Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Because of the specificity, it’s much easier to achieve a top 10 search engine ranking for long tail searches, and higher rankings = higher conversions. But the reality is, your blog is probably a lot more broad than you think. That group used 3,126 different search terms to get here.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. Convene, converse and collaborate. We’re Making Progress Together As I see it, the recipe for improving the world through collaboration has three steps: 1.

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markempa

JUNE 21, 2006

A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Convince & Convert

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 Commerce Related to the first, but commerce-oriented blogs are more interested in conversion events than in traffic generation. What’s the Point? As I see it, there are 3 options here: 1.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Sure, social media is rooted in conversations, and listening to your customers and then responding on the social Web is a pillar of social media. But, it's not all conversational. Messaging you deliver to your audience that creates conversations, rather than stems from them. You are becoming one of my favourite bloggers!

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

You Just Might Like Green Eggs and Ham (in fact, ironically, you can click here to “like it&# on Facebook ) More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Are You A Shaq or A Penelope Are You Cherishing the Wrong Trophy Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… (..)

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I wonder how much web apps produced in the same month?) – Apple may take a 30% cut, but conversely developers KEEP 70%. In December, that meant $175 million in revenue to developers.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

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JULY 5, 2010

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

His self-deprecation adds a hilarious, warm tone throughout. UNstructured Like Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It , Stratten dictated some of the book, and it reads very conversationally. Also, there isn’t a narrative or progression in the book, but rather a collection of 57 short observations, lessons, and anecdotes.

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Online Marketing Institute

MAY 26, 2010

He suggests that brand awareness is the new measuring stick of a successful marketing campaign and says that only the first set of eyeballs are the ones you pay for—everything after that is word of mouth. Blogger outreach A key component to many, if not most, social media campaigns are blogger outreach programs.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet.

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Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Being a new tool set, there’s a lot of experimentation and it’s important to see what will actually make a change, It’s a very difficult medium to track, unlike transactional advertising, social engagement is hard to tie to point of sale or conversion. I think *everyone* can get to conversion on the web.

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Convince & Convert

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 ). thanks, Kathy [link] jaybaer Although it's my usual practice, I'm not going to reply to each comment, since this isn't a very conversational blog post. I’d like a stronger visual identity overall.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

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AUGUST 24, 2010

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

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Online Marketing Institute

APRIL 4, 2011

Remember this: with a company blog strategy, the organization owns (and controls) the content and discussion (assuming the organization isnt using a hosted solution like Blogger or a WordPress hosted blog). WordPress bloggers may be interested in leveraging the WordPress Editorial Calendar plugin as well. Team meetings.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

So many of his points fit neatly into sound bites, that it seemed a natural – and relevant – forum for a conversation. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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JUNE 17, 2010

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 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 Conversation a Myth? That’s feedback.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. At this point, we should give up the navel-gazing debates on which are the most appropriate acronyms, and focus on solutions that allow us to start conversations in social media.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Anonymous This is really interesting, because not only is Twitter its own culture, yet it is changing the marketing culture. People use Twitter and FB and other social media sites to provide word of mouth advertising whether it be negative or positive, it is some time of feedback of a product.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

Again with the blogging, make sure your blogger or bloggers want to do it, if they are forced into it, you won’t get your posts on time. There are tons of free and paid tools out there that help you to monitor the conversations taking place. You don’t need to know the what, just the who and when.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 7, 2014

What these marketing pros may not realize, though, is they can easily access the latest marketing news and insights from well-known names in the field -- and even join in on interesting marketing conversations -- through LinkedIn groups. 2) Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals. Are you a blogger?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

Says Lisa Beatty, “We want to bring women into the conversation, but also into the solution. John & Partners can have conversations with major brands that perhaps wouldn’t put the mid-sized agency on their radar otherwise. That only happens if they have a real, ongoing relationship with brands.&# With JaneNation, St.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

At the end of the day, however, a great product and great customer service is still what will keep your clients coming back despite the notion by some social media gurus (certainly not Mr. Baer) that positive word of mouth (or “buzz&# ) was created by social media. Maybe you guys have other examples where that is not so.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. This would answer questions like: - out of your customer base, how many are key influential mommy bloggers. Don’t assume that the person that gave you one star on a Yelp review is some sort of carnival freak outlier.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

I love your quotes and they are spot on!

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

I think first-time bloggers get enamored with the concept of “design.&# This is really really helpful, especially for an aspiring blogger like me. They may not realize that personality and function come first. Most of your blog readers have no idea who you are. 5 ways to fix it. 5 ways to fix it.

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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.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media Is Social Conversation a Myth? link] [link] David Goldie Interesting cross between physical and online marketing, through Facebook and Diesel.

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JUNE 7, 2010

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