Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. However, even within the business (non cat) blogging arena, there are a wide variety of potential measures to gauge your momentum. Is anyone out there? What’s the Point?

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Chris Koch

JANUARY 22, 2010

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. There have been research attempts made to uncover and evaluate methods for measuring the ROI of PR. Again, tough to isolate PR’s role.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. Shirky points out that consumer-powered review sites like Yelp are just as valid as a critique from a professional restaurant reviewer, although perhaps for different reasons based on the collective knowledge and biases of each source.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Your blog works exactly the same way. There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree. But, isn’t “following&# and “fanning&# just a new version of “opting in&# ? Don't be alarmed.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Well, in a practical sense, your online home is your web site — maybe your blog; more philosophically, your home is your business and yourself. I chose to use Drupal, which is a Content Management System (CMS) which, I guess, is similar to WordPress, though known less for being a blogging platform than a content platform.

Social Media 80

Social Media Paid Search Agency CMS Development Advertising Agencies 80

Webbiquity

APRIL 10, 2017

The explosion of blogging, social media, and online review sites has provided brands with unprecedented opportunity for exposure through authentic customer advocacy. Here are nine of the best tools for monitoring your brand, key topics, influential bloggers, focused news sites, and obscure social media networks. RSS Readers.

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Convince & Convert

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 ). link] Tin Hang Liu RT @jaybaer Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog [link] #SMM [link] Adam Sherk Looks like the polling is fairly split right now, which I guess shows that you've got three good variations.

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Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics PR Advertising Agencies 109

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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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. Some of the guest writers blog on occasion at their own sites. None of them blog routinely. RSS subscriptions are up. Nobody else is that eager to wear the thorny blogging crown. Visits are up.

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Paid Search Agency Blogger Advertising Agencies PR 117

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank’s internet marketing blog on the intersection of digital PR, social and search engine marketing. Pitching bloggers and print journalists are somewhat similar, but in the end, they can be very different things. Bloggers are on the move, writing about what comes to mind on a daily basis.

Online Marketing 40

Online Marketing Blogger PR Digital Asset Management 40

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers? A write up on a blog. Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. Presto, a pretty graph in about 3 seconds flat.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

David Meerman Scott , in his book The New Rules of Marketing and PR points out that creating quality content is the new imperative: “The tools of the marketing and PR trade have changed. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 But why the focus on content? Like Be the first to like this post.

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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. Don’t just let your clients post to their Facebook page willy nilly, or write random blog posts whenever they feel that WordPress urge. There’s certainly a methodology for attracting blog readership.

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Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 121

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

Blog HubSpot TV Contributors Marketing Kit Internet Marketing Blog The HubSpot Inbound Internet Marketing blog covers all of inbound marketing - SEO, Blogging, Social Media, Landing Pages, Lead Generation and Analytics. Submit guest post ideas to rburnes[at]hubspot[dot]com.

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Blogger RSS Inbound Marketing Internet Marketing 40

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Home About Lisa Create a Website Create a Blog Get This Theme Submit Guest Post Contact 2 Create a Website Blog Your guide to building, promoting and monetizing blogs and websites. Her strategy for guest blogging is superb, and it’s why she’s been featured on so many high-profile blogs.

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Hubspot

MAY 25, 2011

In fact, we've seen many businesses successfully use this very tactic, conducting studies and publishing reports using industry statistics to attract the attention of media publications and bloggers. One of the best ways to maximize your business' potential to generate inbound PR coverage is through a carefully crafted social media newsroom.

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PR Social Media Media Blogger 28

B2B Marketing Savvy

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

(Read time = ~2 minutes) This week, four big tech brands (IBM, Microsoft, LSI and Silicon Graphics) are experimenting w/a “mini-blog&# while attending the Supercomputing Conference in Portland. Please tweet, pass-along, blog about it, etc. I’ll report on metrics and add further color in a future blog post here.

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Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Barriers RSS 40

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 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: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Great list, looks a lot like the discovery we do prior to content planning.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Then this is the blog post for you. I’ve forwarded your blog to him. Cheers! -= Park Howell´s last blog. I’ve forwarded your blog to him. Cheers! -= Park Howell´s last blog. Are you ready to add some “Why&# to your “How&# ? So, giving you all the cred., Thanks for sharing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!) Hope that helps!

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Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 155

Chris Koch

MARCH 19, 2010

Take an active role in facilitating and managing conversations, such as creating a blog or community. For example, the number of RSS subscribers bloggers have, the number of comments to the blog post, the number of page views, etc. This helps you decide which blogs you’d like to do outreach with, for example.

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

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

While corporate blogging, for instance, is a broad topic, the presentation focused on only certain aspects of corporate blogging, leaving a lot of stuff untold. From a corporate blogging perspective, I like that they brought up what I consider the two main issues in corporate blogging: Do you have the time?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

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. This was an item requested by approximately 125% of Swix’ customers, and the company was finally able to pull it off.

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Paid Search Agency Social Media PR Advertising Agencies 122

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In the growing content marketing field, some companies choose a pure creation strategy (often using blogging platforms for publishing) and find it to be a challenge. I cannot imagine the need for original blogging going away anytime soon. Â Satisfied readers can turn into interested prospects and satisfied customers. Other stuff?

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Curation Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Jeffbullas's Blog Internet Marketing Home Bio Speaking Grade your Site Marketing Resources Twitter Jeff’s YouTube Contact Congratulations: You have successfully subscribed! I then added to that post with some ideas from readers and more of my own with a post titled “ 50 Ways To Optimize Your Blog “.

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Paid Content Tips Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profiles 40

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Maybe your blog. Like RSS for your relationships NutshellMail sends you a highly customizable email digest (from 1 to 24 times per day) of what’s happening in your social media spheres, so you can browse and get up to speed quickly, without having to visit several different destinations or fire up your iPhone’s social apps.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

How can generate more targeted traffic to your blog? Which "rules" should every blogger know and follow? Find the answers to these questions and others here in WebMarketCentral's final list of the best posts on business blogging from the last year. What techniques will help you write more compelling posts?

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RSS Best Practices Business Blogger 20

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

It is a free week long online training program featuring some great speakers on topic such as blogging, SEO, viral marketing, email marketing, lead nurturing… all the tools online marketers need to know. His eBook “ The New Rules of PR ” was offered for free without requiring any registration from his website and was downloaded 250,000 times.

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 16, 2009

This set of features means that Techrigy is really built more for corporate PR departments and marketing agencies than one-on-one customer management. Current users probably track just a small number of individuals and cases, such as key bloggers and specific complaints that must be resolved. billion entries.

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Marketing Management Acquisitions Social Media Marketing Automation Services 120

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2009

Everyone who writes a business blog ultimately wants the same thing—more traffic. A more broadly helpful post from this blog is 7 Steps to Better Business Blogging guest contributor Ann Handley of MarketingProfs. All good ideas, though you'll need fairly substantial traffic to begin with for these techniques to be practical.

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RSS Best Practices Business Blogger 20

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Maybe you found this blog from Twitter? Traffic to my blog. Now blogging is another matter!! Hours of blogging per reader is probably 20! : ) Now there's a metric for you! Great blog on Time Suck ! Great blog on Time Suck ! Your Twitter goals may vary. Over the past 30 days, it was approximately 10%.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Which blogging platform is best for your needs? How can you get the most out of your RSS feed(s)? How can you more effectively convert blog readership into revenue? What SEO tactics are crucial to incorporate on your blog?

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RSS Blogger Best Practices Business 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 5, 2008

Blogs are one of six broad types of social media. This post will discuss how PR and marketing professionals can use blogs (even if you don't write your own) to increase brand awareness and credibility; the next will discuss all of the other tools of social media. Contact the blogger as the next step. More than 60% of U.S.

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Social Media Media Optimization Blogger 20

B2B Marketing Savvy

JULY 28, 2009

Twitter Deivers A PR Gem Email Scoop. Guzzel.it : Newly launched, customizable using keywords; a newsfeed RSS reader. . Search for comments on your content from various sources/other blogs that talk about your content. For bloggers/others, some also come with nifty metrics. All are free.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

  So, I used my blog to launch a campaign using online networking and raised enough money to help sponsor the conference and attend! On my blog I write about how to use the tools - the different social networking sites - but the tools come and go - what’s important is the art of networking.  Invest Time in Your Network.

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Online Marketing Institute

MAY 26, 2010

Blogger outreach A key component to many, if not most, social media campaigns are blogger outreach programs. Measuring your success isn’t too difficult, either when you ask: How many bloggers wrote about you? How much product did you have to provide for bloggers versus how many sales did you receive?

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