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AUGUST 24, 2010

For every vote you cast for the keynote at South by Southwest featuring me and Amber Naslund , we’ll donate $1 of our book advance to Make-A-Wish Foundation ®. We’ll have Facebook page and other promotional stuff about the book online soon – including pre-ordering capabilities. “ Your Content Stinks!

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MARCH 4, 2010

This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. What’s the Point?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If someone signs up for your email updates when you send one out, that person will receive it in almost every case. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? LinkedIn – only if I have made a personal connection. Email is all about actual audience. Will that open it?

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JULY 5, 2010

I’m on vacation in the great white north for a couple weeks, trying to spend a little time with the family and get The Now Revolution (my new book with Amber Naslund ) finished up. fb [link] SEO India Interesting Post blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer. How can I help you?

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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarching theme of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book Delivering Happiness, a Path to Passion, Profits, and Purpose. The book is presented in three sections. He writes in a breezy, accessible, invigorating style that makes Delivering Happiness the rare business book that is also a genuine page turner.

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JULY 21, 2010

Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated. Having a social media policy is considered an enforcement action by the FTC, which can be important if you are sued for misleading or unsubstantiated claims on a blog or by a blogger.

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APRIL 20, 2010

link] Eric_Hoffman I'm game, even if my game is a bit weak…in the month of March, for my personal blog, I saw a whopping 29 different search terms used to get to my content and for the work blog that I help to maintain we saw 190 different search terms used to get to that content.

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JUNE 15, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank’s internet marketing blog on the intersection of digital PR, social and search engine marketing. Pitching bloggers and print journalists are somewhat similar, but in the end, they can be very different things. Don’t send blanket solicitations to bloggers in the same general industry.

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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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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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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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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. Had it connected me with many people I'll never meet in person? Gary Vaynerchuk has a FPT of 39.26.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Sometime around next February (in time for SXSW), you’ll be able to hold in your hands, ponder on your Kindle, show off on your iPad, and maybe even listen on your headphones to a new book from me and my pal Amber Naslund. Plus, it’s like the personal trainer scenario. Huge thanks to Scott Stratten for the connection.

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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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APRIL 13, 2010

Tell me in the comments who influenced you and why, and you could win a copy of the uber-classic book “ How to Win Friends and Influence People. 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. 10 books are up for grabs.

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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. How can I help you?

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JUNE 24, 2010

link] sadie harris 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] [link] sadie harris 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] [link] Social Tech Book RT @jaybaer: 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] [link] nateriggs Hey – I knew both of those guys! I'd buy a book from him.

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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. Im Jay Baer.

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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. How can I help you?

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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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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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AUGUST 11, 2010

This is a major consideration for us, given how much I travel (and how much I’ll likely travel in the next couple years after The Now Revolution – my forthcoming book with Amber Naslund – is published in February). Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine!

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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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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. Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here.

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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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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. 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. How to use customer-generated content to increase sales. Im Jay Baer. How can I help you?

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JUNE 2, 2010

Instead of relying on Amazon or Netflix’s algorithm to tell you what book or movie you might enjoy, you can rely on the opinions of your friends. But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly. Social curation at work.

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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. Thanks for sharing this Jay.

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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 14, 2011

Will send you a ping.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Experts MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS Rackspace Hosting Intridea About Us Submit a Tip! For a niche community, that’s a feat.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

When we talk monitoring not just for PR/Marketing but product or service development and industry related news as well. link] By Jay Baer, Convince and Convert #fb [link] Sarah Caminker PR RT @mollycgaines: Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? link] [link] Van Santen Netwerk Social media strategie: pro-actie of re-actief?

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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels. .-= Maria Reyes-McDavis´s last blog. Twitter Lists Frenzy =-. 2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels.

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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

.&# Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. Im Jay Baer.

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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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