Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. 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.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

If you need immediate opportunities, search engine marketing (SEM) programs such as Google AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing provide a competitive ROI, make it easy to control spending, and can start generating results as soon as they’re flipped live. These programs provide very little if any lasting branding benefit.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Remember, your most important customer is Google, and your content ladder needs to maximize your chances for search success. This is especially important now that Google and Bing are incorporating social content into real-time search results). and search for them on Google, Bing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and SocialMention.

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Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 145

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Regarding comments about the search box location, I'm used to a left or central location on search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.), but a right-hand location on content sites. I completely missed it in the first two headers, but noticed it readily in the third.

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Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics PR Advertising Agencies 109

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

I'm not sure you can separate content from community anymore, as Google seems to be looking more and more at engagement (comments, linkbacks, time on site) to determine the value of content. After your webinar yesterday my department spent an hour or so asking ourselves, “What IS the goal of our blog?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Consequently, if someone searches for “Colorado River Whitewater Rafting&# on Google, they’ll likely find that version of the Western River blog, which contains only posts about “ Colorado River Whitewater Rafting “ The software automatically harvests and organizes topically similar posts for maximum search effectiveness.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Google isn't going to be enough forever.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

I am showing as 2291 keywords where my site appears in Google's index, but only 170 words where they have actually clicked through to the site itself. link] email writing My readers used 411 different search terms to generate over 510 visits (i'm rather small)… [link] jakejordan Do you search with 3+ words in Google?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google. Sifting through that pile to separate the experts from the pretenders is a near impossibility.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-. Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-. so if last decade consumers trusted google organic results and arguably ppc positions, then this decade they will place greater value on their increasing reliance of social recommendation via their social circles.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

The metrics available on Facebook are in many ways better than you can get from Google Analytics. Facebook fan pages are email newsletters 2.0 link] online marketing blog using facebook fan page as a newsletter is a great idea, thanks for the great article.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

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. then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

You'd be lucky to find anything about Mr. Fux online even with a google search. You'd be lucky to find anything about Mr. Fux online even with a google search. McCann , Viral Heat Did you enjoy this blog post? And you wanna talk “online&# influence? I still think it's a lot of barking up the wrong tree.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

A Google search of the phrase “social media ROI” provides 694,000 results (at least at this writing). I recently heard a poignant expression, “you are your Google results”. Now, Google creates perceptions and it is our job to engage the communities and instill what perceptions we want seen.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Make sure you’re not just shopping who you think your competitors are, but also who Google says your competitors are, based on search engine results. The way they handle questions, friction, and sticking points can serve as inspiration or a warning to your efforts.

Social Media 150

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 150

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Content marketing is perhaps alone in its ability to be a successful endeavor at every phase of the customer lifecycle: When a potential customer is using Google to research new digital cameras, what is going to get them to a Kodak site? Because content is the most efficient form of marketing available. Smart, optimized content.

Paid Content 125

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 125

Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Dianna Huff – B2B Marcom ( Small Business Newsletter Email Campaign Facebook SEO Budget Writing ). Biznology ( Search Engine Public Relations Social Media Mobile Marketing Promotion Transparency ). CeeKue ( Promotion Word of Mouth B2C CRM Google Content Tips ). Blog as hub, site as spoke , June 23, 2009.

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B2B Thought Leadership B2B Marketing Advertorials Thought Leadership 100

Convince & Convert

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. Well, I got to start a Twitter feed for one client, but we no longer work for them. I don’t believe in a “digital divide.” Everyone ought to be thinking about it.

Social Media 140

Social Media Media PR Webinar Metrics 140

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I mined my Google Analytics and put together a list of the 25 most popular posts that have ever appeared on this blog , ranked by total number of page views. Years ago I did a similar analysis of the most clicked articles from my then employer’s email newsletter and found almost identical results. link] jaybaer Nice MJ.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Meanwhile, Facebook comes along and sees a revenue model that’s not based on the banner ad, but rather on Google’s pay-per-click model (which businesses prefer because it mitigates financial risk). Now as Google trying to bring out a rival for facebook, I hope facebook should plan something to compete with Google!

Paid Content 137

Paid Content Facebook Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 137

Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

If you have a contact us form, an online lead generation form, an email newsletter sign-up, or a shopping cart, why are you still only asking for name, address, and email address? I uploaded a list of approximately 2,000 subscribers to my email newsletter (you’re a subscriber, right?) Total cost? 4=wicked smart!

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Social Media Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Media 155

Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 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 Social Conversation a Myth? Absolutely not.

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Conversion Paid Search Agency Social Media Advertising Agencies 116

Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 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 Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

Isn’t our Facebook page just a post-modern email newsletter? Why aren’t we asking our blog visitors and Facebook fans to subscribe to our email newsletter? There’s a reason that some videos show up on the first page of Google, and others do not. I like your FB group as a newsletter analogy.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

Schoenfeld says that the original RowFeeder project was intended to integrate into Google Spreadsheets (and it still does), but the recent addition of Excel tie-ins open up the user base substantially. link] Komputery Sometimes I think, that people doesn`t work, but still analysing statistic, google analytics etc.

Social Media 120

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Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 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 Why D.I.S.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You can also set up various searches from Google, Twitter, etc and run the RSS feeds from each search through Yahoo Pipes and have the resulting feed delivered to your inbox or RSS reader to monitor ongoing. That said there are some options. Hope that helps!

Social Media 157

Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 157

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank's internet marketing blog on the intersection of social media, digital public relations and search engine marketing. Including video demos, case studies and newsletters on a site can help B2B organizations build relationships with their audience. Nice stuff.

Search Marketing 40

Search Marketing Online Marketing Work Management B2B Marketing 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Incidentally, this is why Google is so afraid of Facebook. Google has made a couple of dollars by reading and ranking Web pages. Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages.

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Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Incidentally, this is why Google is so afraid of Facebook. Google has made a couple of dollars by reading and ranking Web pages. Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 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 Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts? or Web 2.5,

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics. Google Alerts Like most marketing professionals, I have several Google Alerts set up for my name, my company name, and topics of interest to me.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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In our agency, we recently helped our client rank on the first position of Google for a number of their ideal keywords--the result of a six month content campaign. . . . Whether it’s content, email, or good ol’ public relations, she strives to delight customers and increase company revenue. Asia Matos. Tracey Wallace.

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