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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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If I subscribe to an email – I have the intent of re-engaging with your brand. “Liking&# a brand doesn’t necessarily have that intent – even though 30% believe it’s giving permission to be marketed to. If I subscribe to an email – I have the intent of re-engaging with your brand.

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Please Help Me Support Make-A-Wish Foundation | Convince & Convert.

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It gets spammy on Twitter with requests and DM’s, and then I see posts like this that, while the intent behind it is good (for MaW support), it could be viewed negatively. But that’s not the intention at all. It’s one of the reasons I don’t like the whole voting process of SxSW. All rights reserved.

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Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites | Guest Posts | Social Media.

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He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Basically, it’s everyone’s intention to tell their story and to share it.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. It’s not viral unless it is. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Linkedin is for people you know. Facebook is for people you used to know.

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Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog

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Intentional? It seems the rest of us are all over the place. sara22 Hi Jay, I'm loving option 3, and it looks like it's in the lead so far. Have to say though, when I first saw the picture, I thought you were mock shooting yourself in the head. link] david horne digging the overall look of Option 2. All rights reserved.

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Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

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Search Query Length Signals Intent While there is often more volume for one and two word searches, the longer searches are generally much more specific, indicating consumers that are farther along in their intent to purchase. The use of 8-word search queries grew 22% in the past year alone. All rights reserved.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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It looked like a great one, and my best intentions of attending were abruptly detoured in the chase for new biz. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-. It looked like a great one, and my best intentions of attending were abruptly detoured in the chase for new biz. It was FREAKY. It was FREAKY.