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AUGUST 2, 2010

More from Convince and Convert You Are Pissed Off at the Wrong Guy Taking Consumer Reviews Viral with Facebook Are you spending enough on digital marketing? Convince and Convert Recommends Facebook Vs. Twitter (The Arkayne Blog) 7 Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook – Free Ebook (Danny Brown) Facebook Pisses Off Users.

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MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. As a consultant, you help organizations walk the tightrope of technology adoption and integration. I play a similar role in the social media arena.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. Marketing isn’t about campaigns any more. It’s an exciting time to be a marketer, but it’s also a tremendous responsibility. Now, he tweeted it to his 1.6

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JULY 5, 2010

I have recruited a posse of incredibly smart social media, digital marketing, and public relations thinkers to entertain and inform you while I’m learning how to pay with colored money, and my son attends hockey camp. Hope your son enjoys hockey camp.

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JULY 27, 2010

Those words are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Blogging every day doesn’t make you a better thinker or consultant, it makes you faster at WordPress formatting. Before Permission Marketing , how much audience did Seth Godin have? Indra Gardiner covered social media law in a way that I cannot.

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JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging.

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JUNE 29, 2010

link] Hot In Marketing Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Con. 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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MAY 11, 2010

And if possible, I’d recommend having employees closest to the product (designers, engineers, product marketing, customer service) be the stars of the show, not executives or marketers. Now you’re combining content with marketing, social media with customer service. Give this a try will you?

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JULY 26, 2010

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. I think PitchEngine has the potential to change the way we publish – maybe even the way we think of our blogs and websites. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 17, 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: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? Roberts @njmirolo Always fun! Im Jay Baer.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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MAY 25, 2010

This session included much of what Indra and her partner Jon Bailey have been able to accomplish in the last two years, moving from a primarily traditional agency to a new media powerhouse. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail? Embrace Math.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. If you’re feeling particularly frisky, I’d love for you to vote for my other two panels while you’re in the mood.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. 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. To paraphrase Tina Turner , we don’t need another acronym.

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MAY 13, 2010

Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. (I 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. I use this a lot. It’s not viral unless it is.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social Media is Email Without the Database Because social communication feels more authentic and timely in most cases, email marketers must fully embrace testing, personalization and optimization to boost relevancy for recipients. Follow/fan/friend is just opt-in – and all you've done is agreed to be sent direct marketing.

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. If someone fills out the form to download the document, and they have a large following on Twitter (as determined by an instant Flowtown look-up), you can automatically send and email to your PR team to follow up with that individual.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. I believe it to be the most complete picture yet painted of how marketers are thinking about and deploying social media.

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. This 40-something Florida Mom found he… [link] [link] I Marketing Exposed Online Community With Purpose and a Plan: Lisa Beatty was at a cross-roads.

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JULY 21, 2010

A recent presentation at the PRSA Counselors Academy, by Michael Lasky , Partner and Chair of the Public Relations Law Practice at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert in NY, provided a wake up call to those in attendance about how the law is slowly creeping into the social landscape and why responsible marketers had better pay attention.

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MARCH 10, 2010

link] Lisa Alvey Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter 20 eBook – [link] (via @jaybaer) <–cool stuff! Download it: [link] [link] dzimmerman RT @MarketingProfs: Have you scored a copy of @jaybaer's Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter 20?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Randy Kemp: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) topsy_top20k RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail: Keeping tabs on your social media connec… [link] #marketing [link] Focus Communications interesting. This, I'll try.

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Contently

JULY 21, 2016

Over the last few years, the primary question most brands have about content marketing has stopped being “Should I do it?” This isn’t really some new marketing idea that came out over the last five, 10 years. ” Today, the big question is “How the hell do I pull this off?” This is not a new thing.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

shorten Social Media Consulting & Coaching to just “Consulting & Coaching&# ) and add Search to the end of the nav bar? 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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MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. Metrics would include the number of times a post is mentioned in other blogs or media, references, RT's, etc. Very helpful post, Jay. Mark, you're spot on!

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. link] [link] WebPro360 And, it's not just about businesses 'tooting' their own horn. Great thoughts, Laura!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

To help you figure all this out, you might want to download my free social media strategy worksheet. Social Media Strategy Worksheet from Jay Baer at Convince and Convert As a social media consultant, I specialize in helping companies create and implement social media strategy.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search A Social Media Scoreboard That Works March 25th, 2010 |Written (..)

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AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. More Work Upfront, Less Ongoing What I love about this program (in addition to the eye-popping results): It’s rooted in helpfulness, not marketing.

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APRIL 20, 2010

new white paper from me and @chrisbaggott) [link] [link] Blu Maya Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert [link] [link] Ken Styles RT @jaybaer: Does Your Blog Have a Long Enough Tail?

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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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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarch… [link] #marketing [link] Jim Weldon Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed: Yes, nice guys can finish first. link] [link] Hot In Marketing Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert [link] [link] LoriBurke I want to win this book too.

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JULY 15, 2010

I have seen far too many organizations fail, from the outset, for not having had a clear understanding of the discipline and rigor needed to keep their social media marketing efforts on the tracks. link] jodi kukla Josh–thanks for the insight and the bonus handout. link] Jim Alexander Good insights – solid advise.

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JUNE 3, 2010

And you know what, he didn't take a week to consult with PR folks or attorneys. arikhanson [link] Christine B RT @inspiredmag: What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce [link] those 2 little word mean so much. 2 little word mean so much. Sometimes the best response is just a human one, right? Perhaps an attorney can chime in.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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APRIL 6, 2010

It’s an example of an industry with poor understanding of taxonomy – the words and phrases used to describe products and services. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. GREAT INFO!

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