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MAY 12, 2010

link] [link] Jack I think people are so busy in their work so they don't have enough time for social media and social media needs full time to spend on it.Time investment is really important for this…!!! link] Alex Hall [link] – Awesome Would You Try It With a Fox?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

After spending months developing an app, a few days in the approval queue isn’t a big deal. *Caching content in the app provides for an experience that is both faster and more visually engaging. The app store approval process complaints are greatly exaggerated. This will change over time, but still represents a near-term hurdle.

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MAY 4, 2010

For example, an organization that would have spent $5M over ten years on a traditional ERP or CRM application (bought from an on-premise vendor) may spend $1M on a SaaS alternative such as Workday or salesforce.com. The ROI of many Enterprise 2.0 technologies can be relatively easily derived.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree. Will you spend some time thinking about how to integrate your social messaging, not building a throne for it?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

In addition to improving the richness of the data, the next thing we're spending a good deal of time and resources on is answering the 'then what' question that arises after you import a bunch of email addresses. To know how an audience is using a platform woudl allow us to know how to direct our clients to engage their audience.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] [link] Mark Schmulen Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] [link] Frank Bedoya RT @mschmulen: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] [link] DJ Waldow Jay – As Brittany would say (minus the oops)…you did it again.

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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. You can find her on Twitter or, if you’re lucky, behind a rolling pin making a fresh pie.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

And once the system was set up and the business rules determined, the company spends almost no time managing the program. It punches a hole in the theory that social media and content creation success has to be a huge time commitment. Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Traditionally they have always prioritized people based on lifetime value according to how much money someone spends with a company. Obviously this is a valuable metric but we are able to give companies a network value score to understand a person's word of mouth impact. This article hits it right in the spot.

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MAY 5, 2010

I, for one, will be encouraging my clients to spend time at JaneNation. link] sadie harris Online Community With Purpose and a Plan [link] [link] sadie harris Online Community With Purpose and a Plan [link] [link] Katherine M.

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MAY 27, 2010

Now that’s engagement that goes WAAAAY past just clicking the “like&# button. To celebrate their 100,000th Facebook fan, Tornados gave away 100,000 coupons for free boxes of taquitos.

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APRIL 28, 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 Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? philsimonsystems Interesting post, Jay.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Feels almost icky that they are spending big media dollars right now. Seems like the more time we spend thinking about what's right, the less likely we are to do what's right. I promise my next post will involve no crying. link] jaybaer Yeah. link] jaybaer Great point Kevin. I hadn't considered that.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. 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. The statistical similarity shocks me.

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JUNE 22, 2010

There seems to be a catch 22 going on in that if the CEO isn't sold on social media (as many aren't yet) then they won't approve the staff to spend the time learning about integration and measurement…which would give them the tools to prove its worth.

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APRIL 1, 2010

In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports?

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MARCH 23, 2010

Pay attention to your statistics with regard to calls to actions. Spend some time tractor beaming your current visitors and watch that recurring visits stat rise. If you have complementary resources like an Ebook, email newsletter, events or otherwise, make sure those are easy for first-time visitors to find as well.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

This is obviously invalid research statistically, but anecdotally it makes you wonder. This is obviously invalid research statistically, but anecdotally it makes you wonder. If one fills one’s posts with the “How&# the writer can spend less time on the “why&# which is of course far harder to pull off.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

I realize number of friends/followers/likes isn't an important statistic, but if you don't have a few, it's hard to get the stats that do matter. They said they were doing so “because we've only got a few years left in this game and we'd rather spending it doing a good job than contemplating early retirement&#.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I need validation for spending time on Twitter! (includes slides and worksheet) [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] MarkBolster (Mark Bolster) Twitter Comment @billpollak Thanks Bill. Looks like a good read. Will love to have clients get away from brochures and explain in 120.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’m always equating social media more in the business development side of things than marketing. I’m always equating social media more in the business development side of things than marketing. I’m always equating social media more in the business development side of things than marketing.

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Single Grain

JANUARY 31, 2020

As opposed to organic media , such as SEO, content marketing and social media posts (but not sponsored posts), or earned media , such as publicity, reviews and word of mouth, paid media refers to any content placed outside of your own real estate that you pay for, like PPC ads, display ads and search ads.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Further, mobile users actually spend more time on Facebook, not less. Facebook has been mobile-focused since it was even marginally practical to be so, and the most recent estimates I’ve seen show that upwards of 65 million Americans access Facebook from a mobile device monthly. Facebook rolled out their iPhone app in August, 2007.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Why do people think a business can’t – or shouldn’t – sell using social media? Businesses spend time on money on things that yield them more money. At Holman for example, the majority of our social media conversations are based on helping people who are moving.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

How much can you afford to spend on the tool? • based on budget or schedule) Once you’ve answered those questions you can compare major social media monitoring tools. • What’s the client/competitor/industry name(s)? How hard will it be to filter? Fourth – what are the operational/resource concerns? What’s the budget?

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JULY 22, 2010

According to a recent Social Media and Online PR Report from Econsultancy , 86% of companies surveyed planned to spend more on social media marketing in 2010, but only 25% say they have gained “real, tangible value&# from the medium.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

So I’d spend more money on on a big online or direct mail campaign and then learn later that some tweaks here or there would have made it way more effective 6 months down the line rather than bombing miserably in 1 month’s time. because I had only one quarter to do a campaign that got big results or we were screwed.

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APRIL 8, 2010

I am sure it would be the coolest thing to tote around but I think I will spend elsewhere right now. Instead of spending $600 on this stupid thing I think I'm going to go spend $400 on something that does more: a laptop. Kiran (@measureTHISgirl) [link] Mike Stenger That's actually a really good point Jay.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In the old days of three dimensional friendship, you might discover some unsavory elements of a friend after spending two or three afternoons or evenings together, in different situations, with various combinations of mutual acquaintances. Now, you can discover if someone’s a dolt in 140 characters or less.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

People spend a lot of time talking about how social media levels the playing field, but this shows another side – how big companies have a lot to gain from social media.

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JULY 13, 2010

Why not try spending time commenting in your targets’ community blogs? Instead of dismissing new, potentially valuable tools because of limited bandwidth, set up company-wide “assessment competitions” that allow everyone to get involved: Give prizes to the folks who use emerging tools to identify client opportunities and customer pain points.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Where you spend marketing dollars also says a lot about a brand. With niche publications/sites you're often reaching the “core&# group of users who are more passionate and often influence the larger group. With Oakely for example, we found that influencing surfers and athletes was more important than running ads in Rolling Stone.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Every marketer should spend some time with the customer service team at least once a month listening to complaint calls. Every marketer should spend some time with the customer service team at least once a month listening to complaint calls. They shine the light on your problems, so you don't have to go searching for them.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Lifetime statistics, cross-posting, multiple accounts, etc. If you really want to roll around in the possibilities, spend some time over at Laura Fitton’s ( @pistachio ) One Forty, the app store for Twitter. Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I was really looking forward to spending the afternoon crafting killer status updates… [link] KatFrench Excellent intel, as usual Jay. .&# ) See, now I have to go poking through the latest Facebook analytics updates, and start appending Like buttons with ref tags… you've gone and made a bunch more work for me.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I was really looking forward to spending the afternoon crafting killer status updates… [link] KatFrench Excellent intel, as usual Jay. .&# ) See, now I have to go poking through the latest Facebook analytics updates, and start appending Like buttons with ref tags… you've gone and made a bunch more work for me.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Lifetime statistics, cross-posting, multiple accounts, etc. If you really want to roll around in the possibilities, spend some time over at Laura Fitton’s ( @pistachio ) One Forty, the app store for Twitter. Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert.

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