Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I’m constantly referring back to Forrester’s POST methodology when planning campaigns. For those who are not familiar with it, Forrester’s POST methodology is People (audience), Objectives, Strategy & Technology (tools & tactics). – [link] (via @jaybaer) Nice article! So really, I'm curious.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. Interesting article about online marketing. Interesting article about online marketing.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Great article Jay! link] [link] duane forrester Alltop RSS – 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Greatness [link] [link] Matt McDougall 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness into Mktg Success. link] [link] Brake Associates Excellent article, helpfulness marketing…great concept! You should be.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. Are you working with a team or collaborating with a client? • How easy is it to pull a quick dashboard without a lot of work on your part? What about you?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. I work almost entirely with agencies. And it works. It's true.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

And while a lot of marketers think that’s what they’re doing when they crank out… Read more… Doug Kessler | May 27th, 2009 | no comments The changing look of listing / portfolio sites Websites that present a portfolio or list of creative work are always a design challenge.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Primary Vendors Most social networks offer integration features such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Myspace, and Twitter, see my complete matrix list (I worked with these vendors to create this list). Single Sign On systems don’t go away they simple aggregate this new level of data.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’m working on a Fan Page that will be launching next month). This is one of the plug-ins that doesn’t sync well with Disqus, so it’s not working as well as it used to, pre-Disqus. It works like bit.ly, but incorporates all URL shorteners into the data mix.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

70% of bloggers are organically talking about brands on their blog, and 38% of them post brand or product reviews. According to MarketingSherpa research, marketers working in social media report an average 27% conversion rate for organic search traffic, while those not using social media reported a 17% rate. Find out in this report.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How Content Travels and Works in Social: Stories and People - Social Marketing Forum , November 28, 2010 Content is a key element in all forms of marketing: without good and relevant content there are no emails, there is no sharing and your site or blog doesn’t rank in search engines. This is up from 16% in 2008. They have less.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I’m working on a Fan Page that will be launching next month). This is one of the plug-ins that doesn’t sync well with Disqus, so it’s not working as well as it used to, pre-Disqus. It works like bit.ly, but incorporates all URL shorteners into the data mix.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. How are employees using the Internet at work? How are marketers planning to allocate budgets this year? Report: 6.8%

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Brian Solis Home Articles Business – Marketing PR 2.0 – New Communications Social Media Speaking Books Appearances About The State of the Blogosphere 2010 December 13, 2010 View Comments The question we ask ourselves when examining the state of the blogosphere is whether or not the cup is half full or half empty?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. Having a single platform (the combined ExactTarget/CoTweet) will enable those groups to work together, creating operational efficiencies. However, one point of caution: It's not only the tools that make social marketing work.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This research raises two interesting questions: - Forrester published research earlier this year that said Facebook users (rather than Twitter users) were the source of much of the New Influencer population. I see Twitter for branding working in only the rarest of examples. Which do you believe?

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