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UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

To best develop thriving, mutually beneficial relationships with your customers, think of your social communication and email communication programs as two rungs on a content ladder. The Content You Want, via the Channel You Choose The future of integrated communications is in consumer choice and personalized preference centers. (For

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would also put another group — one more focused on helping marketing align with, support, and enable sales: firms like BrightMarket, einsof, Longwood Software, and Salesforce.com with their Saleforce Content offering, to name a few. 9) Collaboration — capabilities like wikis, sales-contributed content, voting and tagging.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy 6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace Driving Sales with Relevancy and Utility [link] Innovate AZ 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. It all comes down to content (and creatives). link] Chris Baldwin Jay, Have you not been sleeping lately?

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

Convince & Convert

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. It’s in our DNA.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

80% of consumers content about products and services created by just 16% of the population – [link] [link] Laurence Bret Who are your influencers? Multiple purchases doesn't always indicate that customer is a “talker&# that creates content or spread the word about your product. Especially the competitive aspect.

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Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master

Convince & Convert

link] #sm [link] Richard Becker Best Fresh Content Pick: Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master [link] by @membershipjedi [link] Martin Seibert I definitely like your approach and I fully agree, that strategy comes first and social media and tracking follow. It's the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master!