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

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MARCH 25, 2010

Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers? If you have all of your passwords and such handy, the process should take about 5 minutes. New YouTube video that goes viral. Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time? Presto, a pretty graph in about 3 seconds flat.

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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. Your LInkedin page.

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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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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. All rights reserved.

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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

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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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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

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

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.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2010

SlideSix lets you upload PowerPoint, PDF or OpenOffice presentations, mix in videos from YouTube or Vimeo, and share your presentations with groups. TAF offers free and fee-based tools to help companies capitalize on word-of-mouth (or word-of-web) marketing. PeoplePond. Tell A Friend. And it’s free.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 29, 2019

The best marketing strategy in this world is word-of-mouth marketing. How does Amazon generate word-of-mouth referrals from their customers? If you're not doing something that people will remark on, then it's going to be hard to generate word of mouth. Beginner’s Guide to Amazon PPC Ad Campaigns.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B Voices ( Trade Youtube Twitter Leads Sales ). CeeKue ( Promotion Word of Mouth B2C CRM Google Content Tips ). 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.

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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. All rights reserved.

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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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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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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Her list of tactics begins with Assets, Branding and Compelling messages and continues all the way through Word of mouth, eXcellence, adopting a Yes attitude, and demonstrating Zeal in your social media activities and relationship building. 9 new rules for YouTube marketing by iMedia Connection. Social Media Tools.

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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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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. All rights reserved.

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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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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.&# All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’m planning to write a full post about it soon, but the real genius of Swix is that it allows you to easily create a unified scoreboard of all your key social media metrics like blog traffic, subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, YouTube subscribers, and much more.

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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. 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website&# ) contains a blocked word or phrase. Facebook, YouTube, Search, etc are all entrance points and are all of changing value depending on purpose of campaign. link] jaybaer Indeed.

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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. 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website&# ) contains a blocked word or phrase. Facebook, YouTube, Search, etc are all entrance points and are all of changing value depending on purpose of campaign. link] jaybaer Indeed.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It’s also now pulling Youtube and a few other spots it looks like. It updates pretty quickly on the fly as well once you’ve searched which is really neat. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer. All rights reserved.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I’m planning to write a full post about it soon, but the real genius of Swix is that it allows you to easily create a unified scoreboard of all your key social media metrics like blog traffic, subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, YouTube subscribers, and much more. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

My friends at ExactTarget announced a moment ago that they have acquired CoTweet , the leader in enterprise Twitter management, and will be building a social products lab to add tie-ins for Facebook, YouTube, and other elements of the social communication ecosystem. It's essential that ROI is an integral part of that process.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Inevitability Sure, we all talk about Facebook and Twitter and YouTube. Social media is word-of-mouth on steroids, and our ability to praise or punish brands with a few keystrokes is satisfying. You are free to make your own reality and script your own success. Technology I’m a gadget guy.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

Although ironically, I wouldn't exactly hold up Facebook, Twitter, Google, eBay, or YouTube as fantastic customer service examples either. Just in time marketing, combined with social listening, equals brand kinship and word-of-mouth that you cannot purchase with a commercial. That is troubling. link] jaybaer Thanks Ann.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

I’d like to congratulate each of you for an exceptional job in the boarding process. The captain has informed me that the flight duration will be almost precisely three hours. You stowed your baggage in the overhead bins thoughtfully, and you’ve all contributed to our on-time departure today. My name is Randy.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It's also about how the brand has set up the Twitter account or accounts: are they just selling, giving deals; is it a genuine customer service contact point; are they engaging with followers and brand advocates, directing conversations beyond Twitter to blogs, YouTube, other channels? All rights reserved.

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