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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Websites, blogs, Twitter feed, Facebook, if you’re not participating, you’re not in front of your customers. Email, social media and PPC campaigns allow marketers to highly target prospects and analyze results to hone campaigns for maximum effectiveness. Today, the buzz in marketing is all about inbound.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Here’s the problem: The path to purchase is far from linear, meaning that you need to create buzz, build pipeline, generate sales, and retain customers across all of these touch points. On top of that, the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution often involves 6-10 decision-makers.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Home Members Only News Features Columns SEM SEO PPC Social Media How To Google & Search First Time Here? Test high-volume keywords vs. the tail If you are one of the many, many unfortunate B2B advertisers out there with a limited budget allocated to PPC, try some tests where you limit the scope of your program.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The same dynamic is present on Facebook. What percentage of your status updates are seen by each of your Facebook fans? In fact, BrandGlue estimates that as few as 1% of the status updates brands send on Facebook are seen by the fans of those brands. Very, very few. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Thomas for five days.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 21, 2010

How about your partner community and the leads you have given over to them. Add in webinars and in person events, calling plans, telesales, SEO, PPC campaigns, promos, price incentives, spifs for the sales force and you have a recipe for leakage in the system that is hard to account for. Share this on Facebook. Probably not.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

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. We see blogging both as community building and as a function of being a web based business.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

Could I get you to reply to the people who like you and your company on Facebook if we can demonstrate that it strengthens your brand recognition? link] #ConvinceandConvert [link] Face to Facebook RT @jaybaer Would You Try It With a Fox? It's mostly based on buzz and mass popularity. Why are you being soooo stubborn?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. “If we’re going to counsel clients on the role of community, and its ability to garner insights, we need to be able to walk the walk.&#

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Convince & Convert

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. link] awnpromo Once again, a very compelling arguement for using Facebook!

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 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: Why You Should Use a Content Rationale Report Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps 5 Step Process for Social Media Success [link] Santi Chacon Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter: Last (..)

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Then you dash to Facebook to see what’s going on there. Handy Facebook Reminders It’s pretty tough to find a credible excuse for missing people’s birthdays on Facebook. NutshellMail saves you from being labeled an ingrate by reminding you of all the birthdays of your Facebook friends this week.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] unmarketing Thanks a lot Jay. I guess I better read the book before Scott arrives next month for #UnBookTourSLC, right?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. It also continues to be a reliable conduit for new visitors here at Convince & Convert. Maybe you found this blog from Twitter?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

More people sharing the stuff that they make (3 billion photos per month uploaded to Facebook) 3. More people sharing the stuff that they make (3 billion photos per month uploaded to Facebook)&# Jay- How does this play into our supposed need for curation? More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

“ The Black Art of Optimizing Facebook Wall Posts &# can be voted for here. We’ll have Facebook page and other promotional stuff about the book online soon – including pre-ordering capabilities. One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc.,

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Vizion Interactive was founded on the premise that honesty, integrity, and transparency forge the pillars that strong partnerships should be based upon.

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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. The B2B prospect hanging out on Facebook Sunday night behaves differently and has different information needs than the same person reading e-mail on Monday morning. link] Henry Great post.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 18, 2012

Just look at, well, every new feature Facebook rolls out. Or consider holding a Twitter Chat to delve deeper into a user-generated suggestion; you can even let one of your community's power users co-moderate the chat with you. The link takes you to DoubleTree's Facebook page, where you're asked to Like the page to complete the survey.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

So, I turned to the team’s Facebook page, where NBA rules have not yet been codified, and team’s have more leeway than they do on the official Web site. The Timberwolves on Facebook page has no mention of a manifesto, not even a link on the Info tab. They need to snap up that Facebook name pronto. Your Web site.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 21, 2014

PPC managers find new users through online ads. Demand generation programs can help your organization reach new markets, promote new product features, build consumer buzz, generate PR, and re-engage existing customers. In addition to closing deals, you delight customers and build lasting, long-term relationships with your community.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. Leave a comment please.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 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: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. While many organizations have got social media religion, there are many others still swimming against the stream. As you know better than I, we are in the early innings of social media.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

The good news is that with the typical exception of Facebook, most of these changes are positive, well-communicated, and understandable. To celebrate their 100,000th Facebook fan, Tornados gave away 100,000 coupons for free boxes of taquitos. I’m bummed I missed that one. Maybe Tornados will send me some to review?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Facebook is for people you used to know. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Linkedin is for people you know. Twitter is for people you want to know. (I

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. I think your point about being involved in the community is the toughest for companies to put their arms around. Of course, content alone is not the answer. link] Joe Pulizzi Really enjoyed this read Jay.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Future Plans for Facebook For now, Facebook doesn’t allow outside access to Facebook fan page metrics, so that’s the one large hole in the Swix data set. Mr. Lake believe that access will be granted however, allowing his company to deliver a whole suite of new Facebook data points into the Swix system.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

They also really understand online community building. Janice Rudkowski – Director, Marketing & Communications, Career Edge Organization “We chose Gossamar because we need a partner that really understands online sales lead generation and management.&# Please contact Gossamar for credentials. Canada License.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 3, 2023

In most sales funnel presentations you’ll see a chart similar to the one above, but we think it’s actually easier to understand the sales funnel when you don’t use the buzz words for each stage. Attract the community that is unfamiliar with your business. This is natural. Engage those who now know you exist.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

Either way, it would make me double-check how I have the privacy settings set for photos on my Facebook page. The last thing I need is a dressing room photo of me modeling Diesel brand fat pants hitting the public News Feed on Facebook. But the default view will be the opinions of your Facebook friends.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Have you read the Terms link provided by Facebook, Twitter or YouTube? Did your content creator (photographer, writer, designer) give you permission to post their work on Facebook or YouTube and hand over their control to Mark Zuckerberg? Did you catch that part about being transferable and sub-licensable? Will they pursue you?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It

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