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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We don’t need sCRM for social media anymore than we needed pCRM for phones, or eCRM for e-mail. Andy Holeman Piece serves as a great reminder of what we as marketers should be doing. Thanks for the insightful blog post. link] Top 5 Inbound Marketing Articles to Start the Week: Social Media Fear » Boston Social Media [.]

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MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. However, even within the business (non cat) blogging arena, there are a wide variety of potential measures to gauge your momentum. Is anyone out there? What’s the Point?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Then this is the blog post for you. I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. I’ve forwarded your blog to him. Cheers! -= Park Howell´s last blog. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree. Isn't social media about 2-way communication? That's what I mean when I say uni-directional social media.

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JULY 15, 2010

Something along the line of “we tried a blog but it wasn’t a success” or “we have a Facebook page, but it isn’t doing anything for our business.” The blog was a failure because posts were not written on a regular basis. I often get an objection when the social elements of the program are introduced. Who’s Doing What?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

First, marketers of all stripes seem to have accepted (for now) that social media in large measure = Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs. This is a bit disheartening and dangerous, as social media is and can be a lot more than just your company’s presence on these sites. Esteban Kolsky´s last blog.

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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 ). link] Tin Hang Liu RT @jaybaer Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog [link] #SMM [link] Adam Sherk Looks like the polling is fairly split right now, which I guess shows that you've got three good variations.

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MARCH 10, 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 Social Conversation a Myth? I must say, that has to be the BEST business card idea I've ever seen. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. This blog is great as encouragement and validation for my own endeavors in social media marketing. This blog is great as encouragement and validation for my own endeavors in social media marketing.

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. There are blogs, forums, quizzes, polls, and sisterhoods (micro communities based on women’s life stages like “caregiver&# or “widow wise&# ).

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MARCH 25, 2010

A write up on a blog. Thus, they have a built in “Events&# tool where you can plug in anything out of the ordinary, and that occurrence will show up in your integrated Swix reporting. A new product launch. Trade show. New YouTube video that goes viral.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing.

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JUNE 24, 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: Why D.I.S. link] Kenneth Westling 3 things social marketers can learn from ShamWow [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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JULY 6, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility (..)

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JUNE 3, 2010

Possibly a future blog post in that concept. link] jaybaer First time pettifoggery used on this blog. So, really Jay, it kinda does fit into your blog. Great analogy. Seems like the more time we spend thinking about what's right, the less likely we are to do what's right. Look it up. I screwed up.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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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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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. There’s certainly a methodology for attracting blog readership.

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JULY 28, 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? Great list, looks a lot like the discovery we do prior to content planning.

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JUNE 7, 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: The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life It’s Time for Real-Time Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? Im Jay Baer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Instead, I choose to keep my credibility intact and provide the professional help my clients need to supplement their do-it-yourself (DiY) industrial and B2B website capabilities and online marketing efforts. For DiYMers: Read my earlier post Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress Blog.

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MAY 26, 2010

Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic. Social media among IT and business buyers of technology rose 50% over last year and finally pushed to majority status; 55% said they use social media as part of the technology buying process in 2009 versus just 37% in 2008.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Your blog works exactly the same way. There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2.

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APRIL 6, 2010

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. Test and track content success on Facebook using bit.ly (or number of likes and comments), and add the most effective content pieces to the next rung on the ladder (blog).

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is not a new problem; business marketers have been debating the pros and cons of publishing prices on their websites for several years now. I found a series of blog posts on pricing on your website at Dave Jung’s B2B Blog , some of those articles date back to 2006. Why do we need prices on B2B websites?

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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. Curious how you measure the success of these targeting efforts?

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

Results achieved: The company has seen a 26% increase in engine and automotive shipping customers since the campaign began in 2009 FreightCenter.com exceeded its original goal of a 50/50 split in only 18 months.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

I will continue to have the same clients, and perform the same social media strategic planning and coaching services that I do today. The blog will remain the same. link] Karen As a fellow Hoosier and faithful reader of your blog, welcome. Many people have asked us “Why Bloomington? You're going to do great!

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APRIL 30, 2010

Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs. If a video you used in a blog post relates, pull it through to the landing page for that content.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? For example, “content creation.”

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MAY 11, 2010

Not in a “here’s our FAQ&# way, but in a vigorous, social media way. I recommend answering each question with a dedicated blog post, and a video – at a minimum. Your blog, naturally. Talk it up on Facebook and the blog. Answer Man Once you’ve identified your top six questions, answer them.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

I’m not talking about a cosmetic facelift but turning it into a marketing powerhouse as you position your company for the recovery. Optimize, optimize, optimize : That’s the golden rule of online marketing as is location, location, location in real estate. Here are six essential rules that you should follow: 1.

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JULY 14, 2010

Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog. The final piece of the content curation puzzle was an article by Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing blog. David Brazeal´s last blog.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Lesson #3: Features are the benefits Your online marketing content may consist of images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, white papers and pre-recorded webinars. It is always a good idea to serve up your marketing content in different formats but your text is the key component.

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