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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. Strategic social media integrators are scarce, and agencies that want to succeed long-term in the provision of social media services need to get into that camp FAST.

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6 Tips to Achieve a Cohesive Brand Messaging with Inbound Marketing

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Your messaging can inspire and motivate them, making them want to buy your product.”. Helps with Competitor Differentiation. At the end of the day, people want to buy into the people they work with, not just a name. But your company’s brand messaging doesn’t start with your customers or how your customers view your brand.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

First blush, I'd want to differentiate between marketing to this influencers and communicating with them. I like your “monitor and respond to all&# thought — this is more of a public relations model than a marketing model, especially if we dispense with the concept of “impressions&# in favor of “contacts.&#

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How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Convince & Convert

If you don't have remarkable content, you have not differentiated yourself and therefore is no reason for people to pay attention. I'd rank the goals of blogging – or any communication – thusly, in order of priority. Content Blogging is and always be about content first, no matter what your goal.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

.&# 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. Buy your own product.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Humanize Your Blog Remember, it’s a blog not a white paper, and a key differentiator is personality. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2. Show your first-time visitors who you are (literally and figuratively).

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6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace | facebook | Social.

Convince & Convert

finally shut down Geocities last year, a decade after buying it for $3.5 link] robertwheatley I think you landed on the most important item in the laundry list when you hit Rupert and the buy-out. The simplicity is definitely a key differentiator. Historical footnote: Yahoo! Not Facebook; MySpace.