Convince & Convert

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. I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

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Convince & Convert

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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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2009

By gathering information from your LinkedIn, Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail (not Hotmail, mind you), and other social media sites you belong, it maps out your connections and the connections of your connections. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 19, 2010

As part of the preparation for next Tuesday’s Webinar with 1to1 Media and Neolane (register here ), I poked around for some concrete examples of ROI from social media. Summary: some published examples of "hard" ROI from social media. Here’s what I found.

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markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

Thats a question I know a lot of very busy B2B marketers ask themselves which is why I found Tessa Wegerts ClickZ article on " Facebook as a B2B Marketing Tool " interesting. But I’ve heard the audience demographic of the Facebook is now moving from being focused on college kids to becoming a place for adults.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics. link] links for 2010-09-07 | Glenn Friesen [.] Seriously honored to be on here. link] unmarketing Thanks a lot Jay. As you know, you’re my living example of how to write a blog.

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Convince & Convert

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. link] #ConvinceandConvert [link] Face to Facebook RT @jaybaer Would You Try It With a Fox?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Facebook is for people you used to know. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Linkedin is for people you know. Twitter is for people you want to know. (I

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the first post of a series that will show you some marketing emails (webinar invitations, whitepaper downloads, product announcements, etc.) Big “Register for our webinar&# button at the bottom makes it easy to find where to click to sign up. How many webinars are being advertised here? Too confusing.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

What’s the best way to get the most possible Facebook “likes&# and Twitter followers? Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients? How can we make a viral video that gets thousands of views?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Then you dash to Facebook to see what’s going on there. Handy Facebook Reminders It’s pretty tough to find a credible excuse for missing people’s birthdays on Facebook. NutshellMail saves you from being labeled an ingrate by reminding you of all the birthdays of your Facebook friends this week.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

More people sharing the stuff that they make (3 billion photos per month uploaded to Facebook) 3. More people sharing the stuff that they make (3 billion photos per month uploaded to Facebook)&# Jay- How does this play into our supposed need for curation? More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

“ The Black Art of Optimizing Facebook Wall Posts &# can be voted for here. We’ll have Facebook page and other promotional stuff about the book online soon – including pre-ordering capabilities. “ Your Content Stinks! Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

Just as a sidenote, I thought ironic the fact that for a “digital marketing conference&# that focused on social media (blogs, wikis, twitter, facebook, etc.) Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License. United States License.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. 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.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If we can reliably identify a person across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and elswhere, we can then segment not only for the demographics of the consumer in question; we can tailor content for the mode they are in where we reach them. link] Ian Greenleigh Great post, Kevin. Have you tried out Flowtown? link] Henry Great post.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

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 network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. But, it's not all conversational.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

The good news is that with the typical exception of Facebook, most of these changes are positive, well-communicated, and understandable. Now, you can track number of “likes&# and daily interactions on your Facebook page, in the same place you can track RSS feeds, Twitter followers, and all the other awesome data points Swix provides.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Veredict : If you are new to using LinkedIn and Facebook for your business, Elyse’s presentation is a great starting point. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

There is a natural resistance among marketers to give whitepapers, webinars, even product spec sheets out for free, especially without requiring any kind of registration. Reply Kaila Woodie says: February 5, 2010 at 10:18 am Hi. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

June 2nd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is the interconnected Web bringing us together, or making us all distracted voyeurs? Either way, it would make me double-check how I have the privacy settings set for photos on my Facebook page. But the default view will be the opinions of your Facebook friends.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Future Plans for Facebook For now, Facebook doesn’t allow outside access to Facebook fan page metrics, so that’s the one large hole in the Swix data set. Mr. Lake believe that access will be granted however, allowing his company to deliver a whole suite of new Facebook data points into the Swix system.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Virality, Quick and Easy Once the stories are approved and posted on the blog, RESMARK automatically triggers another email, notifying the author and asking them to share the story on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. Since April, 2010 Western River has collected more than 1,100 of these customer stories.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

After your webinar yesterday my department spent an hour or so asking ourselves, “What IS the goal of our blog?&# 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. Jury's still out.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 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: Why D.I.S.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

Choosing the right social media strategy While some may say that since your employees are already using social media (facebook pages, tweeter accounts, linkedin posts, etc.) Reply Neoco | Blog | Why Social Media Is Not For Everyone says: April 27, 2010 at 11:07 am [.] Do we need to create rules or procedures for using it?

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Business Mobile 2.0 Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! A couple of months ago, we talked about ways to engage your fan base on Facebook.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

While I was away, Convince & Convert featured 11 guest blog posts from friends, clients, and colleagues.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

If you can type a sentence, you can relate to people on Twitter and Facebook. Wanted to point out that we have a strong presence on Twitter (since August) with team of 19 social media specific Care folks on Twitter and Facebook taking care of customer questions and issues six days a week at [link]. But, I’m not.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

Something along the line of “we tried a blog but it wasn’t a success” or “we have a Facebook page, but it isn’t doing anything for our business.” The Facebook page was a failure because they were not engaging their audience, they were just collecting names. If you have a Facebook page, know who is responsible for engagement.

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