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The 7 New Roles Agencies Must Play to Survive Real-Time Business

Convince & Convert

That was the premise of my presentation to the BOLO 2010 conference in Scottsdale this week, where 150+ agency principles convened to drill deep into the speedy digital future of professional marketing services. Help clients humanize their brands and in so doing drive kinship and purchase intent. Firefighter.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. It’s not viral unless it is. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Linkedin is for people you know. Facebook is for people you used to know.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. In particular, sales and leads (as opposed to chatter, sentiment, buzz, purchase intent, etc.). I think this is a fundamental necessity.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Help clients take their message to consumers directly, impacting purchase intent by providing truly helpful information at the right time in the buying cycle. With customer service & public relations becoming blurred thanks to Social Media, it's a great detriment to ignore the movement.

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Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

Convince & Convert

April 22nd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Maybe what we need is a little deconstruction. Driving purchase intent through kinship. Driving purchase intent through kinship. At Monday’s Social Fresh conference in St. link] jaybaer Spectacular comment Judy. Thank you. Thank you.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Senior marketing execs see their companies moving to social media in 2010 by The Viral Garden.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Kinship creates purchase intent. The fact that you’re in public relations? The fact that you’re in public relations, but grow prize winning roses? I have followed your words quietly now for the better part of 2010. I have followed your words quietly now for the better part of 2010.