Are You Growing Enough Voices
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JULY 27, 2010
While I was away, Convince & Convert featured 11 guest blog posts from friends, clients, and colleagues. Some of the guest writers blog on occasion at their own sites.
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AUGUST 24, 2010
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Integrating Email and Social Media with Flowtown | Email Marketing.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2010
“We want to give SMB a complete tool to allow them to move the needle on the 20% of social media that matters.&# that you're pumped about Flowtown As you alluded, got some really wicked add-ons / features coming out soon, so stay tuned! link] ethan Hi Jay, Thank you for the review.
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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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114 Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail | Email.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Social Integration in an Instant One of the outstanding new add-on features of NutshellMail is their Facebook app, which enables Facebook fan page managers to easily add an email newsletter tab to the page. Subscribers then receive a digest of all the content posted to the fan page.
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115 The More Things Change, The More Things Change
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MAY 27, 2010
I like Icerocket.com and recently mentioned it in a video, but like Social Mention for it’s more advanced features. The More Things Change, The More Things Change | Social Media Marketing | [link] [link] Tena Hartwig great post featuring @bulbstorm! The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O.
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JUNE 24, 2010
Your social media strategy should do this too. Of course, you can talk about the run-of-the-mill features and benefits of your product, but that doesn’t create any real kinship. In fact, on a regular feature on the Today show… they show how the products regularly don't work. But, I’m not.
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AUGUST 19, 2010
Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories. Tougher to do in some CPG categories where history and tradition is rooted in feature/benefit selling. And once the system was set up and the business rules determined, the company spends almost no time managing the program. Awesome post!!
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MARCH 10, 2010
With a comprehensive eBook featuring ideas and opinions from some of the best social media minds, concisely chronicling the state of social media today – and where we’re headed. So many of his points fit neatly into sound bites, that it seemed a natural – and relevant – forum for a conversation.
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JULY 28, 2010
I'm betting the featured hot spots reciprocate the recommendation in turn. I'm betting the featured hot spots reciprocate the recommendation in turn. I can only guess who the featured business owners tell people to call when someone tells them they're looking for a taxi, but I bet it's Mike.
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JULY 6, 2010
She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Mentioning – or even featuring – corporate involvement is an effective means to raise awareness and need, especially for lesser-known (but equally deserving) charities and causes.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
What’s the one thing that defines you – and it’s not features and benefits. Sessions start October 5. Go to [link] to save 50% for a limited time. Are you ready to add some “Why&# to your “How&# ? You can play with the Social Technographics Ladder data right here: 5. What’s Your One Thing? Volvo = Safety.
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JUNE 7, 2010
link] [link] Hot In Marketing Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert [link] [link] LoriBurke I want to win this book too. Saw Zappos featured this wkend on tv. He was very passionate about happiness and creating a culture to support the vision.
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119 Get Your Social Media Operations Act Together | Blogging and.
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JULY 15, 2010
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Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive | Social Media.
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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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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.
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AUGUST 10, 2010
link] Ariel Roberge RT @Tinkweb: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush [link] [link] Steve Woodruff Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | (@jaybaer) [link] [link] Montreal Design Buzz TR @tinkweb: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush [link] [link] [link] Terametric RT @jaybaer: What exactly is Influence Mining?
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Of course, *I* have an app for all that.
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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.
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APRIL 1, 2010
It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo. So, I peeked at YouTube. 213 videos on YouTube , the most recent just five days ago.
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14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media
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MAY 26, 2010
link] Social Media Filter RT @jaybaer 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Nat Finn blues RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Janet Stewart RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Karri Carlson "Nobody gives a shit about features and benefits."
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JUNE 2, 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 Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?
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MARCH 23, 2010
I'd suggest minimizing the sharing features at the bottom of the post to a few core staples, then SMACKING them in the head with a very clear CTA illustrating the reasons why they should come back again. At first, you knew everyone at the party. So what can you do to bring them back?
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APRIL 28, 2010
Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It In particular, sales and leads (as opposed to chatter, sentiment, buzz, purchase intent, etc.). Specifically, lack of discussion around how to **design to achieve them** when using social media.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. You can also ask for training to make sure you’re using all the features to the best advantage. If i remember correctly they're both on a freemium model, meaning you can use them for free or pay for additional features.
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4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media | Social.
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JUNE 15, 2010
It is a paid feature, you buy credits and can do emails one at a time selectively. You know – speaking of social anthropology – we're making it very easy for the historians and anthropologists of the year 3000 to understand the year 2010. This is a social address book, and social CRM application at each extreme.
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6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace | facebook | Social.
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
MySpace has rarely created features specifically for business, or done much to make MySpace a safer, more controllable venue within which corporations can participate. Then they started adding features like lists, etc. By way of example, here’s a search for “Snapple&# on MySpace and Facebook. Then, of course they scaled up.
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Top 60 B2B Marketing Posts and Hottest Topics November 2010
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DECEMBER 1, 2010
The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. There better be. Why not use it? They have less.
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FEBRUARY 25, 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 Do You Know Your Customers Enough to be a Social Media Hit?
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AUGUST 26, 2010
There’s a bonus feature that automatically selects winners of online contests, via random number generator. I interviewed Adam Schoenfeld , President and Co-founder of RowFeeder to learn more about the company and its plans. No problem. Having ALL the tweets and Facebook messages on a single sheet is fascinating and satisfying.
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The Truth About the iPad | Blogging and Content Creation | Social.
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APRIL 8, 2010
I use Skype for a business line and would love to be able to video chat using an iPad… But alas – Apple has much more money to be made before they get to that feature. I'll all say, without going in depth, is it is very clear to me why features (ESPECIALLY USB, camera, webcam) were left off.
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MARCH 9, 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 Taking Social Media Shortcuts?
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
URLs whenever possible, and make liberal use of their “+&# feature. Radian6 For advanced social media listening, I often recommend my friends at Radian6 , who have – in my opinion – the most robust feature set and product development roadmap of all the widely available social listening platforms.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2010
Social media relies on the premise that we’ll believe what people tell us more readily than if we were told the same thing by a nameless, faceless company. Social media relies on the premise that we’ll believe what people tell us more readily than if we were told the same thing by a nameless, faceless company.
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AUGUST 4, 2010
But it’s not like social media created negativity, it just puts a magnifying glass to it. Almost invariably, the Chevy trucks have the sticker on the back featuring Calvin peeing on the Ford logo. In Arizona (where I live for a few more days), there are a lot of pick-up trucks. And the Ford trucks have the pee on Chevy sticker.
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132 Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy | social media case.
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JUNE 8, 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 Ready for the Opportunity Economy?
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
The results automatically update in front of your eyes, and watching Kurrently results for a buzz-worthy live event is a breathtaking portrait of our interconnectedness. Help Shape the Future of the Real-Time Web Gilbert is considering adding several other features to today’s admittedly basic version of Kurrently. Or Microsoft.
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MARCH 16, 2010
New Features Aren’t Being Used Last Fall, Twitter rolled out the option for users to “tag” their location onto Tweets, to add geographical context. Further, there have been some reports of issues with accuracy in the geo-location feature) Twitter lists, while useful for categorizing people to follow, haven’t really taken off either.
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The 39 Social Media Tools I’ll Use Today
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OCTOBER 31, 2010
URLs whenever possible, and make liberal use of their “+&# feature. Radian6 For advanced social media listening, I often recommend my friends at Radian6 , who have – in my opinion – the most robust feature set and product development roadmap of all the widely available social listening platforms.
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40 33 (of the) Best Marketing Strategy Guides and Insights of 2010
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FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Big Ed’s Top 10 B2B Marketing Trends For 2010 by Marketing-Gimbal. Edward Brice pretty much nailed the significant b2b marketing developments for 2010 (e.g. mass adoption of social media, but no clear way to measure ROI from it) in this predictive post. 2010: Social Network Advertising and Marketing Outlook by Brian Solis.
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Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? | E.
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AUGUST 25, 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 Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
There was no shatteringly impactful takeaway from SXSW 2010, as it seems we’ve entered a (sure to be brief) innovation lull. Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams. I’ll write about that soon.
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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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