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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Social Integration in an Instant One of the outstanding new add-on features of NutshellMail is their Facebook app, which enables Facebook fan page managers to easily add an email newsletter tab to the page. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Of course, *I* have an app for all that. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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AUGUST 19, 2010

That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights. Tougher to do in some CPG categories where history and tradition is rooted in feature/benefit selling. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. It makes sharing simple.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Of course, you can talk about the run-of-the-mill features and benefits of your product, but that doesn’t create any real kinship. In fact, on a regular feature on the Today show… they show how the products regularly don't work. The radio is a nice little bonus feature. Your points are good however.

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MAY 27, 2010

I like Icerocket.com and recently mentioned it in a video, but like Social Mention for it’s more advanced features. The More Things Change, The More Things Change | Social Media Marketing | [link] [link] Tena Hartwig great post featuring @bulbstorm! All rights reserved.

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JULY 6, 2010

Mentioning – or even featuring – corporate involvement is an effective means to raise awareness and need, especially for lesser-known (but equally deserving) charities and causes. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Great thoughts, Laura! All rights reserved.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Saw Zappos featured this wkend on tv. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. [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. All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

We also find Facebook fan pages that try to explain product features (wrong again, as it’s unlikely that non-customers are going to fan your page, thus talking about features is preaching to the converted). August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features.

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MARCH 23, 2010

I'd suggest minimizing the sharing features at the bottom of the post to a few core staples, then SMACKING them in the head with a very clear CTA illustrating the reasons why they should come back again. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. So what can you do to bring them back?

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JULY 15, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Most recently it was Pepsi's Refresh Project, which GOOD featured in a special insert. Marketing is becoming more and more like niche public relations, and marketers are looking to not only appeal to the end consumer who will buy their product, but the consumer who will buy their product and tell everybody about it.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. First blush, I'd want to differentiate between marketing to this influencers and communicating with them.

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MAY 26, 2010

[link] Social Media Filter RT @jaybaer 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Nat Finn blues RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Janet Stewart RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Karri Carlson "Nobody gives a shit about features and benefits."

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JUNE 2, 2010

Diesel cam- take pics in store & post direct to FB [link] maryfletcherjones I would totally use a feature like this! August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. TrafficColeman ‘Signing Off” [link] Prosperity RT @julieodonn: Do you 'like' how I look in these jeans? All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace answered in July, 2008 – almost a full year later. MySpace has rarely created features specifically for business, or done much to make MySpace a safer, more controllable venue within which corporations can participate. Then they started adding features like lists, etc. Then, of course they scaled up.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You can also ask for training to make sure you’re using all the features to the best advantage. That way employees can take advantage of the benefits of these powerful platforms, while risky or counterproductive features can be selectively blocked! Another piece of advice I’d offer you is don’t get too caught up in budget.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

What’s the one thing that defines you – and it’s not features and benefits. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. You can play with the Social Technographics Ladder data right here: 5. What’s Your One Thing? What’s the soul of your brand. Volvo = Safety.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

But, a new study by Edelman (whose digital arm features social media and ebusiness genius David Armano ) claims that bond is eroding. world-wide shows that just 25% of respondents said their friends and peers are credible sources of information about companies – a decline of 20% since a similar analysis in 2008.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

There’s a bonus feature that automatically selects winners of online contests, via random number generator. Excellent Social Archive Capabilities But given that RowFeeder is intended for the data warrior, my favorite feature is the spreadsheet capture of all mentions. No problem.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

ThinkGeek has a robust involvement in social media, with over 68,000 followers on Twitter , 50,000 fans on Facebook and over 11,000 subscribers to their channel on YouTube , which features company-posted videos demonstrating items like their proximity-meter t-shirts and fake-blood-filled, realistically gummy heart for Valentine’s Day.

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APRIL 8, 2010

I use Skype for a business line and would love to be able to video chat using an iPad… But alas – Apple has much more money to be made before they get to that feature. I'll all say, without going in depth, is it is very clear to me why features (ESPECIALLY USB, camera, webcam) were left off. All rights reserved.

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MARCH 9, 2010

A recent feature on CIO.com on “ 10 of World’s Strangest Social Networks &# gets it all wrong. link] [link] HMA Public Relations RT @jaybaer: Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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JUNE 15, 2010

It is a paid feature, you buy credits and can do emails one at a time selectively. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. This is a social address book, and social CRM application at each extreme. But I believe the other two Flowtown and Rapleaf are paid for tools also. All rights reserved.

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MARCH 16, 2010

New Features Aren’t Being Used Last Fall, Twitter rolled out the option for users to “tag” their location onto Tweets, to add geographical context. Further, there have been some reports of issues with accuracy in the geo-location feature) Twitter lists, while useful for categorizing people to follow, haven’t really taken off either.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Titled “Taylor Guitars Responds to United Breaks Guitars&# it features an unedited Bob Taylor in the factory unspooling an array of helpful tidbits about airline rules, TSA guidelines, and the protective qualities of guitar cases. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Almost invariably, the Chevy trucks have the sticker on the back featuring Calvin peeing on the Ford logo. 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ [link] Chuck Reynolds Interesting you post this as we have a small Arizona business owner Yelp disaster on our hands. And the Ford trucks have the pee on Chevy sticker. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

URLs whenever possible, and make liberal use of their “+&# feature. Radian6 For advanced social media listening, I often recommend my friends at Radian6 , who have – in my opinion – the most robust feature set and product development roadmap of all the widely available social listening platforms. I implement bit.ly

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Help Shape the Future of the Real-Time Web Gilbert is considering adding several other features to today’s admittedly basic version of Kurrently. That should be a very easy feature to add. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. link] jaybaer Great tip Ike. It's weird on RSS.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

URLs whenever possible, and make liberal use of their “+&# feature. Radian6 For advanced social media listening, I often recommend my friends at Radian6 , who have – in my opinion – the most robust feature set and product development roadmap of all the widely available social listening platforms. I implement bit.ly

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AUGUST 25, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. These social games are run on their SDN, keep histories that are shared socially, and afford winning teams valuable discounts for that store and local businesses. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams. Twitter is so 2008 The buzz about location came largely at the expense of Twitter, as most of the social media brigade updated their Twitter status infrequently, if at all. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

link] [link] Social Media Filter RT @NealSchaffer Insightful read from @JayBaer (featuring Malcolm Gladwell) R U Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media? link] [link] Social Media Filter RT @NealSchaffer Insightful read from @JayBaer (featuring Malcolm Gladwell) R U Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

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