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

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I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. It’s not viral unless it is.

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Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You

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We have entered an era where every business needs to consider themselves a TV station and a magazine , and the quicker you figure out your strategic content marketing plan, the faster you can use content to drive meaningful business results. Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? Consider a company like Kodak.

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

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With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. With social media, the audience is in multiple modes – participating in many threads.

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

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Imagine subscribing to a magazine that was about tennis one month, and about cooking the next month. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive | Social Media.

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February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

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It's Time for Real-Time

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We reconfigured our companies to accommodate phone. But fundamentally, we’ve done very little in response to social media – perhaps the most transformative change of them all. It’s the book about social media’s impact on the inside of your business, not the outside. Here are a few options for titles.

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

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JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? JB : In addition to influencer outreach, how can companies engage in influence mining for customer service? Should companies treat customers differently? RK : Measuring social media’s direct impact on sales. It will be interesting to watch.