The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

Talking of which, all deserve credit here: Deana Goldasich, from Magnetic , gave a thought-provoking presentation on web usability that took us for a ride on the evolution of websites since the early 90′s until today. Some good discussion about the integration between online and print advertising got everyone talking.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

› Home › Column › Search › SEO Why Host a Blog on Your Corporate Website? Mark Jackson | August 18, 2010 | 0 comments ); //]]> Share Tweet My company has recommended blogging to many of our search engine optimization clients.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

About a year ago, I wrote a guest post here titled “ Use Online Listening for Competitive Research. The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. Now, the rules are changing, and noteworthy, quality content is the future of online marketing success.

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Hubspot

JULY 13, 2010

Online marketing, or inbound marketing as well call it at HubSpot , has many moving pieces. But as a CEO, you don’t need to get caught up in the details of your company’s online marketing efforts. Why Online Marketing Is Important. View more presentations from HubSpot Internet Marketing.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

facebook Rocks [link] objectivemarketer Facebook Success Summit 2010 @marismith @jaybaer @briansolis @mike_stelzner @ekaterinawalter and the likes. link] [link] objectivemarketer Facebook Success Summit 2010 @marismith @jaybaer @briansolis @mike_stelzner @ekaterinawalter and the likes.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Now I could argue that you need a great product to solve a real customer need: you need some awareness in the marketplace to prove you are “in the game”, you need a website that acts as a viable “store front” for your business, and of course you need great service and support after the sale to keep customers satisfied.

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Convince & Convert

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. I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

It is a free week long online training program featuring some great speakers on topic such as blogging, SEO, viral marketing, email marketing, lead nurturing… all the tools online marketers need to know. Does it mean we should all offer free stuff without registration on our websites?

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Convince & Convert

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? Just my two cents.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. So much so, that 49% of recipients take the time to write about their experiences on a website form Western River provides.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

link] links for 2010-09-07 | Glenn Friesen [.] UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Co… Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better! Seriously honored to be on here. link] unmarketing Thanks a lot Jay.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

markwilliamschaefer I would add that for commerce-oriented blogs, it would also be possible to track clicks back to a commerce-related part of a website for product information, registration, etc. 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.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

And that’s the premise behind Flowtown , one of the most exciting new social media tools I’ve seen in months. “We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company. But, the current system is just the beginning. Ethan [link] Josh Lysne Hey Jay, great post.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 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 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say May (..)

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

In his piercing new book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age Shirky asserts that the technological revolution has enabled us to work together to conquer challenges big and small, if we’d just watch less TV and commit to participating in something other than our own mental decay.

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Convince & Convert

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. Trust me when it comes to tools if your team is not co-creating and collaborating good luck getting at what you put into it.

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Convince & Convert

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. Thanks for yet another cool tool!

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Check out Phil’s blog too ) Your new book The Next Wave of Technologies deals with how organizations can adopt and adapt to new processes and advances.

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Convince & Convert

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 ®.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Having clear language on blogs and websites puts the public on notice about your position vis a vis copyright. 2257 Compliance – Does your website have UGC, how do you manage seemingly-adult content and its compliance? COPPA – Do minors use your website and do you mine data for marketing?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). I understand the “F&# pattern of website eyepath, however, I think that is the weakest point of the “F&#. We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. I find your callout now to be stronger.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. One thing that’s excited me is socialmention.com It’s unbelievable the amount of data they give you and the ultra-targeting you can do with a free search tool.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 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 Social Media and Email – More Alike than Different February (..)

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Thus, they have a built in “Events&# tool where you can plug in anything out of the ordinary, and that occurrence will show up in your integrated Swix reporting. RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] (check it out) [link] Scott Bauman RT @tamadear Very, very cool and useful tool. A new product launch.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

link] Kristi Hines I think that is probably the best way to get into the minds of the people your advertising is targeting, as opposed to the 1 – 10 rating surveys or expecting your demographic to come to a corporate website to voice their real opinions.

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Webbiquity

MAY 26, 2022

Today, every business is digital, making online marketing essential for reaching your target audience and generating sale leads. According to various studies, between 70% and 90% of all purchase decisions now start with online search. Keep Your Website Updated. Image credit: Clay Banks on Unsplash.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 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 Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter (..)

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

There are tons of free and paid tools out there that help you to monitor the conversations taking place. I have been the one man show for social media marketing for [link] Tourism website for the area, and have gotten accounts to 5000 within 9 months. Who is responsible for adding content?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

You'd be surprised at how many people will relate to you, and ultimately, click on your profile, your website, and retweet you to their followers. I believe Social media delivers new communications tools. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not. Thanks for sharing.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

I attracted 1008 keywords to my website last month although I'm actually targeting 10. Whitepaper) [link] [link] John Lyle I have been looking at the stats on my own website and like you say, there appears to be a very long tail on certain searches. But the reality is, your blog is probably a lot more broad than you think.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond.

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