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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Are you suggesting that any use of software or databases to help organize and scale your social outreach is invalid? Like some other readers have commented, what a marketer (or more importantly an organization) does with that data is key. And of course product improvement ideas are important.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. However, the data base of the concerned company should be in good shape. Once, that blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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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. Want to print out all your key metrics on one piece of paper, for easy distribution and circulation within your organization?

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JULY 15, 2010

I have seen far too many organizations fail, from the outset, for not having had a clear understanding of the discipline and rigor needed to keep their social media marketing efforts on the tracks. link] [link] Jim Alexander Good insights – solid advise. link] Jim Alexander Good insights – solid advise.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Consequently, if someone searches for “Colorado River Whitewater Rafting&# on Google, they’ll likely find that version of the Western River blog, which contains only posts about “ Colorado River Whitewater Rafting “ The software automatically harvests and organizes topically similar posts for maximum search effectiveness.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. Understand Your Frequency Schema The key to a content ladder is organizing your rungs. This is a great outline of how to best organize your content action plan.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

If it had the organization of the #3 one I think that would be most intuitive. link] jaybaer yes, Danny's redesign was really well executed, IMHO. link] jaybaer Best. Referencing. link] David Spinks Who's doing these designs? I like em. I like #1 the best. People look to the top right for the search bar first.

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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. Most organizations aren't embracing and are missing wonderful insights. Most organizations aren't embracing and are missing wonderful insights.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Source: Frost & Sullivan ) Peer referrals: This is primarily social media marketing or the online version of word of mouth marketing (WOM). Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Social media is (or will be) for every company, because customers will eventually flat-out demand that you interact with them there (the same way they previously insisted on interaction via phone and email). You can’t rely solely on me or any other consultant or agency to turn the tide in your organization. telegraph service).

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JULY 14, 2010

In my exuberance and passion for social media and the impact it can have on non-profit organizations I lost sight of what was important. Embracing social media should not mean organizational change, it should change the organization. Social media exists and organizations are in it whether they choose to be or not.

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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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APRIL 1, 2010

I've seen a ton of organizations missing the boat on integrating everything in their marketing mix so that it's at the very least, a consistent brand message. I've seen a ton of organizations missing the boat on integrating everything in their marketing mix so that it's at the very least, a consistent brand message.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. 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. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Unbelievable turnout (more than 260) for a first-time event, and tremendous kudos to Fred Von Graf , who organized it practically solo. Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [.] Sessions start October 5.

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APRIL 13, 2010

My sales manager at the time encouraged me to network in as many business organizations as I could. I've been on the Board of Directors of several business & non-profit organizations. That's one of the reasons social media works – you're appealing to people on a 1:1 or 1 to few basis. link] jaybaer LOL.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Bottom line, I do think “helping&# is one of the best ways organizations can engage in the social space to create value for both sides. I think the idea of “helping&# is a good catch phrase for the social media umbrella (connecting, interacting, and so on). Now I know it is for social media gurus but for me it's not.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. Social media can enable conversations and participation but the real value comes from what we do with those conversations.

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JUNE 11, 2010

But fundamentally, we’ve done very little in response to social media – perhaps the most transformative change of them all. How they organize and communicate internally. It’s the book about social media’s impact on the inside of your business, not the outside. Who they hire.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. We have keyword searches that trigger email notifications to selected people on the social media teams or within the organization who need to be aware of what is happening in connected channels.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

link] Ari Herzog A 3-day Labor Day festival occurred here over the weekend, and the organizer — because the event included many musical acts — set up a MySpace URL advertising its activities, artists, and times. Not Facebook; MySpace.

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JULY 22, 2010

According to a recent Social Media and Online PR Report from Econsultancy , 86% of companies surveyed planned to spend more on social media marketing in 2010, but only 25% say they have gained “real, tangible value&# from the medium.

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JUNE 15, 2010

My friend Kyle Lacy does a lot of consulting in this area, helping organizations with Rapleaf analyses. Ask Perhaps the most obvious way of finding out where your customers are hanging out in social media is unfortunately the least utilized. Flowtown is perfect for small and medium businesses ( see my review here ). Just brilliant.

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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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MARCH 18, 2010

Our strategies and expectations for social media are in reality a complement to what we’re doing in email and lifecycle marketing. Cheers, Jay Baer Convince & Convert, Social Media Strategy (in the actual book, my signature looks like I had my kids do it. Isn’t our Facebook page just a post-modern email newsletter?

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JULY 13, 2010

Find teachers, identify valuable communities, volunteer time to non-profit organizations who need your energy. She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. Just get started.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. Any thoughts? link] Brian Hamlett Very nice Jay and definitely true. Any thoughts?

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AUGUST 26, 2010

I like the at-a-glance usefulness of this one that shows the people that have tweeted about your company, organized by Klout score (See my post about Klout and online influence mining here). The standard charts and graphs are entirely useful.

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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. You describe faceless organizations. The 2010 survey polled only US respondents (who tend to be considerably more cynical). People actually trust employees.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, if you want to organize and harvest the tweets about your posts, this is the plug-in you want. Cline The 39 Social Media Tools I'll Use Today – [link] (via @jaybaer) [link] Jin Ho, Song 39 ?? ??? ?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Finding and sharing them is the first step toward social media success. What is your process for harvesting stories within your organization? One basic, simple thing is frequent contact with as many people – executives, managers and front-line employees – within the organization as possible.

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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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AUGUST 3, 2010

Do you have an example of an organization that has begun to integrate FB with a site using the points you discuss in this post? I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. link] 3 ways Facebook is killing the website | Hammer of Truth 2010 [.] Build a website.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Do you have an example of an organization that has begun to integrate FB with a site using the points you discuss in this post? I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. link] 3 ways Facebook is killing the website | Hammer of Truth 2010 [.] Build a website.

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MARCH 16, 2010

I rarely see organic share happening anymore on my feed; it's just a bunch of people tweeting, “Hey, I'm so there tonight. Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. Twitter has become so “cliquish&#.

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APRIL 22, 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 Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Put any search term or combination of terms into Kurrently, and instantly receive the chronicle of RIGHT NOW, with Tweets and Facebook status updates organized by date stamp. Or Microsoft. It came from a Canadian computer sciences student who uses his free time pretty damn wisely. .

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