Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

The first step in that process of course is knowing why it is that you’re blogging. This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. For more on advanced blogging, please see my post and slide presentation: 11 Must-Dos for the Serious Blogger.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. That’s simply not true. That’s simply not true.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

And of course, I’d never share your email address (frankly, I don’t even know where to find it without help from my assistant, Jess ) Thanks as always for your tremendous support of me and my work here at Convince & Convert , and elsewhere.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. People that make and share coming together to tackle larger initiatives I’d say we’re somewhere between steps two and three, and Cognitive Surplus provides many examples of success at each stage of the process. Who we are. Who we want to be.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

white paper from @jaybaer and @chrisbaggott [link] #blog #smm [link] arikhanson Bloggers: Does your blog have a long tail? new white paper from me and @chrisbaggott) – [link] /via @jaybaer [link] jeffespo RT @arikhanson: Bloggers: Does your blog have a long tail?

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markempa

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Google’s new Buzz technology recognizes this convergence, by treating email connections between us as the core atomic unit of the social Web, rather than newer, more ephemeral connections made on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere. (For You are becoming one of my favourite bloggers!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

After two-and-a-half years, iPhone app developers are getting fed up with Apple’s lengthy and often inconsistent approval process. The approval process for apps is a black hole,” says Tom Conlon of Popular Science. The app store approval process complaints are greatly exaggerated. Also, $0.30

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markempa

MARCH 27, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

It’s one of the reasons I don’t like the whole voting process of SxSW. I hate the voting process. We just felt like adding a charitable element to the SXSW voting process made the whole thing a little bit less desperate and cheesy. And I would very much like SXSW to change this process. link] jaybaer I agree.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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Convince & Convert

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. 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. Absolutely.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 18 Social Media Quotes Teach and then Reap A Social Media Scoreboard That Works Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne Blog) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) Tagged as: email marketing , email (..)

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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 ). But I need your help with the biggest change – the header. And while I have my photo on the right side of every page (I like the photo – by my friend Tyson Crosbie – do you?),

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. “I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&#

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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. Having a social media policy is considered an enforcement action by the FTC, which can be important if you are sued for misleading or unsubstantiated claims on a blog or by a blogger.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. This internal buzz stimulates action. LinkedIn profiles are updated.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

I anticipated that interviews on Twitter would boil the process down to its purest essence, eschewing the ramblings and trappings of the customary approach, and it’s proven to be true. In re-reading each of these interviews multiple times to create this compilation, the information and insights conveyed in a short format are exceptional.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Joe Pulizzi: Content marketing seems to be the buzz word for 2009. In advance of publishing The eBook eBook: How to Turn Your Expertise Into Magnetic Marketing Material , I spent a lot of time online, following bloggers, Tweeters and thought- leaders interested in content marketing. was an important part of this process.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As more marketers get on the bandwagon, the consumer is going to be pelted with “messaging&# from these marketers and it’s only a matter of time when the consumer’s tolerance for this messaging reaches a point of saturation.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another noteworthy post from this publication is Facebook is a Personal CRM for Baby Boomers , in which Daniel Flamberg reports on an Accenture study showing that in early 2009, “boomers posted a 59 percent increase in use of social networks; a rate of adoption 30 times faster than any other age group.&# practices, blogs and more.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

If you have all of your passwords and such handy, the process should take about 5 minutes. Easy, One Time Set-up To build your Swix success metrics (which they call “pods&# ), you just log-in to your various social outposts or hubs, and agree to a data exchange.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Just a heads up we're currently working on making this entire process re: notifcations and Wufoo integration easier from a usability standpoint at it's currently too tucked away. Love the disclosure. But you forgot to mention the credit covers! As always, appreciate the love!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

How can you take friction out of that process by just-in-time tweeting, participating in Yahoo! You’re not “selling&# you’re “helping&# – and that’s the most powerful type of selling there is. On a near-continuous basis, consumers are asking for help making purchasing decisions.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. It’s a journey that’s similar to my own when I merged my digital agency (Mighty Interactive) to Off Madison Ave in 2005.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

(disclaimer: I do some consulting for SJP, but was not involved in JaneNation) More from Convince and Convert Teach and then Reap Wow Online Influencers With An In-Person Experience Social Media Excellence and a Side of Fries Convince and Convert Recommends Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) How to Introduce Social Media to (..)

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. Within digital marketing, analyzing the allocations from 2009 to 2010, IDC found that 2010 spending on digital marketing programs is not changing dramatically year over year. Content is King?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

I love your quotes and they are spot on!

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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. You don’t need to know the what, just the who and when. If you have a Twitter account, set up a CoTweet account to help manage interactions, and define who is responsible for interaction.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well. I think first-time bloggers get enamored with the concept of “design.&# 5 ways to fix it. 5 ways to fix it.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

However, solving this problem will be difficult for most teams, as sales remains inwardly focused on the traditional funnel based selling process, rather than having a keen understanding of how customers make decisions and actually buy - the buying lifecycle.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Terrific job at crystallizing the thought process that needs to occur instead of just signing up for FB and Twitter and “going for it.&# Terrific job at crystallizing the thought process that needs to occur instead of just signing up for FB and Twitter and “going for it.&# Thanks for the thoughts and processes.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

(Tweet this review and you’re automatically entered to win a free copy of Delivering Happiness, courtesy of the author, and me) More from Convince and Convert 4 Rules for Email Design in a Cynical World Why Twitter Is the Anchor of the Social Media Team Blogs and the new transparency of communication Convince and Convert Recommends Alexandra (..)

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