Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Around this time last year I wrote about some Predictions for 2009 and while I would say 8 out of 10 have already materialized and the other 2 are on their way, it has become clear that this year was the year we past the point of no return on Social Media. Social is a process that has the power to transform your entire organization.

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Convince & Convert

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?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Around this time last year I wrote about some Predictions for 2009 and while I would say 8 out of 10 have already materialized and the other 2 are on their way, it has become clear that this year was the year we past the point of no return on Social Media. Social is a process that has the power to transform your entire organization.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Social Outposts Without the Mystery I’m often asked by corporate clients where they should engage in social media. Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds.

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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

MAY 11, 2010

Put it on YouTube of course. At the end of the day, however, a great product and great customer service is still what will keep your clients coming back despite the notion by some social media gurus (certainly not Mr. Baer) that positive word of mouth (or “buzz&# ) was created by social media. Post it to your Facebook page.

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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! and/or Linkedin Answers, or create a series of helpful YouTube videos ( like Coldwell Banker ). On a near-continuous basis, consumers are asking for help making purchasing decisions.

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Convince & Convert

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? Read the fine print. This is particularly important when managing branded client materials.

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Convince & Convert

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. So, I peeked at YouTube. 213 videos on YouTube , the most recent just five days ago.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Doug Braun The More Things Change, The More Things Change (Jay Baer updates us on Swix, Flowtown, BulbStorm): [link] [link] ckdarby All I could keep thinking was the person on the youtube video sounded like an ultra nerd, sorry =(. Love the disclosure.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I mentioned this in a recent post, Marketing Automation Trends for 2010 - LeadSloth , January 12, 2010 2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Thanks to YouTube, and inexpensive, easy-to-use camera options like webcams, Flip Video cameras and iPhones, online video is now well within the grasp of just about anyone.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, and yet video content continues to be under-leveraged. Because once everyone is on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, we'll have to start talking about storytelling, because the tools conversation won't have any facets left. Just like websites. link] jaybaer It will.

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Hubspot

MAY 29, 2015

Unfortunately, he quickly found that generating buzz for blenders wasn't all that easy. Today, the YouTube series boasts an impressive 799,332 subscribers and 259,503,120 views. However, somewhere between 2009-2010 the genre began to lose steam. The Will it Blend? How did this happen?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. Podcasts vs. YouTube. The pattern holds for YouTube and Linkedin, too. First, marketers of all stripes seem to have accepted (for now) that social media in large measure = Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Some hubs may also offer call screening as part of their process, where someone calls and verifies that there is a real company, a real person, and a real need. Members also get access to exclusive video content, a members-only weekly & monthly newsletter, plus more. Check out all the benefits ! ONE COMMENT ON B2B Hubs Or PPC?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

and search for them on Google, Bing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and SocialMention. It’s these types of processes that can help them “spread the word&# about who they are and what they do. Seek Content Inspiration Creating successful social media content isn’t just status updates. Content from your competitors?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

But if you want the healing process to accelerate, if you really give a damn about how you’re perceived in America, it all starts with just two little words: “I’m Sorry.&# This admission begins the healing process and also gives the story no where to go. We’ll forgive Roger Clemens. Same thing with Marion Jones.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

In the last MarketingSherpa Search Marketing Benchmark Guide (2009), data indicated that the average CPC for B2B lead generation efforts was $3.33, vs. $0.78 If your process does not include associating a keyword with each lead put into your system, then you are essentially flying blind. for B2C retailers and $1.93

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

The challenges and chances of facebook, twitter, YouTube et. The challenges and chances of facebook, twitter, YouTube et. The challenges and chances of facebook, twitter, YouTube et. The challenges and chances of facebook, twitter, YouTube et. al definitely should influence strategy though.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B, Buzz & Brand ROI: Creating Customers That Create (MORE!) B2B Voices ( Trade Youtube Twitter Leads Sales ). Reputation to Revenue ( Youtube Broadcast Course Organic Differentiation Media Promotion White Paper Trust ). The hard questions about social media for B2B solutions providers , June 11, 2009. June 8, 2010.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But I get a lot of questions about why I like particular tools better than others and how I decide to use which, so here’s a summary of my thought process that I hope will help you make a similar decision for your client or your organization. First – What are the objectives? What questions are you trying to answer? Great resource.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

But yet Geek Squad has a YouTube channel that includes hundreds of videos showing people how to do it themselves. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and a Blog all dedicated to creating places for the public to tell them problem areas in the city, ask questions about traffic safety and promote a safer community.

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Welcome to the first best-of-2009 (so far) compilation. In the posts and articles below, discover how to map your social media communities, how to monitor your company's social media buzz on a budget, a dozen common social media mistakes to avoid, the essential elements of a social media strategy and more.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 2010

A recent study by Econsultancy called “ The Value of Social Media &# shows that companies are overwhelmingly using the “Big 4″ of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Linkedin for their social media efforts. March 9th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Are you treating social media like a checklist?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

ThinkGeek has a robust involvement in social media, with over 68,000 followers on Twitter , 50,000 fans on Facebook and over 11,000 subscribers to their channel on YouTube , which features company-posted videos demonstrating items like their proximity-meter t-shirts and fake-blood-filled, realistically gummy heart for Valentine’s Day.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? At its current rate, Twitter will process almost 10 billion tweets in 2010. Among the global Forture 100 companies, 65% use Twitter, 54% are on Facebook and half post videos to YouTube.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

So click here to find out whether they changed my mind… Read more… Stan Woods | June 16th, 2009 | one comment The Content Marketing Workbook It’s here. Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments Choose your patients carefully The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 2010

Whether it be discovered as a blog post via Google search, a video via YouTube or through an archive of indexed Tweets — we want the content we are looking for, when we are looking for it. We want our marketing content to be: Discoverable – Marketing content is consumed on our time and with our permission.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 8, 2010

A single tweet, YouTube video, or blog post can be the spark that sets off a firestorm of controversy. Opportunities Via Context Musician Dave Carroll has been widely lauded for his “ United Breaks Guitars &# YouTube video that has now been seen more than 8.5 450,000 views on YouTube, and counting.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube YouTube and most of the social tools we use today are just a few years old. BTW, our recent HRmarketing Trends Report Survey ( [link] ) showed that in 2009 82% of companies didn't measure ROI of social media but now, 69% intend to do so! Social media is capable of so much more. Interesting.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Some companies (such as Domino's which I also wrote about here: [link] ) have gotten better at acting like they are all of those buzz words like transparent, human, conversational, engaging, etc. You know, kind of like “We are really not a transparent company, but we play one on YouTube.&#

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Also noted: • One in four Americans watches a YouTube video every day. • Infographic: Social Media ROI Statistics by Digital Buzz. In the coming year, 77% of companies plan to spend more on YouTube; three-quarters plan to increase spending on Facebook and blogs, and 73% will invest more on Twitter. You just shared a link.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

This is set to reach 12% by 2013 Source : AMR International B2B Online Marketing Assessment and Forecast to 2013 US business-to-business (B2B) advertising and marketing spending will increase by 0.8% this year, to $129 billion Interactive spending will climb 9.2%, to $51.5

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Although I'd be looking at my YouTube and Facebook search optimization right about now, too. Facebook, YouTube, Search, etc are all entrance points and are all of changing value depending on purpose of campaign. And a search engine of it's own. link] jaybaer Indeed. sahmreviews Awesome article.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Although I'd be looking at my YouTube and Facebook search optimization right about now, too. Facebook, YouTube, Search, etc are all entrance points and are all of changing value depending on purpose of campaign. And a search engine of it's own. link] jaybaer Indeed. sahmreviews Awesome article.

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