with a few pages about the science of happiness, and how personal and business happiness can be inextricably linked.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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JUNE 24, 2010

There's “bad&# advertisements and “bad&# uses of social media as well… Maybe you'd call it human marketing or even personality marketing, but the concept is really simple. He was personable and funny, a real likable guy. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not. Take a look at Zappos.

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APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Here they were, arriving at your party with nary a prior personal connection, but looking for a good time just like everyone else. Humanize Your Blog Remember, it’s a blog not a white paper, and a key differentiator is personality. And infuse your writing with personality and voice. (If Make links to your bio easy to find.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Don’t assume that the person that gave you one star on a Yelp review is some sort of carnival freak outlier. Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. Sore spot with us PR types.) Sore spot with us PR types.) link] Russ Henneberry Wow. Thanks again.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine! I'm connected with quite a few Indiana bloggers and they are all terrific. Interesting to hear your reaction to AZ vs. IN bloggers. At least I can say van den Hurk PR has gone global. ;0) Best of luck, Jay.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You will see in 2010 that most companies will, hopefully, leave behind both notions (media is important, and B2C and B2C are different) due to results that we will start seeing in the market. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Nicely said, Esteban.-=

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? When we talk monitoring not just for PR/Marketing but product or service development and industry related news as well. Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?) link] [link] T.J. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 2, 2010

June 2nd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is the interconnected Web bringing us together, or making us all distracted voyeurs? But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Joe Fernandez : The amont of public-facing data attributed to a person’s name has exploded. We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands. It’s in our DNA.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. It’s about humanization.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Carnegie’s principles: You can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person’s point of view. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. All of us have influences. Today, my fiance prevails.

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JUNE 22, 2010

If communication is most effective in a press release, so be it, but if it is most effective via social media tools, that should be just as viable an option to a marketing or PR department. The only problem I've encountered is the trepidation associated with personal blogs. Maybe that will one day happen to social media.we

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JULY 14, 2010

Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies. We Are Not Alone Serving as the organization’s advocate for adopting social media can be a test of passion and commitment. With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time. Do you agree?

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JULY 28, 2010

I personally can help people with every aspect of running a business operationally as well aside from accounting and law and I have referrals for both, as well as connections with experts in the areas I am not an expert in. Im Jay Baer. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I maintain that as Facebook continues to tie together the real-time Web with the open graph, Twitter usage will inexorably shift from person to person connectivity, to customer to company connectivity. I'm not even a big fan of twitter (for personal uses) but for marketing purposes, I think it's a great and powerful tool.

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MAY 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself. Even if this person only an entertainer. Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 26, 2010

The one that hit home for me personally was: “Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it.&# I get the online conversation philosophy but even a phone can be considered a conversation tool. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. link to post].

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APRIL 14, 2010

The Soundog is an ingenious device – a small, personal speaker with switching capabilities, enabling me to listen to whichever game I prefer without bothering nearby patrons. The bartender approaches, and asks if I’d like to hear the TV. I say “sure” expecting him to saunter over to a monitor, and turn up the volume. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Plus, it’s like the personal trainer scenario. As I said to you at SXSW, greatness is what needs to be out there, and both of you define that, both in knowledge and personality [link] unmarketing My pleasure. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

Will send you a ping.

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