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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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Media Planning Media Buying Publishing Display Advertising Video Mobile. Social Media Community Management Social Commerce Social Integration Social Media Smarts. You might think it is good personalization by displaying the consumers account number or her home address within the content. Media Planning.

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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 5, 2010

Personally I think having the photo on the far right anchors it a bit better, but people seem to be responding well to #3. Two is very graphical no personality (you need personality, I don't on my blog where it's not about me but the content). Thanks for your help! I also picked 3 because there was no 4.

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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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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! Be patient.

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MARCH 4, 2010

In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? Very helpful post, Jay.

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JULY 27, 2010

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. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. They like it. They’re pretty good at it.

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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. Because the real advantage email has over social is data. Great article! How can I help you?

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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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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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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights. 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 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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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] (this tool is a big time-saver) [link] Akash Sharma RT @jaybaer Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] (this tool is a big time-saver) [link] Jeff Tucker I too set up NutShellMail and even added a tab for it on one of our Facebook fan pages.

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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.

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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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JUNE 2, 2010

Instead of relying on Amazon or Netflix’s algorithm to tell you what book or movie you might enjoy, you can rely on the opinions of your friends. But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly. Social curation at work.

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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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JULY 21, 2010

I don't know the full extent to each piece, but would love a legal expert to take these on and help us out in the social media space. If you look at all these, these aren't social media lawsuits per se, but rather about content, licensing and the responsibility a person burdens. How can I help you?

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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. link] [link] Jamie Favreau Thanks for the lesson.

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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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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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MAY 5, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. What do you think of this approach? How can I help 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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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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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? Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Man, you are good, my friend.

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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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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. How can I help you?

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AUGUST 18, 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 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing Jonny Stark Wow, quite a few comments on here already!

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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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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. My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue.

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APRIL 14, 2010

The Soundog is an ingenious device – a small, personal speaker with switching capabilities, enabling me to listen to whichever game I prefer without bothering nearby patrons. RT @SadieMHarris – The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters [link] [link] MyCrowd.ca How can I help you?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And more… There is enough primary data within this report to help smart marketers be very actionable when it comes to sharpening their social media plans/focus or to help ease the entry into the social media waters. Your UNION, P.U.B., and its members (Lijit). Your UNION, P.U.B., and its members (Lijit).

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JULY 14, 2010

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

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AUGUST 31, 2010

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. link] Dont be a social media buzz-kill « Marketing Alive Blog [.] I like that concept.

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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. Except in this case, they were almost always talkers because a home is so personal and it's easy to share. It’s entirely possible she is a Mass Influencer. Thanks again. How can I help you?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I maintain that as Facebook continues to tie together the real-time Web with the open graph, Twitter usage will inexorably shift from person to person connectivity, to customer to company connectivity. I'm not even a big fan of twitter (for personal uses) but for marketing purposes, I think it's a great and powerful tool.

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