Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Personally I think having the photo on the far right anchors it a bit better, but people seem to be responding well to #3. Two is very graphical no personality (you need personality, I don't on my blog where it's not about me but the content). Thanks for your help! I also picked 3 because there was no 4.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If we can reliably identify a person across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and elswhere, we can then segment not only for the demographics of the consumer in question; we can tailor content for the mode they are in where we reach them. You can call it ButterCRM Frosting for all I care. link] Ian Greenleigh Great post, Kevin.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories. That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights. said Brandon Lake, Vice President of Western River.

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JULY 27, 2010

Spread the Love It’s easy to fall into the trap of relying on one or a few persons in your organization to be the content creation mules. While I was away, Convince & Convert featured 11 guest blog posts from friends, clients, and colleagues. They like it. They’re pretty good at it.

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MAY 12, 2010

May 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Jennifer Maggiore, CEO of Maggiore Consulting, a multi-media lead generation firm and co-host of Locals Only: a Phoenix-based live Internet show. We measure it (personally and professionally) quantitatively not qualitatively.

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Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 18, 2019

Launched in 2010, Quora has excelled in Google rankings for a wide variety of topics because the site does a fantastic job of satisfying user intent through answering questions. Whether or not you agree with the following answer, this person gives relevant advice and shares a possibly helpful blog post to the person asking the question.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Another person tweeted a link to a blog which turned out, much to my chagrin, to be a post asking for votes rather than a vote about the subject. But until then, I can’t not participate as some sort of personal protest. I guess it’s all transparent, so it’s not really “bad.&# link] jaybaer I know.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. The more email addresses a person uses across the social Web, the less ideal the results. Isn’t that worth the 5 cents per contact that Flowtown charges?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. Great article!

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JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. I personally can help people with every aspect of running a business operationally as well aside from accounting and law and I have referrals for both, as well as connections with experts in the areas I am not an expert in. Have them document EVERY question they receive.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The concept of content marketing has been around for hundreds of years ( see an example from 1672 ), and the discipline has gained incredible popularity since 2010, according to Google Trends. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Google’s Featured Snippets FAQ: How to Get More Traffic From Search Engines.

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QuanticMind

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Personalization. Personalization has become very important in many different aspects of the travel industry. Regardless of whether someone is traveling for business or pleasure, they appreciate and expect personalization, and businesses are doing everything they can to incorporate it into their service.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd. He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Aside from optimizing the structure of the site and the pitches themselves, sheer volume and traffic drove our authority with Google and other search engines.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Personally, I did not find it helpful, although the concept holds promise. I'm taking some of your suggestions above and tailoring to what I *think* will work best for my personal needs. However, I found the default content excessive and the reaction of fans not favorable.

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Moz

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Our financial client created COVID landing pages for both personal and business accounts. At the very least, don’t send “Dear Valued Patient”-type requests by email, but ideally you also find a discreet way to ask in-person, with a follow-up email to come later. There was also a 97% increase in organic goal completions YoY.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? We see blogging both as community building and as a function of being a web based business.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

There's “bad&# advertisements and “bad&# uses of social media as well… Maybe you'd call it human marketing or even personality marketing, but the concept is really simple. He was personable and funny, a real likable guy. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not. Take a look at Zappos.

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JULY 21, 2010

If you look at all these, these aren't social media lawsuits per se, but rather about content, licensing and the responsibility a person burdens. She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients.

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JUNE 7, 2010

In the first section, Hsieh recounts his personal story, including his early childhood and nascent entrepreneurial adventures, including a misguided effort at worm farming. The book concludes with a few pages about the science of happiness, and how personal and business happiness can be inextricably linked.

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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. What do you think of this approach?

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Convince & Convert

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 =(. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Here they were, arriving at your party with nary a prior personal connection, but looking for a good time just like everyone else. Humanize Your Blog Remember, it’s a blog not a white paper, and a key differentiator is personality. And infuse your writing with personality and voice. (If Make links to your bio easy to find.

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JULY 6, 2010

While demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, Target also created a local solution to a national issue by personally connecting with parents through a timely and innovative social media campaign.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Joe Fernandez : The amont of public-facing data attributed to a person’s name has exploded. We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands. It’s in our DNA.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

link] Eric_Hoffman I'm game, even if my game is a bit weak…in the month of March, for my personal blog, I saw a whopping 29 different search terms used to get to my content and for the work blog that I help to maintain we saw 190 different search terms used to get to that content.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

link] Chris Hall Jay as a lifelong T-wolves fan (the team’s life not mine), and a person involved in social media I have to say, awesome! But I wasn’t the only person doing this, and by no means was I doing it any more than anybody else in the community. Too many cooks can spoil the dinner. (PS

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? Hey, your positive feedback on my personal blog was extremely encouraging… can you take a look at my newly formed company's blog as well? Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

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JUNE 2, 2010

June 2nd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is the interconnected Web bringing us together, or making us all distracted voyeurs? But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly.

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JUNE 22, 2010

The only problem I've encountered is the trepidation associated with personal blogs. Right now we are shying away from use of personal pronouns in order to maintain a more formal business tone. It doesn't seem to hamper traffic, but I do wonder how a blog can grow in its readership if the personal connection isn't there.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Carnegie’s principles: You can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person’s point of view. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. All of us have influences. Today, my fiance prevails.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing Jonny Stark Wow, quite a few comments on here already!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. link to post].

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You will see in 2010 that most companies will, hopefully, leave behind both notions (media is important, and B2C and B2C are different) due to results that we will start seeing in the market. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Nicely said, Esteban.-=

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine! No idea what a Hoosier is. Decided to find out first-hand. Want to cheer for a historically mediocre college football team. There's nothing like moving, although it can be a challenge. Best of luck, Jay. That's fantastic!

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MAY 26, 2010

The one that hit home for me personally was: “Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it.&#

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JULY 14, 2010

Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies. We Are Not Alone Serving as the organization’s advocate for adopting social media can be a test of passion and commitment. With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Don’t assume that the person that gave you one star on a Yelp review is some sort of carnival freak outlier. Except in this case, they were almost always talkers because a home is so personal and it's easy to share. It’s entirely possible she is a Mass Influencer. Thanks again.

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