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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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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!

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JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. 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.

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markempa

JULY 11, 2005

Relying on just on the tactics that are easy to measure such as tele-prospecting , webinars , website logs , email campaigns while not measuring ROI for public relations and branding is not being fully accountable. Marketers must remember that were in charge of controlling what is measured.

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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. Blogging every day doesn’t make you a better thinker or consultant, it makes you faster at WordPress formatting. They like it. They’re pretty good at it.

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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. There are various statistics on the failure rate of new product launches ranging from 50% to 75%.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? Is anyone out there?

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Another person tweeted a link to a blog which turned out, much to my chagrin, to be a post asking for votes rather than a vote about the subject. But until then, I can’t not participate as some sort of personal protest. I guess it’s all transparent, so it’s not really “bad.&# link] jaybaer I know.

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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

Personally, I did not find it helpful, although the concept holds promise. I'm taking some of your suggestions above and tailoring to what I *think* will work best for my personal needs. However, I found the default content excessive and the reaction of fans not favorable.

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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). I also picked 3 because there was no 4. 2 many words I guess?

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JULY 26, 2010

Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd. Aside from optimizing the structure of the site and the pitches themselves, sheer volume and traffic drove our authority with Google and other search engines. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on.

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MAY 5, 2010

John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. .&# And Now For Something Completely Different But here’s where it gets interesting. In addition to being Chief Jane of JaneNation, Lisa is also the Cultural Strategist for St. What do you think of this approach?

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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.

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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.

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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. However, statistics show that such use of social media is still not widely utilized by most companies.

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JUNE 24, 2010

There's “bad&# advertisements and “bad&# uses of social media as well… Maybe you'd call it human marketing or even personality marketing, but the concept is really simple. He was personable and funny, a real likable guy. Sounds easy, but it's also really easy to screw up. I'd buy a book from him.

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MAY 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself. Listening is the first step. Of course, that's another post.

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JUNE 7, 2010

In the first section, Hsieh recounts his personal story, including his early childhood and nascent entrepreneurial adventures, including a misguided effort at worm farming. The book concludes with a few pages about the science of happiness, and how personal and business happiness can be inextricably linked.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. So much so, that 49% of recipients take the time to write about their experiences on a website form Western River provides.

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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 =(.

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JUNE 22, 2010

link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Buzz Mkt Turismo RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Buzz Mkt Turismo RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? Maybe that will one day happen to social media.we

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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? Man, you are good, my friend. I'd love your thoughts.

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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. 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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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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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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APRIL 13, 2010

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. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. I don't know why, but that has always stuck with me.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. I’ve played with social media at a personal level and now it’s time to take it up a notch. link to post].

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JUNE 2, 2010

But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly. The oops factor comes into play again when you post something personal on Facebook you'd rather not have privy to that non-friend “friend&# and the entire world.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. We need to get some VIRAL BUZZ ?going We need to get some VIRAL BUZZ ?going We need to get some VIRAL BUZZ ?going BTW, Jason, I am in awe of the way you answer everyone personally.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B, Buzz & Brand ROI: Creating Customers That Create (MORE!) Social Media Statistics for B2B Marketers , June 21, 2010. Biznology ( Search Engine Public Relations Social Media Mobile Marketing Promotion Transparency ). Earnest on B2B ( Cross-Sell Acquisition Target Campaign Differentiation Statistics Experience ).

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine! There's nothing like moving, although it can be a challenge. Best of luck, Jay. I hope it works out for you. Donna Tocci Jay – wishing you and your family a wonderful new adventure together! That's fantastic!

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JULY 28, 2010

I personally can help people with every aspect of running a business operationally as well aside from accounting and law and I have referrals for both, as well as connections with experts in the areas I am not an expert in.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The statistical similarity shocks me. Publisher’s Union of Bloggers, has asked these simple questions from companies such as Lijit and Google, and they have either not answered (Google) or used personal attacks and threatened legal action against P.U.B. This chart shows usage of five major social outposts by organization type.

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MAY 26, 2010

The one that hit home for me personally was: “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.&#

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I looked at Meltwater Buzz a couple of months back and thought it offered a better platform than Radian6 (which is a good option in itself and often used as the industry example). That's why I mentioned that even though I'm showing in my table my personal ranking of these tools, it's meant to be just a starting point.

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JULY 13, 2010

Every single person in a public relations firm should: 1) understand the impact of social media and 2) be able to activate that marketing potential for their clients. I tell folks never to take advice from someone that does not personally practice what they preach, and most leadership at PR firms are still digital dummies.

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