The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

For those that already use social media sites personally and just want to take it to the next level and include their business in the social media space, the presentation is a starting point, but it only tells you some of the basics. to use it, first attend a course, read a book, talk to people that are using it.

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JULY 27, 2010

First of all, tremendous thanks to the incredible team of guest bloggers who did an amazing job keeping the content fresh, and the conversation lively. 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. Visits are up. Page views are up.

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MARCH 4, 2010

This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. What’s the Point?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If someone signs up for your email updates when you send one out, that person will receive it in almost every case. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? LinkedIn – only if I have made a personal connection. Email is all about actual audience. Will that open it?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers. Well if you regard laptops as simply a combo TV and book, then yeah, I guess its been a waste. Theres huge learning power in that.

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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarching theme of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book Delivering Happiness, a Path to Passion, Profits, and Purpose. The book is presented in three sections. He writes in a breezy, accessible, invigorating style that makes Delivering Happiness the rare business book that is also a genuine page turner.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

conference. guest blogger. Wikipatterns book. I’m the first-ever guest blogger for the Wikinomics Blog , and will be writing a four-part series over the next several weeks. Luis’ main Twitter account is @elsua ; the summary is on his conference specific account @elsuacon ). Buy the book | Learn More.

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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 ®. We’ll have Facebook page and other promotional stuff about the book online soon – including pre-ordering capabilities. “ Your Content Stinks!

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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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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. You are becoming one of my favourite bloggers! Because the real advantage email has over social is data.

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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. 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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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2009

Home About Resources Archives Subscribe Consulting Contact How NOT to pitch a blog 29 Comments | Posted by Lee Odden on Aug 29th, 2007 in Blog Marketing , Blogging , Online Marketing , Online PR In the past I’ve written about blogger relations offering tips on how marketers or PR professionals ought to present their story ideas to bloggers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

Even today, we are more than happy using spreadsheets to track our books (Sachi is a spreadsheet ninja). For many small businesses, Quickbooks (and similar programs) are often a heavy, cumbersome way to deal with the books. i vote for biodegradable books. It was a way, way too much for me. Do you need all that? I am a big fan.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Books and Reports. In fact, many bloggers say that they write mainly for themselves, in capturing some of the interesting things they are seeing and thinking. Trevor Cook is just one example of a blogger who writes notes from all of the conference sessions he attends (including his reflections on our Enterprise 2.0

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

Taking the plunge into social media may not be the right thing for you Social media is just another media Experts, personalities and false prophets are all clamoring that social media is king. Otherwise it’s just buzz. That is, if you can translate all those additional site visits, downloads, and re-tweets into sales.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I’m a big believer in humanization of your blog (in fact, it’s one of my 11 must-dos for serious bloggers ). Personally I think having the photo on the far right anchors it a bit better, but people seem to be responding well to #3. But I need your help with the biggest change – the header. 2 many words I guess?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 16, 2008

The idea came to me, as I was reading, that I could use the framework presented in the book to help develop analytical skills in my students and to help them to learn to construct knowledge from data by: learning how to collect relevant data. 2 comments: Blogger In Middle-earth. Conference on Nanotechnology. Posted by V Yonkers.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Sometime around next February (in time for SXSW), you’ll be able to hold in your hands, ponder on your Kindle, show off on your iPad, and maybe even listen on your headphones to a new book from me and my pal Amber Naslund. Plus, it’s like the personal trainer scenario. Huge thanks to Scott Stratten for the connection.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

60 Certainly, there are many other factors that contribute to number of followers, and I’m not saying this is in any way a metric judging how influential a person is on Twitter, just how efficient their Twitter usage might be. Had it connected me with many people I'll never meet in person? Gary Vaynerchuk has a FPT of 39.26.

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JUNE 24, 2010

link] sadie harris 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] [link] sadie harris 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] [link] Social Tech Book RT @jaybaer: 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] [link] nateriggs Hey – I knew both of those guys! I'd buy a book from him.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Follow Me On Twitter 90 Tips To Make Your Blog Rock Written by jeffbullas - 30 Comments Categories: Blog , Blogging , Social Media Share Tweet Blogging whether it is for your personal passion or for the corporate blog is quite often a journey that has its highs and lows. Look through your latest news releases for ideas 11.

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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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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated. Having a social media policy is considered an enforcement action by the FTC, which can be important if you are sued for misleading or unsubstantiated claims on a blog or by a blogger.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Tell me in the comments who influenced you and why, and you could win a copy of the uber-classic book “ How to Win Friends and Influence People. 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. 10 books are up for grabs.

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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. 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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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. 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.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

This is a major consideration for us, given how much I travel (and how much I’ll likely travel in the next couple years after The Now Revolution – my forthcoming book with Amber Naslund – is published in February). Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine!

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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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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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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. How can I help you?

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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. Thanks for sharing this Jay.

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JULY 26, 2010

Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on. How can I help you?

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Autumn Rain I think small scale entrepreneurs will become more productive with the aid of their own research, trial-and-error, and personal creativity. Carlos JingFow Looks like a pretty bright future dude. www.anonymize.it.tc It also helps to imitate and enhance strategies tested and adopted by other businesses.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Increased spending on online marketing is driving companies to try new and innovative means of getting the word out about their products and services — one area that’s getting a lot of buzz with B2B marketers is social media.

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JUNE 22, 2010

No stack of case studies or conference road trips will do it, either. link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Buzz Mkt Turismo RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? The only problem I've encountered is the trepidation associated with personal blogs. It has to come from you.

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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 =(. How can I help you?

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Marketers Can Buy Buzz by MediaPost Online Spin Max Kalehoff of Clickable presents some interesting findings on the (highly positive) correlation between media spending and word-of-mouth "buzz." Neither is right or wrong, but they are both part of a complex communications and customer landscape."

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