Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

Other instructors include the awesome Mari Smith , Brian Solis , Paul Dunay , my brilliant pal Jeff Widman from BrandGlue , Darren Rowse from ProBlogger , my friend MIke Stelzner (founder of Social Media Examiner ), and a bunch of other great folks, including a lot of specific case studies (even B2B!).

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The examples and mini case studies he presents provide insights that leave you nodding your head and thinking you could adopt the same approaches. Both are wake-up calls for marketers, and make the case that separating marketing from day-to-day customer experiences is an impossibility. UNsettling Stratten has a knack for gaps.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Certainly, it’s not a comprehensive influence formula like Klout , or other Twitter-influence arbiters ( interesting study this week from Sysomos ), but it’s easy to calculate, and I think it makes sense. Yes in all cases BTW). Yes in all cases BTW). Gary Vaynerchuk has a FPT of 39.26. Have a learned a ton?

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 12, 2009

42 content marketing tactics, over 50 case studies and hundreds of resources - The Content Marketing Playbook: 42 Ways to Connect with Customers is packed with lots of ideas to execute on your content strategy. Joe Pulizzi: Content marketing seems to be the buzz word for 2009. Naturally, we had a lot of common interests.

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markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Here are some direct mail content ideas: personal letters, dimensional mailers, books, newsletters, press releases, white papers, event invitations, research reports, case studies, success stories, article reprints and third-party articles. What can you send via email? How can you leverage events?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. In PR, measurement has always been a finger in the wind exercise. Very helpful post, Jay.

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MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

October 1, Social Ad Summit New York, NY: At this showcase of recent case studies from agencies and brands, you’ll learn firsthand how to implement a successful social ad strategy for your organization or client. Here's what's on tap for marketing industry events for October.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

Shirky makes a great case for it to be so, citing LOLCats as an example of widespread human collaboration and creation – albeit devoid of the type of society-enhancing mission and outcomes he hopes is the eventual result of this movement. And when the accidents went away, so did the behaviors.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

For a real-world case of this strategy, take a look at Future Friendly – a program developed by Procter & Gamble (P&G) to help consumers save energy, conserve water and reduce waste. One way to build a following and keep them involved is by deploying a fun, creative way for supporters to participate and share with online friends.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

A study by John Coe and the Sales & Marketing Institute showed, “70.8% But in either case its a big number. Marketing and sales can also work together to build a list from inactive accounts in your sales teams CRM data and business cards from industry conferences and networking events. But in either case its a big number.

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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. What are your thoughts on the PR agencies that still have a Social Media or Digital department or practice that operates separately from the rest of the agency? Oh, that's part of our digital practice.&#

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. link] Top 250 Blog Posts – Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR « Spotlight Ideas [.] Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics?

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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. You are indeed the perfect case study. You are indeed the perfect case study. Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Roetzer and his agency, PR 20/20, have a bit of history with HubSpot, as the company was one of our first Value-Added Resellers (or VARs). Tweeting anything from video case studies to the most recent marketing and tech happenings, Contagious always fills its followers in on the latest, major goings-on in the industry.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. Sore spot with us PR types.) Sore spot with us PR types.) population.

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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. For example, we get pitches from PR firms about major brands running new viral or social media campaigns. Excellent food for thought for us PR hacks out there. Please don’t.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

– Get Your Social Media Story Straight | [link] (via @ShellyKramer) cravendickens I've always been a great believer of showing clients 'look what went wrong when…' case studies. This is a classic case of seeing with clarity from the outside without having to deal with the realities that you may be unaware of.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

No stack of case studies or conference road trips will do it, either. If you don’t have the obvious social chatter about your brand, you have to make the case that content creation will drive search, which drives traffic, which drives sales. It has to come from you. Getting the C-suite to really believe is SO hard.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Android Mobile 2.0 Increased spending on online marketing is driving companies to try new and innovative means of getting the word out about their products and services — one area that’s getting a lot of buzz with B2B marketers is social media.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Business buyers typically seek additional information and resources for information on business products and services.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Write about customers successes – Write up a case study about a clients successful project, they will often let you publish their name 5. Case Studies are always popular to write about and not just your own 17. Take the content from the book and produce a conference series. Publish content on what not to do!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Two Sides of the Same Coin A remarkable recent study by MarketingProfs, however, pokes a hole in even that notion of B2B and B2C social media divergence. The differences may then lie in use cases and expectations. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube. Twitter Lists Frenzy =-.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Geek Squad Founder Robert Stephens was asked about the contradiction of a services company providing helpful videos at a conference where I spoke. Sounds like a great case study. Sounds like a great case study. They aren’t trying to sell you services – at least not at that point – they are being helpful.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Presenting at trade shows, exhibitions and conferences alongside a loyal customer is a growing trend and one which can really create a story and buzz around your brand. . In a previous role as Director, Global PR, Social Media and Comms, I co-presented with a spokesperson from a customer that everyone has heard of: Paddington Bear.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

That’s right, in most cases, 8 out of every 10 visitors to your blog have never been there previously. Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Note that although various tools might measure this data, it’s inclusion is dependent on the data being available on each mention so in most cases only a subset of the total mentions are counted in this type of analysis. Expion just compiled 8 case studies with one of our clients, Applebee's.

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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 Leyl Master Black is a Managing Director at Sparkpr , one of the world’s top independent PR agencies. You’re likely running educational webinars or speaking at industry conferences.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

killer case study by @susanbaier) [link] susanbaier Hi Lisa, thanks for the nice comments! killer case study by @susanbaier) [link] [link] Punit Pandey Do You Know Your Customers Enough to Win in Social Media? “Motive&# is a great word for the WHY. Thx for sharing.

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Their videos have been featured on Buzzfeed, Reddit, The Huffington Post and others, and their Email in Real Life campaign received a 2014 PR Platinum award nomination. They generate leads from content like product tours and case studies, and now roughly 50% of all of their website leads are coming directly from video.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Presenting at trade shows, exhibitions and conferences alongside a loyal customer is a growing trend and one which can really create a story and buzz around your brand. . In a previous role as Director, Global PR, Social Media and Comms, I co-presented with a spokesperson from a customer that everyone has heard of: Paddington Bear.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

According to a recent Social Media and Online PR Report from Econsultancy , 86% of companies surveyed planned to spend more on social media marketing in 2010, but only 25% say they have gained “real, tangible value&# from the medium.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I have studied and proven this. I have studied many fan pages with 100k+ to millions of fans that get only from 100-5000 people engaging with Brand posts. I think Myspace is a great case study but I don’t think FB has learned from the mistakes. So much clutter. And over 50% of profiles are locked down private.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Social media for me is like selling PR to a company who had only done advertising. I remember getting questioned from a prospect years ago about the value of a PR program and what could happen if consumers saw articles mentioning their products. Why was advertising fine and pr questionable? Failure may happen.

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 25, 2019

New articles are posted daily on topics such as inbound marketing, creative design, marketing strategy, paid media, PR, sales enablement, and web development—proving to be a valuable resource for any B2B marketer. Subscribers get how-to marketing advice for their content strategies, B2B content marketing case studies, research, and more.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2010

There's SOOOO many case studies and results out there to see what's already been done. It seems, in the case of Facebook, the proliferation of the Like button makes these numbers EVEN less diagnostic. shining through. Number of Twitter followers. Number of blog comments. What do you think? Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

You’ve hit on something that I’m sure PR pros deal with all the time: helping clients determine “their story.&# Case studies are one of the most popular forms of collateral. Case studies offer the perfect mix of both. link] The Redhead Jay – in love with the infographic! Thanks for sharing.

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