Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

I’m sure that there are many of you who have heard (or perhaps personally believe) something similar. Unless they’re mentioned in the news, do they really have interesting content that you – as a blogger/journalist - would want to link to? Links Let’s be real. What do people like to link to? White papers?

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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. Our job is to educate a marketplace to be objective driven.’What Have you tried out Flowtown?

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JUNE 7, 2010

In the first section, Hsieh recounts his personal story, including his early childhood and nascent entrepreneurial adventures, including a misguided effort at worm farming. The book concludes with a few pages about the science of happiness, and how personal and business happiness can be inextricably linked.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Plus, it’s like the personal trainer scenario. As I said to you at SXSW, greatness is what needs to be out there, and both of you define that, both in knowledge and personality [link] unmarketing My pleasure. You are one of the hardest working people out there, and every stinkin blog post of yours is educational and inspiring.

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JULY 6, 2010

A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education. While demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, Target also created a local solution to a national issue by personally connecting with parents through a timely and innovative social media campaign.

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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. Google, Lijit, and other’s profiting from publishers plan on there being no power among independent, freethinking writers. 'They

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. BTW, Jason, I am in awe of the way you answer everyone personally. It’s about humanization. Tyler Excellent post.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Some Bloggers respond to the comments and some don’t. Those that do have comments, usually have no further comment from the person who left a comment in the first place. The problem is not that people are too infatuated with their “personal brands&# and refuse to engage meaningfully. That’s not a conversation.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

[link] Jimmykellyart (Jimmy Kelly) Twitter Comment RT @barneydavey: RT @jaybaer Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] kathysacks (Kathy Sacks) Twitter Comment RT@jaybaer: Develop a social media strategy in 7 steps. link to post]. Thanks for the thoughts and processes.

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JULY 8, 2010

I haven’t seen a recent study on the number of email accounts the average person has, but I’m guessing it’s declined slightly–aside from we crazy online/social marketers who have accounts for every purpose. It lets them know that there's a real person associated with the account. Why is this? Why is this?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Combined with their above average income and above average education, Twitter users’ propensity to interact with brands make them a huge potential source for Mass Influencers (although Forrester’s research says Facebook is a better pool ). Put another way, Twitter users are 3 times more likely to follow brands than Facebook users.

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MAY 26, 2010

[link] Matt McKeen RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Matt Ridings RT @McKeenMatt: RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] Drew Miller Great points Jay. I think this is the case for many companies that just jump in feet first without surveying what they're getting into.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

You already know a social media plan can really help you share your content and connect with your audience. In fact, a solid social media plan helps us at CoSchedule get 31.5 So how can you actually build a social media plan that works for you? 8% plan to use videos. 5% plan to use infographics.

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JULY 13, 2010

Every single person in a public relations firm should: 1) understand the impact of social media and 2) be able to activate that marketing potential for their clients. Oh, and for those that think that “blogger outreach” counts as social exposure for your staff, don’t kid yourself. I don’t believe in a “digital divide.”

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MAY 19, 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 Why D.I.S.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

High bounce rate — is the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entry page. Leave a Comment Previous post: 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers Next post: Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing? They are: 1. Thanks for the thoughtful post.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Between the pre-set bots, and the humanoids who decide to act like 'bots RT anything if the right blog (or blogger) curates it … I unfortunately think the #'s would be huge. Because, unlike newspapers or bloggers or ‘friends,’ gravity has no agenda of its own. Not their #'s and reach, but are they trusted.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Befor… [link] [link] Alyssa G I agree with your perspective on the iPad being the ultimate content consumption tool – and for that reason, I think it will be a great device for education, particularly for college students. I find Kindle to be easier and better as a book device. I should have written a textbook long ago!

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

To succeed in social media, set aside your marketing plan , October 31, 2010 Forget your marketing PLAN? I mean using social media technologies internally, within the large company kind of enterprise. I’m often asked what I think the next big thing in social media might be. Information sharing and education.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

12 Ways to Leverage Your LinkedIn Profile for a B2B Company - Social Media B2B , July 29, 2010 LinkedIn is considered by many to be the professional social network, but since it is based around people and their individual profiles, many don’t realize the benefit their B2B company can get with a well-crafted, active personal profile.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Listening to online rants and raves has not only helped me to better educate consumers looking for help, but it has also given me countless ideas for blog posts and thought leadership pieces. I would love to meet Amy in real life and see what kind of person she is. Kim Kraynak Great post Jay! I may use that in my new book.

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APRIL 22, 2010

In some cases these are members of the media. In other cases, they are the new influencers, bloggers and taste-makers. Social Campaigns & Apps (social media marketing) In this approach, you’re using contests, promotions, offers, and self-contained applications and widgets to promote your company or product. .

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MARCH 16, 2010

The lack of integrated metrics on Twitter may not be a big deal for personal users, but for corporations looking to embed Twitter into an integrated social CRM approach, it’s a gaping hole that is currently being patched by inefficient, home grown workarounds. How many more platforms or tools must one try to digest/use regularly?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

As my co-author Amber Naslund put it once “with social media, my relationships aren’t bound by geography or circumstance.&# Humanity People always slam Twitter for people talking about “what they had for lunch&# but the blending of the personal and professional is very attractive to me. Why do you love social media?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

Not the ready, fire, aim email that’s the bane of your inbox, but smart, contextual email that sends the right message to the right person at the right time. That’s been ExactTarget’s territory for a long time, and extending that concept of message-centric, platform-agnostic to social media is a natural fit.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Overwhelmingly, respondents in the study prefer interacting with official, branded accounts rather than personal accounts from employees. For small businesses, I think the benefits come in great chunks (with little benefit other than education in between). Wrong approach.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The Conference Isn’t That Good Whether it was their fourth time or first, every person I spoke to within my social media bubble (and I asked about 50) said the same thing – “I was surprised by how bad some of the sessions were.&# More so than any other event I attend, SXSW is conference roulette.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Example: An educational supply company that discovered customers using their lite diffraction “rainbow glasses&# (grade school science teachers) also used them as wedding party favors (when the lights went out, glasses go on and psychedelic experiences begin w/ the DJ’s light systems). There’s hope! There's hope!

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