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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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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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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MARCH 10, 2010

The Best of Twitter 20 From the forward: I’m sitting in a ballroom in Indianapolis in September, 2008 watching Joseph Jaffe give a masterful presentation on social media transforming corporations, when I come upon the idea to interview him on Twitter. You can download it free below. Maybe you will also.

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MAY 5, 2010

Here’s an ad agency that believes in the wisdom of crowds and community-building enough to build a major online destination ON ITS OWN DIME, and commits to never selling advertising on it? Big companies are starting to follow JaneNation on Twitter , and engage with the community across the social Web. Such a cool site!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&# “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&# Two of my friends were too.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Convince and Convert Recommends Facebook Vs. Twitter (The Arkayne Blog) 7 Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook – Free Ebook (Danny Brown) Facebook Pisses Off Users. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You run over to check your Twitter account. Twitter Without the Hassle Want to know who has signed up to follow you on Twitter today? You can even include Twitter searches in your feed, enabling you to use NutshellMail the same way you’d use TweetBeep, or an RSS feed of Twitter search results.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

It gets spammy on Twitter with requests and DM’s, and then I see posts like this that, while the intent behind it is good (for MaW support), it could be viewed negatively. We just felt like adding a charitable element to the SXSW voting process made the whole thing a little bit less desperate and cheesy.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics. I was just introduced to you and Scott via twitter. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews.

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JULY 5, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. How can I help you?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Southwest Airlines has to coordinate its marketing and customer service response, in real-time, create its own content on its blog and Twitter account, while also dealing with the media jackals. Active Listening Social media doesn’t create negativity about your brand, it puts a magnifying glass to it.

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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?

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MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. Is anyone out there? Does anyone care?

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JULY 27, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. While I was away, Convince & Convert featured 11 guest blog posts from friends, clients, and colleagues. How can I help you?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Social Outposts Without the Mystery I’m often asked by corporate clients where they should engage in social media. “Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Here’s the results for my friend and client Indra Gardiner from Bailey Gardiner in San Diego: Amazing, no?

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APRIL 1, 2010

Talk about an ad that’s chock full of truth and authenticity. The ad asks us to visit timberwolves.com/manifesto. A visit to the main T-Wolves Web site finds absolutely none of the humility and forthrightness that made the original ad so compelling. But then it gets even worse. Yep, that’ll get fans in the seats.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. Adding a Twitter field to your contact records is only a start. Have you tried out Flowtown?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Fink) Twitter Comment As always, great stuff. Sessions start October 5.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Twitter is Ubiquitous Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans.

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JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page. How can I help you?

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JUNE 29, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. How can I help you?

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MAY 4, 2010

While many organizations have got social media religion, there are many others still swimming against the stream. Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. As you know better than I, we are in the early innings of social media.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I’ve asserted that B2B social media tactics vary from B2C, in that they are typically rooted in consumer education and thought leadership, and thus require deeper layers of interaction. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Twitter is even narrower at 36% – 46%. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Instead of interrupting people with television ads, inbound marketers create videos that prospects want to see. Instead of buying print ads in trade journals, they create their own blog and build an active community around it. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. How can I help you?

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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. Twitter knows that you are @somecustomer, and what you Tweet about, and maybe your geography.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Today, I’m going to share my opinion of why you might want to consider adding a blog to your corporate website. Some folks jump right on the bandwagon, and still others are something less than enthusiastic about going down this path. People dont want to get too caught up in building content for “onesy twosy” search traffic.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Testimonials are a huge part of the infomercial world, as they are for effective social media. Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. Go onto Twitter and bitch about Dish Network.

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MAY 13, 2010

Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Twitter is for people you want to know. (I Not sure who came up with it originally) Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer. Linkedin is for people you know.

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Single Grain

JANUARY 31, 2020

As opposed to organic media , such as SEO, content marketing and social media posts (but not sponsored posts), or earned media , such as publicity, reviews and word of mouth, paid media refers to any content placed outside of your own real estate that you pay for, like PPC ads, display ads and search ads.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Virality, Quick and Easy Once the stories are approved and posted on the blog, RESMARK automatically triggers another email, notifying the author and asking them to share the story on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. How are you integrating social media into other programs? The key is not to have it be a means to an end.

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JULY 20, 2010

Package for Consumption Observe what types of content social media users are interacting with and where. prepare TV review content about HDTVs for twitter and blog comment distribution). Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews.

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JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. You can find her on Twitter or, if you’re lucky, behind a rolling pin making a fresh pie. Have you read the Terms link provided by Facebook, Twitter or YouTube? Ad Chickadee ?

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APRIL 28, 2010

million followers on Twitter? But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%.

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JUNE 3, 2010

This morning, I opened USA Today to find a full-page ad from BP that earnestly promises that they will make it all better. Close, But No Cigar But the one thing the BP ad doesn’t do is say “I’m Sorry.&# The whole ad just came off as incredibly insincere and self-serving. Given the scale, is that a lot?

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MARCH 3, 2010

Codify Listening & Engagement I still maintain that when the dust settles, we’ll all realize that social media is much better for customer retention than for customer acquisition. But that requires agencies to get beyond “setting up&# a Twitter account or other one-and-done services of dubious strategic value. (If

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MAY 27, 2010

Now, you can track number of “likes&# and daily interactions on your Facebook page, in the same place you can track RSS feeds, Twitter followers, and all the other awesome data points Swix provides. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews.

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