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AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. JF : Hyper-targeting.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. I’ve been thinking lately about why I got involved in social media. Testimonials are a huge part of the infomercial world, as they are for effective social media. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

“Twitter users talking about marketing and brands far exceeds the usage on the other social networks,&# said Tom Webster , the VP of Strategy & Marketing at Edison (and the study author), when I interviewed him for this post. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 41% provide opinions about products/services.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

I know us Hoosiers in the social media/marketing world are excited to have you in Indiana! Fully virtual, fully mobile. Another great marketing talent arrives. link] Marketing 150 Via @jaybaer [link] 7 Reasons I'm Moving to Bloomington Indiana [link] iatraveler Welcome to the Midwest! Herve Good Luck Jay!

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APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? People who… [link] #marketing [link] Innovate AZ The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life: Who Influenced You?All Alright, your turn. link] Scott R.

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MAY 26, 2010

Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Content creation and content marketing will continue to allow companies to capitalize on the fact that every customer is now a reporter.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Approximately 10 years after having 67% of the search market, Yahoo! Mobile is Critical MySpace was slow to adopt mobile technology, and the lack of MySpace in your pocket was part of what killed them. Further, mobile users actually spend more time on Facebook, not less. It never captured the social media market.

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APRIL 8, 2010

For now, I think it’s a highly mobile DVD player, game machine, Kindle, iPod, email appliance, and Web surfing device. Would it work as a marketing and/or presentation device? The drawing apps I’ve played with are simply incredible, but that’s not really my line of work – and probably not yours either.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

That’s why it’s more important than ever for companies (in social media or otherwise) to embrace the truth. Now, authenticity and acknowledgement of shortcomings is an incredibly effective marketing and communications approach ( see Dominos, as I wrote about here ). It used to be that scandalous lies got talked about.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Objective Marketer This power-user Twitter app is the preferred vehicle for Guy Kawasaki. I use Objective Marketer for all of my in-advance Tweets, and when I want to engage in some headline and/or time of day testing. Disclosure: Objective Marketer gave me a free account) Note: There are thousands of Twitter apps (literally).

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MARCH 16, 2010

Growth Is Slowing The true size of the Twitter audience is a bit tricky to pin down because 55% of its users do so via third party and mobile applications. Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter. Check ( Facebook Lite ). Retweet-style sharing tools?

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Objective Marketer This power-user Twitter app is the preferred vehicle for Guy Kawasaki. I use Objective Marketer for all of my in-advance Tweets, and when I want to engage in some headline and/or time of day testing. Disclosure: Objective Marketer gave me a free account) Note: There are thousands of Twitter apps (literally).

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APRIL 7, 2010

There are three primary benefits: awareness via virality and social proof; loyalty and rewards; and market research. Recently, I had the good fortune of hosting the weekly #socialmedia chat (Tuesdays 9am Pacific) where social media types congregate on Twitter and answer three questions posed by the host.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Starbucks is not only offering free Wi-Fi in all stores come this fall, but also unveiling their Starbucks Digital Network that all in-store web and mobile users will have the opportunity to enjoy (it’s a partnership with Yahoo!). We’re willing accomplices in our own marketing funnel. What’s Next (Potentially)?

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MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it. link] Evo Terra That seems to be the angle Google has taken with Buzz. It is Mobile on the radar?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The ability to make or consume social media from an array of mobile devices increases the convenience factor (and the pressure on my wi-fi router) immensely. That’s what attracted me to online marketing initially, and why I made the jump to that career in the mid-90s. Why do you love social media?

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JUNE 23, 2010

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Yet, it seems to be a stagnant mode of gathering feedback. We know better now.

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JUNE 16, 2010

And exceptional businesses are realizing tangible, meaningful outcomes using social media & mobile marketing. Here’s how they’re doing it — in two words: Build utility. Awareness, recall, positive sentiment, “engagement&# and buzz aren’t enough to overcome this mercenary reality.

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