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JUNE 29, 2010

In his piercing new book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age Shirky asserts that the technological revolution has enabled us to work together to conquer challenges big and small, if we’d just watch less TV and commit to participating in something other than our own mental decay. Bravo, Clay.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

May 19, 2008. Comment by Hjörtur Smárason on May 19, 2008 @ 7:13 am. Comment by lou suSi on May 19, 2008 @ 7:15 am. Comment by Julius on May 19, 2008 @ 7:16 am. I made a choice of Linkedin over Facebook preferring it for its business perspective and it is paying off in terms of job contacts. chrisbrogan.com.

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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 ®. “ The Black Art of Optimizing Facebook Wall Posts &# can be voted for here. With the book coming out, I have too much on the line for that.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The same dynamic is present on Facebook. What percentage of your status updates are seen by each of your Facebook fans? In fact, BrandGlue estimates that as few as 1% of the status updates brands send on Facebook are seen by the fans of those brands. Very, very few. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering.

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MAY 12, 2010

One of our favorites is Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (another great book is I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew- you think YOU have problems? Dr. Seuss has a brilliant knack for illustrating life’s great lessons in his books, so I get as much from the books as my son does. I can recite that book by heart.

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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. I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

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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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AUGUST 16, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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MAY 4, 2010

Check out Phil’s blog too ) Your new book The Next Wave of Technologies deals with how organizations can adopt and adapt to new processes and advances. Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. This was essentially the subject of my first book.

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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. Her design very much adds to the invigorating nature of this book.

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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. Scott’s book “ UnMarketing &# is out this Fall. It will be a must-read) We Want You! I know it.

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JULY 21, 2010

Have you read the Terms link provided by Facebook, Twitter or YouTube? Did your content creator (photographer, writer, designer) give you permission to post their work on Facebook or YouTube and hand over their control to Mark Zuckerberg? You'll see a line that resembles this: © 2008-09. |

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MARCH 4, 2010

In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. Also, I think another viable category for blogging for reputation, or to establish a voice of authority.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Then you dash to Facebook to see what’s going on there. Handy Facebook Reminders It’s pretty tough to find a credible excuse for missing people’s birthdays on Facebook. NutshellMail saves you from being labeled an ingrate by reminding you of all the birthdays of your Facebook friends this week.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Either way, it would make me double-check how I have the privacy settings set for photos on my Facebook page. The last thing I need is a dressing room photo of me modeling Diesel brand fat pants hitting the public News Feed on Facebook. But the default view will be the opinions of your Facebook friends.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

I majored in Marketing at Bentley University, but was jobless and discouraged post-graduation due to the 2008 market crash. In 2008, I was hosting a talk radio show about cigars and scotch, and the cigar industry is, obviously, really slow and old school at adopting new technology. So-and-so''s Top Ten Reads of 2008."

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JULY 20, 2010

I've been asking co-workers for suggestions on books/articles about content strategy. Lots of great resources out there – books, blogs and more. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Why D.I.S. Perfect timing!

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds.

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JULY 27, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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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. link] awnpromo Once again, a very compelling arguement for using Facebook!

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Facebook is for people you used to know. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Linkedin is for people you know. Twitter is for people you want to know. (I

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MARCH 25, 2010

Future Plans for Facebook For now, Facebook doesn’t allow outside access to Facebook fan page metrics, so that’s the one large hole in the Swix data set. 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.

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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. See my review of the iPad review here) This content would also make a fantastic Facebook application. 10 books are up for grabs. I’ll randomly select 10 winners.

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JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

The good news is that with the typical exception of Facebook, most of these changes are positive, well-communicated, and understandable. Now, you can track number of “likes&# and daily interactions on your Facebook page, in the same place you can track RSS feeds, Twitter followers, and all the other awesome data points Swix provides.

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JUNE 17, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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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. link] Ian Greenleigh Great post, Kevin. Have you tried out Flowtown? link] Henry Great post.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Too often, the humanization part gets overlooked in an effort to create a “user-generated video contest widget that we’ll launch on Facebook with support from Ustream.&# There’s been a bit of news about it recently.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The background pattern in #2 reminds me of the album cover from Tommy by the Who – overall, a decent effort but it will always play second fiddle to Quadraphenia in my book. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Arthur Cundy They are all kind of similar. I voted for option 2.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Virality, Quick and Easy Once the stories are approved and posted on the blog, RESMARK automatically triggers another email, notifying the author and asking them to share the story on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. And once the system was set up and the business rules determined, the company spends almost no time managing the program.

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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 Timberwolves on Facebook page has no mention of a manifesto, not even a link on the Info tab.

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JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Haven’t you?

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APRIL 6, 2010

and search for them on Google, Bing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and SocialMention. Your scenario may of course vary, but for illustration purposes let’s assume you have a Twitter account, Facebook fan page, blog, and email newsletter. Take your top keywords (including your company name, product name, etc.)

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APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It

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