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MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. If you have all of your passwords and such handy, the process should take about 5 minutes. Great for small businesses.

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MAY 12, 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 Would You Try It With a Fox?

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JULY 5, 2010

I’m on vacation in the great white north for a couple weeks, trying to spend a little time with the family and get The Now Revolution (my new book with Amber Naslund ) finished up. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JULY 27, 2010

I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. What I really appreciated about the C&C guest bloggers is that almost across-the-board they wrote about topics that I never would have thought to have tackled.

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JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. 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. “I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&#

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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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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As my friend Jeff Rohrs from ExactTarget (client) says: “How can social media kill email, when you have to have an email address to belong to a social media site?&# And that’s the premise behind Flowtown , one of the most exciting new social media tools I’ve seen in months. I just gave Flowtown a spin.

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JUNE 17, 2010

They're bots and goofballs who followed you using one of the tools you alluded to. First of all, half of those followers you (not you in particular, you being anyone) are including aren't real followers. There are just so many different ways people use Twitter that make it tough to use FPT.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

For every vote you cast for the keynote at South by Southwest featuring me and Amber Naslund , we’ll donate $1 of our book advance to Make-A-Wish Foundation ®. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

6 things you need 2 incorporate into your social media plan. 6 things 2 incorporate in your social media plan [link] [link] Nate Riggs I'm really excited to speak with @jaybaer on a Skype Session today. link] [link] Rick Rosario Word RT @Eric__Torres: Marketing isn't about campaigns, its always on.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Randy Kemp: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) topsy_top20k RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail: Keeping tabs on your social media connec… [link] #marketing [link] Focus Communications interesting. This, I'll try.

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MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. Sounds like it could really help businesses out in the social media realm.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We have many good tools at our disposal right now we could be putting to use. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. Foremost, we need a way to convert with whom we interact in social media into real prospects. I have seen this part kill a.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Juliansummerhayes Jay Now this is more like it; something that is *real world* and capable of being understood by business and those people like myself who, when discussing social media as tool for business, here the constant noise that it is simply irrelevant. I was surprised(ish) about the B2B findings; but not so surprised.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The 7 Steps to Creating a Social Media Strategy Before you begin, commit to worrying about social media tools last, not first. Because tools will change. If you fall in love with tools, you’ll constantly be changing directions, with no real plan to guide your way. They always do. Yahoo, too.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. We’re working on tweaking the subscription center at the top a bit, too.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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MARCH 4, 2010

We hear how twitter and the other SM tools will help to get you on top, blah, blah but that only happens so few times. A blog can serve many functions, depending on whether or not the blog is the business (revenue stream) or a tool (for commerce, community, etc.). Blogging is a commitment to yourself and anyone reading.

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JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline.

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JUNE 29, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs. Can those results be tied back directly to sales, and therefore ROI? Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are.

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MAY 13, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I believe Social media delivers new communications tools. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. Everything that’s transpiring around us is actually improving the existing foundation for our business, from service to marketing to product development to sales to executive management, and everything in between. Thanks for sharing.

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MAY 5, 2010

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JULY 6, 2010

Silberberg RT @jaybaer: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility [link] danperez Laura, you've made several good points, especially with the Target & P&G examples. However, statistics show that such use of social media is still not widely utilized by most companies.

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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. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media).

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MARCH 10, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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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 a way to get your Facebook update seen in more news feeds.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. How much can you afford to spend on the tool? •

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APRIL 20, 2010

Even if we talk about exact keyword-phrase the reality is a little bit different then keyword tools statistics. Even if we talk about exact keyword-phrase the reality is a little bit different then keyword tools statistics. link] online guitar lessons It is hard to predict keyword phrases on which one should focus when creating a blog.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The methodology and use of media tools is the same, it is the message itself that differs. The methodology and use of media tools is the same, it is the message itself that differs. The methodology and use of media tools is the same, it is the message itself that differs. link] Padtitude Excellent blog.

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MAY 26, 2010

What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy. The only thing that’s really certain, is that eventually the online tools will change. If you have a tools-focused strategy, you don’t really have a strategy.

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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarching theme of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book Delivering Happiness, a Path to Passion, Profits, and Purpose. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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FEBRUARY 23, 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 Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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JULY 15, 2010

There are tons of free and paid tools out there that help you to monitor the conversations taking place. Take a look at the Social Media Responsibilities Worksheet we use at the Flint Group. Who is responsible for adding content? It might be different people for each task. Hopefully it will help you figure out who is doing what.

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