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MAY 12, 2010

May 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Jennifer Maggiore, CEO of Maggiore Consulting, a multi-media lead generation firm and co-host of Locals Only: a Phoenix-based live Internet show. It's mostly based on buzz and mass popularity. Social media has never been driven by function and purpose.

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MARCH 4, 2010

This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. What’s the Point?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

link] Deliverability Days Wrap Up + Fabulous Marketing Finds from Around the Web: 9/23/2010 « Topica's Blog [.] I especially like your comparison of social media to digital bumper stickers and an expression of passion for something, as opposed to permission to market to them.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Despite Facebook’s apparent addiction to public relations missteps and half-baked schemes, they still keep chugging along, taking over the world one “like&# button at a time. facebook Rocks [link] objectivemarketer Facebook Success Summit 2010 @marismith @jaybaer @briansolis @mike_stelzner @ekaterinawalter and the likes.

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APRIL 20, 2010

white paper from @jaybaer and @chrisbaggott [link] #blog #smm [link] arikhanson Bloggers: Does your blog have a long tail? new white paper from me and @chrisbaggott) – [link] /via @jaybaer [link] jeffespo RT @arikhanson: Bloggers: Does your blog have a long tail?

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JUNE 29, 2010

More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. We’re Making Progress Together As I see it, the recipe for improving the world through collaboration has three steps: 1.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Earn attention: create something great and distribute it online to generate buzz Nobody cares about your products: they care about solving their problems Lose control: trying to control all your content will work against your attempts to get your ideas heard. United States License. United States License.

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JULY 5, 2007

« Podcast: Interview with MarketingSherpas Anne Holland | Main | Early Stage Leads are too important for Sales People Alone » Off-Topic: On Selling Ideas in 1776 Fellow blogger Tom Pick, over at the The WebMarketCentral Blog tagged me to write something off topic, interesting, seasonal and non-work related this week.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Google’s new Buzz technology recognizes this convergence, by treating email connections between us as the core atomic unit of the social Web, rather than newer, more ephemeral connections made on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere. (For You are becoming one of my favourite bloggers!

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AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters.

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JUNE 21, 2006

A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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AUGUST 18, 2010

How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client? Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. Better question: How can we develop a sustainable, ongoing social media strategy that will turn customers into advocates over the long haul?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Keep up with the leading b2b bloggers by subscribing to the B2B Marketing Zone and regularly visiting this new site, BtoBbloggers.com. Public relations (PR) is pretty much the opposite—it produces limited immediate and direct results, but builds your brand in the eyes of prospects, the media, analysts and other influencers over the long term.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

February 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Bob Dennis , freelance Web designer with experience in everything from audio production to social networking. After two-and-a-half years, iPhone app developers are getting fed up with Apple’s lengthy and often inconsistent approval process.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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NOVEMBER 18, 2005

On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 That’s simply not true. That’s simply not true.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Both seek to keep your brand top-of-mind with customers and prospects, communicating in a relevant, timely way that ideally is measurable and testable.

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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. Check out Phil’s blog too ) Your new book The Next Wave of Technologies deals with how organizations can adopt and adapt to new processes and advances.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I’m a big believer in humanization of your blog (in fact, it’s one of my 11 must-dos for serious bloggers ). But I need your help with the biggest change – the header. And while I have my photo on the right side of every page (I like the photo – by my friend Tyson Crosbie – do you?),

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AUGUST 24, 2010

For every vote you cast for the keynote at South by Southwest featuring me and Amber Naslund , we’ll donate $1 of our book advance to Make-A-Wish Foundation ®.

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MAY 5, 2010

John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. .&#

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MARCH 10, 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 Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter (..)

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FEBRUARY 3, 2005

IT Must Help Marketing and Sales Collaborate with Lead Generation Fellow blogger, Jim Berkowitz and his CRM Mastery E-Journal provides excellent insight into the lead tracking issue. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 14, 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 Social CRM Needs to Be Less About the Social and More About (..)

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

Otherwise it’s just buzz. Reply Neoco | Blog | Why Social Media Is Not For Everyone says: April 27, 2010 at 11:07 am [.] Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

Again with the blogging, make sure your blogger or bloggers want to do it, if they are forced into it, you won’t get your posts on time. You don’t need to know the what, just the who and when. If you have a Twitter account, set up a CoTweet account to help manage interactions, and define who is responsible for interaction.

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MARCH 25, 2010

RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works (check it out) [link] [link] Meltwater Buzz RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] A Social Media Scoreboard That Works – [link] (via @jaybaer & @philsimon) #fb [link] Kim Brame RT @upwardaction: Great tool!

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MARCH 27, 2005

RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 " Here is his original concept.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories. 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. said Brandon Lake, Vice President of Western River.

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JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter.

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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.

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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarching theme of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book Delivering Happiness, a Path to Passion, Profits, and Purpose. He was very passionate about happiness and creating a culture to support the vision. I talk about similar core values but he was the first one to embrace the values to the extreme commitment level.

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MARCH 23, 2010

I think first-time bloggers get enamored with the concept of “design.&# This is really really helpful, especially for an aspiring blogger like me. At first, you knew everyone at the party. They may not realize that personality and function come first. Most of your blog readers have no idea who you are. 5 ways to fix it.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. I like your “monitor and respond to all&# thought — this is more of a public relations model than a marketing model, especially if we dispense with the concept of “impressions&# in favor of “contacts.&#

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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.

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MAY 13, 2010

I love your quotes and they are spot on!

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