Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

While this is important for a blog like mine, it’s flat-out critical for e-commerce companies, and others that are blogging for business. But the reality is, your blog is probably a lot more broad than you think. I need to do some serious analysis to see how those 3,126 terms fit together, and dramatically expand my keyword usage.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated. Companies must also uphold privacy laws. You'll see a line that resembles this: © 2008-09. | I've just changed mine to © 2008-10. The Lawyers R Coming.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

Could I get you to reply to the people who like you and your company on Facebook if we can demonstrate that it strengthens your brand recognition? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I feel like the other guy in the story- will you try social media if I give you some great case studies?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Unify Your Team The first step is for companies to devise a coordinated strategy that uses email and social communication synergistically. If you update your company's Facebook page about latest happenings, or create a YouTube video, or write a blog post, the conversation comes AFTER the content is sent out, not before.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

arikhanson [link] Mike Cassidy RT @jaybaer: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends [link] honored to be in such great company! Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Thomas for five days. Wonderful community-building strategy! link] Ankit Bathija Waiting for the awesome posts lined up.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

When I discuss this concept with companies, however, too often I hear something in the realm of “we don’t know what to provide our customers that would be helpful.&# Try to return something to your own company. 5 excellent points that a company can (should!) 5 excellent points that a company can (should!)

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wonder how Stratten feels about companies servicing customers differently , based on their online influence? I’ve even left the stat breakdown public so you can see all the views are organic, not off-shored to get views (like some video companies have done). A tall order, to be certain.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Not sure who came up with it originally) Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company. But, the service goes a long way toward tying email and social media together in a coherent, actionable fashion, and is affordable for almost every company. But, the current system is just the beginning.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

The Best of Twitter 20 From the forward: I’m sitting in a ballroom in Indianapolis in September, 2008 watching Joseph Jaffe give a masterful presentation on social media transforming corporations, when I come upon the idea to interview him on Twitter. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Are there specific markers that indicate readiness within companies? How should companies evaluate success? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. All of this is happening to companies (maybe yours) every minute of every day. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] Clinton Bonner Another #SXSW Accelerator company, this time covered by @jaybaer [link] –> @NutshellMail [link] 451 Heat New Email Service NutshellMail Simplifies Social Media [link] Would you use this service? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. This, I'll try.

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Convince & Convert

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 ). Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. But I need your help with the biggest change – the header. I’d like a stronger visual identity overall.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. All rights reserved.

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Online Marketing Institute

APRIL 4, 2011

I am doing PPC for a franchised company with several locations. B2B marketers have consistently recommended blogging as a communication vehicle and brand awareness tool for the company, but developing a strategy that accomplishes both of these goals isnt always easy. Company intranets and message boards. Team meetings.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. That seems short-sighted and workable only for very small companies with a minimum of online chatter about them.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. This was an item requested by approximately 125% of Swix’ customers, and the company was finally able to pull it off. These are exciting times at Bulb HQ!

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

link] Shane Jacob Like this post from @jaybaer nice advice on addin online marketing to an agency's services [link] [link] Shane Jacob Like this post from @jaybaer nice advice on addin online marketing to an agency's services [link] [link] Patrick Reyes The digital eco system can be applied to large companies too!

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. million followers on Twitter?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

Companies didn’t seem to understand where she was, who she was, or what she wanted. Big companies are starting to follow JaneNation on Twitter , and engage with the community across the social Web. Company launches a media content destination for women. From a business standpoint, it’s brilliant. With JaneNation, St.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

Again with the blogging, make sure your blogger or bloggers want to do it, if they are forced into it, you won’t get your posts on time. Amazing to see how many companies use Facebook as a one way communication when its real strength is to create a dialogue (engagement). You don’t need to know the what, just the who and when.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

As the world continues to watch the devastation caused by the BP oil spill, it shines the light much brighter on the impact that major companies have on society while increasing consumer concerns about business practices. If a company is “doing good,” don’t be shy about talking about it. Don’t be Shy.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

As befits the CEO of a company built on a wide-open corporate culture, Hsieh is remarkably candid about his successes, failures, and fortunes throughout, and this first section is the strongest in the book. Each harrowing near death of Zappos makes you cheer that much louder inside when the company eventually succeeds on a grand scale.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

A collaboration between RESMARK Systems (a provider of hospitality software), Western River Expeditions (an adventure tour company), Compendium (provider of corporate content creation software), and ExactTarget (provider of enterprise messaging software) shows how this can be done day-to-day. That’s it. It makes sharing simple.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

On the ROI front, Swix CEO Scott Lake ( @scottica ) told me that the company puts as much emphasis on tracking the “I&# as they do the “R&#. Mr. Lake believe that access will be granted however, allowing his company to deliver a whole suite of new Facebook data points into the Swix system. New YouTube video that goes viral.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

I think first-time bloggers get enamored with the concept of “design.&# This is really really helpful, especially for an aspiring blogger like me. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. They may not realize that personality and function come first. 5 ways to fix it.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Match Your Social Media Tactics to Your Social Media Goal The problem we’re faced with today is that very few companies seem to be thinking about their efforts in this way.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. &# Yes, social media applies to B2B.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? JB : In addition to influencer outreach, how can companies engage in influence mining for customer service? Should companies treat customers differently? TA : Each of our companies is a “smart agent&# in some way.

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