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NOVEMBER 18, 2005

On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. That’s simply not true. E-mail is a one-to-one medium, nothing more, nothing less. That’s simply not true.

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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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JULY 5, 2010

I have recruited a posse of incredibly smart social media, digital marketing, and public relations thinkers to entertain and inform you while I’m learning how to pay with colored money, and my son attends hockey camp.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2005

IT Must Help Marketing and Sales Collaborate with Lead Generation Fellow blogger, Jim Berkowitz and his CRM Mastery E-Journal provides excellent insight into the lead tracking issue. FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext.

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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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AUGUST 18, 2010

How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client? Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. Better question: How can we develop a sustainable, ongoing social media strategy that will turn customers into advocates over the long haul?

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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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MAY 12, 2010

We measure it (personally and professionally) quantitatively not qualitatively. Social media has never been driven by function and purpose. It's mostly based on buzz and mass popularity. It's… well… *mostly* a mass media so far.

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MARCH 27, 2005

RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. " Here is his original concept. It will probably take somewhere between 12 to 18-months for RSS to reach critical mass for the following reasons: 1.

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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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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. 2 many words I guess? I’d like a stronger visual identity overall.

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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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AUGUST 24, 2010

Another person tweeted a link to a blog which turned out, much to my chagrin, to be a post asking for votes rather than a vote about the subject. But until then, I can’t not participate as some sort of personal protest. I guess it’s all transparent, so it’s not really “bad.&# link] jaybaer I know.

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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. This, I'll try. However, I found the default content excessive and the reaction of fans not favorable.

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JULY 28, 2010

I personally can help people with every aspect of running a business operationally as well aside from accounting and law and I have referrals for both, as well as connections with experts in the areas I am not an expert in.

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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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MAY 5, 2010

John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. .&# And Now For Something Completely Different But here’s where it gets interesting. In addition to being Chief Jane of JaneNation, Lisa is also the Cultural Strategist for St.

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JULY 26, 2010

Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd. Aside from optimizing the structure of the site and the pitches themselves, sheer volume and traffic drove our authority with Google and other search engines. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on.

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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.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Don’t assume that the person that gave you one star on a Yelp review is some sort of carnival freak outlier. Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. Except in this case, they were almost always talkers because a home is so personal and it's easy to share.

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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 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself. Listening is the first step. Of course, that's another post.

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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 word-for-word reprinting of Hsieh’s emails to employees regarding the Amazon acquisition are also priceless.

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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 =(.

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JULY 6, 2010

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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JUNE 24, 2010

There's “bad&# advertisements and “bad&# uses of social media as well… Maybe you'd call it human marketing or even personality marketing, but the concept is really simple. He was personable and funny, a real likable guy. Sounds easy, but it's also really easy to screw up. I'd buy a book from him.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine! I'm connected with quite a few Indiana bloggers and they are all terrific. Interesting to hear your reaction to AZ vs. IN bloggers. There's nothing like moving, although it can be a challenge. Best of luck, Jay.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. So much so, that 49% of recipients take the time to write about their experiences on a website form Western River provides.

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APRIL 1, 2010

link] Chris Hall Jay as a lifelong T-wolves fan (the team’s life not mine), and a person involved in social media I have to say, awesome! But I wasn’t the only person doing this, and by no means was I doing it any more than anybody else in the community. Too many cooks can spoil the dinner. (PS

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AUGUST 2, 2012

It also sets a weird standard of what you should be doing as a marketer or a customer service person, because it’s kind of setting this weird precedent of a grand gesture that, you’re correct, does not scale and is not sort of the normal day- to-day that people quite frankly want or expect. Eric : Well said. It’s like no.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Hey, your positive feedback on my personal blog was extremely encouraging… can you take a look at my newly formed company's blog as well? Man, you are good, my friend. I'd love your thoughts.

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JUNE 2, 2010

But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly. The oops factor comes into play again when you post something personal on Facebook you'd rather not have privy to that non-friend “friend&# and the entire world.

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JUNE 22, 2010

The only problem I've encountered is the trepidation associated with personal blogs. Right now we are shying away from use of personal pronouns in order to maintain a more formal business tone. It doesn't seem to hamper traffic, but I do wonder how a blog can grow in its readership if the personal connection isn't there.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. What % are you sharing with me? Your UNION, P.U.B.,

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APRIL 13, 2010

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. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. I don't know why, but that has always stuck with me.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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. Making that personal connection can be tough…when you’re getting a lot of comments. It’s about humanization.

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JULY 14, 2010

Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies. We Are Not Alone Serving as the organization’s advocate for adopting social media can be a test of passion and commitment. With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time.

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