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The Science of Email Marketing « The Effective Marketer

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I like Dan’s presentation for its brevity and focus on key action items based on solid data. What I wish he had shared is how the data from focus groups and MailChimp is broken down. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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How Your Brand Can Win Over Online Customers One Skeptic at a Time

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It’s important to do the appropriate research, either with focus groups and surveys or by hiring an outside agency. General Mills did this just right when it invited discussion around sourcing sustainable ingredients in a live Twitter chat. But be careful if you solicit feedback from customers on social media.

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Is Thought Leadership The Future of Marketing?

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Global hybrid: Born in Scotland, raised in England, US citizen since 2009; in India two months of the year working with clients; my co-author and business partner, Craig Badings, is in Sydney, Australia. I met Liz thanks to her insightful and constructive comments on my Forbes article “ What is Thought Leadership?

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

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. But, facebook.com/mntimberwolves appears to be available, and their Twitter handle is @mntimberwolves.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Consumers are using social media (especially Twitter) as a 1-800 line, and agencies should be helping their clients answer the social telephone by setting up listening posts and protocols, and trying marketing to customer service in real-time. I wasn’t talking to you.)

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. Instead of the customer leaving your store (or unfollowing on Twitter), this help can encourage customers to stick around and tell their friends, thus increasing sales. This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ.

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Introducing Angus Nelson: B2B Messaging, Positioning, and Audience Building

Golden Spiral

You know, the iterations of MySpace, and then Facebook, and the Twitters, etc. You talked about the bias of doing an internal group. Same thing happens with a focus group. Part of it was immaturity, part of it was other conditions outside of my control, and part of it was the 2008-2009 economy.