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AUGUST 2, 2010

Despite Facebook’s apparent addiction to public relations missteps and half-baked schemes, they still keep chugging along, taking over the world one “like&# button at a time. If it’s not now, it will be soon (see my post tomorrow for more on that). All rights reserved.

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JULY 20, 2010

It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging. Now, the rules are changing, and noteworthy, quality content is the future of online marketing success.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

link] Mark Tamis Not at all Jay – I fully support the use of CRM platforms & datamining and analysis. link] Mike Boysen I didn’t see any real deep behavior analysis discussed here. How about something a bit deeper like the old school relationship marketers know how to do? What behaviors are we talking about?

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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. link] Opinion@Large Great topic/analysis. link] Opinion@Large Great topic/analysis.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Features being considered for inclusion in new releases include CRM integration; deep analysis of customers’ social graph and content they’ve produced (keyword analysis of your Tweets, for example); and even semi-automated social media response mechanisms. All rights reserved.

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MARCH 25, 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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MARCH 3, 2010

An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

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APRIL 20, 2010

I need to do some serious analysis to see how those 3,126 terms fit together, and dramatically expand my keyword usage. The Next Step in the Long Tail I typically focus on 10-20 search terms when creating content for this blog, but yet 3,126 search terms were used to get here. All rights reserved.

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APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. population.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank's internet marketing blog on the intersection of social media, digital public relations and search engine marketing. We have been writing on our blog, and have done small things but we haven't done a real thorough analysis of the blog as far as SEO is concerned.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-. Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-. Jay Baer offers an interesting analysis at Convince and Convert. – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] _socialtivity (Socialtivity.ne Great stuff. I enjoy your blog. Chris @ckochster.-=

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs. Thus, public relations and even customer service folks are probably best able to make it work, with tactical and vehicle assistance from the Web folks. Thanks much for the comment.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Competitive analysis: How does your brand stack up to the competition? • Note that although various tools might measure this data, it’s inclusion is dependent on the data being available on each mention so in most cases only a subset of the total mentions are counted in this type of analysis. First – What are the objectives?

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Marketing is becoming more and more like niche public relations, and marketers are looking to not only appeal to the end consumer who will buy their product, but the consumer who will buy their product and tell everybody about it. McCann , Viral Heat Did you enjoy this blog post? All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Last week, I was on a content marketing discussion panel (moderated by Jeff Rohrs ) at the ExactTarget Connections conference. I was joined by Joe Pulizzi from Junta42 , Ann Handley from MarketingProfs , and Brad Kleinman from Online Marketing Connect. I love the analysis. The numbers and lists thing works. Thanks, Jay!

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AUGUST 26, 2010

If you’re an agency that’s providing social media listening or analysis services for clients, this is even more critical of a distinction. The disheartening truth is that there is very little “standardized&# reporting available if you’re going to do social listening and analysis at the highest level.

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JULY 22, 2010

I was very interested to read your analysis as it chimes with how we've organised our approach online. I was very interested to read your analysis as it chimes with how we've organised our approach online. I was very interested to read your analysis as it chimes with how we've organised our approach online.

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APRIL 7, 2010

link] Niek Vugteveen Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril – An Analysis of Potential [link] #mobile #socialcrm [link] dM Coles Johnson Ignoring #FourSquare means ignoring who's been at your store, what they said, etc. link] (from @jaybaer) dannyflamberg FourSquare might have big potential but it has two immediate problems.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Invest in a custom design In my own blogging from 2005 – 2009 I was using/tweaking various free themes, which did the job. Sample image from 2009 blogger quotes project 7. And I don’t think I’d be nearly as effective in my recommendations if I wasn’t also an active participant of the social web.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

link] [link] John S Great in-depth analysis! What a genius marketing team they've got over there. Now with the way social media is being integrated within traditional marketing and customer services, you can do something with all this know how about the customer. link] loved the example and the analysis.

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MAY 20, 2010

great discourse on social media analysis [link] [link] Irene Becker Social Media Success Metrics and Premature Calculation [link] [link] Parissa Behnia RT @jaybaer: Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? link] re social media. Thanks Suzanne for tweeting it [link] Frank Woodman Jr Are You Suffering from Premature Calculation?

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APRIL 8, 2010

link] Zack Nice analysis! link] Zack Nice analysis! I've been thinking about making it my conference travel/presentation device. Especially like the part about the Macbook being a glorified keyboard. Funny, but I'm sure designers would disagree. Especially like the part about the Macbook being a glorified keyboard.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

world-wide shows that just 25% of respondents said their friends and peers are credible sources of information about companies – a decline of 20% since a similar analysis in 2008. A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.) August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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MARCH 16, 2010

According to these numbers, the audience using Twitter actually declined from August to December, 2009 (during the same period, Facebook went from 250 million to 350 million members). Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Jason Weaver CEO, Shoutlet shoutlet.com HRmarketer.com EXCELLENT article and analysis. So I tend to agree that social media in B2B is more about "branding" and thought leadership - important stuff but reallllly hard to measure and even more difficult to determine how much of your marketing budget (and whose time) to allocate to social media.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Sure, the speed and always-on nature of the real-time Web makes it a d… [link] [link] Innovate AZ Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy? 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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MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it. Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow! Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow! Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow!

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The trick with websites is the never-ending need to feed the monster, through search optimization, public relations, banner ads, skywriting, or whatever other means you’ve devised to let people know that your site is out there and worthy of attention. Good humor mixed in with a solid analysis, Jay. Haha, just kidding.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The trick with websites is the never-ending need to feed the monster, through search optimization, public relations, banner ads, skywriting, or whatever other means you’ve devised to let people know that your site is out there and worthy of attention. Good humor mixed in with a solid analysis, Jay. Haha, just kidding.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Excellent for down-and-dirty competitive analysis. I implement bit.ly URLs whenever possible, and make liberal use of their “+&# feature. Add “+&# at the end of any bit.ly URL to see how many times it’s been clicked on, and by whom. Try it yourself. All rights reserved.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Excellent for down-and-dirty competitive analysis. I implement bit.ly URLs whenever possible, and make liberal use of their “+&# feature. Add “+&# at the end of any bit.ly URL to see how many times it’s been clicked on, and by whom. Try it yourself. All rights reserved.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Nothing really more to add : ) markwilliamschaefer Superb summary and perspective, Jay. | Social Media Staffing and Operations | Social [link] #ReStream.me [link] Steve Eaton a complex idea made ridiculously simple: 5 primary ways to use social media [link] (visual) [link] Dana Webster Love his analysis of SM. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Relevant experience always matters, as does specific industry knowledge, followed by creativity, a sense of a “safe choice” based on an agency’s reputation within the PR industry and, of course, actual public relations skill. without fully understanding how an agency can assist beyond traditional media relations?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

That’s what attracted me to online marketing initially, and why I made the jump to that career in the mid-90s. The tracking online (including social media) far outpaces what I had at my disposal when I was doing traditional marketing. I like math and analysis and reality. Hence, the ROI of social media.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In 2009 and 2010, we saw microblogs and tumblelogs such as Posterous and Tumblr gain in prominence and universality. So, in order to remain visible, some bloggers are writing shorter posts as a bet against presence in favor for substance.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

" via @jaybaer – [link] [link] Matt J McDonald "Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive." 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 28, 2010

Instead, we're developing an editorial calendar with a number of columns devoted to content analysis, both the why and how it did elements. We feel that this will have more adoption in our department, particularly as we plan on how we'll 're-task' content across various online (and some offline) channels.

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