Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Coincidental timing too, as Yahoo !

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

We’ll be rolling out a Facebook page so that as many folks as possible can begin interacting around the issues covered in the book. We’ve worked on this a lot, and since the book is about 1/3 written (here’s a picture of Amber when all the ideas for the outline have been wrung out of her), we need to lock it down soon.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Productivity is generally thought of in terms of, “How do I get more done?”. If we’re lucky, we work in teams and environments where that perspective is at least softened by combining it with a measure of efficiency or impact, but even then we don’t fully escape the rat-race-like pursuit of more. In fact, we usually answer “How are you?”

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Oktopost

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Top 8, Birth of Facebook, and 140 Characters: 2003-2009. 2004 saw the birth of Facebook, when student Mark Zuckerberg launched the site to connect Harvard students with one another. No one expected Facebook to become the 7th most valuable brand in the world in 2022. Let’s take a look at the history of social media.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Facebook has some great banter with the wall posts and status updates, but it’s more chatty than conversational and it’s not an open/public environment. The increasing prevalence of social media is creating a lock step increase in uni-directional social media chest thumping. That’s not a conversation.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

LinkedIns 361% year-over-year growth handily beats Facebooks 56% growth in the same period, according to the latest stats from Nielsen: However many people have pointed out to me that my case is unusual. RWW Weekly Wrap-up. Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google. Written by Bernard Lunn / May 21, 2008 11:15 AM. / 12 Comments.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

Because you’re not on the other end of the phone. If you listened in, you’d be just as angry about that as you are about negative tweets. The public and immediate nature of getting slammed via social is what stings. Ultimately, this will make for stronger companies. And the Ford trucks have the pee on Chevy sticker.

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Hubspot

MAY 23, 2014

Since hashtags became clickable in 2009 , brands and consumers have used them to start, track, and follow conversations on Twitter. Today, hashtags have become a critical part of successful marketing campaigns across many different social platforms. But what about when a campaign isn’t executed well? It used actionable language.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 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 Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

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