Convince & Convert

AUGUST 23, 2013

Dan Moyle , inbound marketing evangelist at Amerifirst , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the importance of educating consumers, why advertising is a waste of money, and how a mortgage company got so many followers on Pinterest. The RSS feed is: [link]. Social Media Stat of the Week: 78% of U.S. Listen Now .

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Biznology

APRIL 18, 2017

Magic in the form of Shel Holtz , godfather of Digital PR and Social Media Communications, asking me to join him on his globally-popular communications podcast, For Immediate Release (FIR). The only reason this occurred to me is because I went back in time to when I was a Twitter baby, via my experience on Mastodon. Can we even?

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A Look at Online Display Advertising for Lead Generation. It’s time to take another look at online display advertising strategy now that Google has revamped its ad planner tool; now calling itself the Google Display Network Ad Planner, and eliminate site research from non-GDN sites. Ad units and rich media.

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Opposite of Advertising How can a company embark on an branding campaign without prominently displaying its logo? After being picked up by local media and sports commentators, fans raved about the new jersey.

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B2B Memes

MARCH 9, 2011

Are profits and social media compatible? For B2B professionals, mixing social media and business requires a delicate balance of giving and selling, sharing and monetizing. I was reminded of how tricky this balance can be last Friday when I logged onto my RSS reader. Does making money from a friendship make it less social?

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Webbiquity

JUNE 25, 2012

Sales leads generated through inbound marketing–the combination of content marketing, blogging, social media, website chat and SEM–cost 61% less than those produced through traditional demand generation techniques (e.g., online or print advertising, trade shows, telemarketing, direct mail) according to research from HubSpot.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 10, 2013

This week: From ExactTarget , a free white paper called “ 3 Truths Every CMO Needs to Know About Social Media and the Customer Experience “ From Expion , a case study about how H&R Block mobilized 90,000 tax professionals in social media using Expion to guide their activity. The RSS feed is: [link]. Listen Now

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. In a few short months, the group has 32 members without having done any advertising. Join the ITI Alumni group (now I can say that I have done some advertising). Beautiful day!

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Their latest study points out that “The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC&#. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. Maybe you found this blog from Twitter? But, for about 99.999999% of the world, Twitter usage is not an end, it’s a means to an end. Your Twitter goals may vary. Your Twitter goals may vary. Traffic to my blog.

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Chris Koch

JANUARY 22, 2010

I wish I could say that social media leads to sales. So when we think about social media ROI, we need to make a leap of faith. To make ourselves feel a little more comfortable with this idea, we may need to categorize social media with something whose hazy ROI we’re more familiar and comfortable with: PR. Return on media impact.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 27, 2023

It typically involves strategies and techniques, such as targeted marketing campaigns, networking events, trade shows, content marketing, email marketing, and social media outreach to capture qualified accounts’ interest and contact information. With higher conversion opportunities, this ensures optimum lead generation.

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Scoop.it

JULY 13, 2023

It was considered more effective compared to traditional advertisement or product marketing and has created a buzz in the industry. If you’re producing blogs and posts for social media, then content curation can save you time and capital. The world of social media has completely revolutionized how people consume content.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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The Customer

MAY 4, 2020

Social Media is a recent example, and sadly as new platforms, like TikTok and Snap before it, roll out it’s probably still a current example. Think Gary Vee of Vayner Media. for the “house” for your podcast and then share its “street address” – the RSS feed — on Apple, and Google and iHeart, etc. Let the Lessons Begin.

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B2B Marketing Savvy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

. (Read time = 2-3 minutes) The Q3 mashup on social media, research and tools, marketingt/marcom, Agency-Client relationship topics and a smattering of fun and fancy. A Q3 Roundup of Twitter, Tools, Social Media Marketing, Research and the like. Twitter for B2B, Specifically. Social Media. B2B Twitter Case Study.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is Episode 30 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Eric Schwartzman , online social media training provider, entrepreneur and the best-selling co-author of Social Marketing to the Business Customer. The RSS feed is: [link]. Listen Now. Find us on iTunes: [link].

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2011

They resent and ignore interruptive marketing approaches such as advertising and cold calling. These are primarily online pull tactics (including inbound marketing, content marketing, SEO and social media). With social media, buyers can reach out to colleagues, experts, peers, etc. That means social media.

Social Media 100

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 15, 2009

In a blog post last week, Dell revealed that it has generated more than $2 million in revenue from @DellOutlet, one of its many Twitter sites. Late last year, there were some headlines about Dell crossing the $1 million mark via Twitter and it’s only gotten bigger since then. Tags: social media Lead Generation.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps View more presentations from Jason Baer.

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 167

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Summary: Social Agency’s Spredfast helps marketers schedule social media campaigns the same way they schedule paid advertising. If social media worked the same way, companies would first buy a monitoring system to track what’s being said, followed by tools to respond to comments made by others.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 24, 2014

Right now most of our traffic comes from sharing links to our posts on Facebook and Twitter (which isn’t bad in and of itself), but I wish we could create a standalone readership who finds our content valuable enough that they’d come back to the blog on their own. Debra told us that as a non-profit, there’s no budget for advertising.

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Chris Koch

MARCH 19, 2010

I’d like to create a guide for how to use social media in B2B that does not involve talking about the specific tools—as least not in the top line. I think it’s important to try to do this if we’re going to get social media integrated with the rest of marketing. Find and track the relevant conversations in social media and online.

Social Media 100

Social Media B2B Thought Leadership Peer-to-peer Media 100

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As 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.

Social Media 119

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You run over to check your Twitter account. Sure, you can centralize some of your social media chores (great post by Chris Brogan), by using Tweetdeck or Seesmic. For normal humans that check social media a couple times a day, NutshellMail may become your new favorite social companion. Then Linkedin. Maybe your blog.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency PR 115

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How to Use Social Media – Lessons from AMA Digital Conference This past Friday (March 6) the AMA Tampa Bay chapter hosted an incredible full day event called the Digital Marketing Conference.

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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. Twitter knows that you are @somecustomer, and what you Tweet about, and maybe your geography.

Social Media 114

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 15, 2013

Jake Jacobson , Social Media Manager at Garmin , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to reveal Garmin’s Youtility-esque goals when it comes to social media and customer service, plus how Garmin has been able to educate its wide and dedicated fan base through specialized content. The RSS feed is: [link]. Listen Now

Communities 138

Communities Mobile Advertising Emarketing Stats 138

Biznology

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Neither is Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn (I’ll get to these guys in a minute). And, to a degree, took RSS with it. Again, in the spirit of fairness, RSS may have been dying (see here and here ) whether Google kept Reader or not. Twitter is growing its Promoted Accounts and Promoted Tweets products.

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Paid Content Google RSS SEM 80

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Sure, it’s clever outdoor advertising, but given that “where am I going to get coffee tomorrow?&# The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You [link] Howie at Sky Pulse Media This is what Sky Pulse Media is built on. Great article Jay!

Social Media 148

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 148

Biznology

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I just started as Director of Social Media at Unison Agency in Washington’s historic Georgetown. Big brands know they need to fill the skies with advertising ack-ack if they want to get into our consumer heads. Social media is a trap. One of my perks is getting to work with Executive Director of Strategy, Andrea Fabbri.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 10, 2014

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. The RSS feed is: [link]. We’ll be joined by many of our guests from the past 2 years to discuss what has changed in social media and what you need to do to stay relevant this year. Social Media Number of the Week: -11.

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readwrite

JULY 2, 2010

Twitter has rolled out several different advertising systems in recent weeks and we’re hearing that the next one will take a page from the Dell Computers playbook. million in sales through links published over two years on Twitter. Twitter hasn’t responded yet to our request for comment.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. The RSS feed is: [link]. And when it comes to measuring success, it’s not as simple as looking at how many cars they’ve sold through Twitter (hint: it’s probably not very many). Erich Marx, Nissan @emarxe. Listen Now.

Paid Search Agency 136

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Multi-Channel Television marketing 136

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 8, 2011

Some advertising agencies charge you hundreds of thousands of dollars to create what they call the “ideal customer persona”. I discussed how you can do this for FREE with Facebook in a prior post called Generating a Buyer Persona with Facebook Advertising but unfortunately you do get what you pay for.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S.

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