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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Email is all about actual audience. Approximately 25% of the time (on average) they will.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Tip of the Iceberg Unlike enterprise-class social anthropology services like Rapleaf , Flowtown is incredibly easy-to-use, and is tuned for the do-it-yourself marketer. “We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company. link] Michael A. Tiene sangre de troll.

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MAY 12, 2010

link] #SMM [link] Doktor Marketing Would You Try It With a Fox? Holding a semi-annual niche affiliate marketing conference, it is quite common for me to find folks who want nothing to do with social media. marketing [link] Lisa Diomede Would You Try It With a Fox? marketing [link] Randy Kemp Would You Try It With a Fox?

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AUGUST 16, 2010

link] Marketing 150 Via @jaybaer [link] Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter [link] TimWeaver How will this be different or an adjunct to those of us who read your blog, FB and follow you on Twitter? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I'm really looking forward to this, Jay!

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social Media is Email Without the Database Because social communication feels more authentic and timely in most cases, email marketers must fully embrace testing, personalization and optimization to boost relevancy for recipients. Because the real advantage email has over social is data. It’s no contest.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

More from Convince and Convert You Are Pissed Off at the Wrong Guy Taking Consumer Reviews Viral with Facebook Are you spending enough on digital marketing? Convince and Convert Recommends Facebook Vs. Twitter (The Arkayne Blog) 7 Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook – Free Ebook (Danny Brown) Facebook Pisses Off Users.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form. UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form.

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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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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JULY 27, 2010

Before Permission Marketing , how much audience did Seth Godin have? I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen. It will pay off. link] [link] John D.

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MAY 4, 2010

For example, an organization that would have spent $5M over ten years on a traditional ERP or CRM application (bought from an on-premise vendor) may spend $1M on a SaaS alternative such as Workday or salesforce.com. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Great question.

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JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

“The mainstream gaming market will always be native. It’s generally easier for marketers to garner excitement for a native app, though this will change over time. link] blur Marketing [link] Is It Curtains for the App Store? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Everything.

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JUNE 29, 2010

link] Hot In Marketing Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Con. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Bravo, Clay. – [link] [link] Mads Kristensen Definately a book for intense consumption. Thanks for that!

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AUGUST 19, 2010

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. More Work Upfront, Less Ongoing What I love about this program (in addition to the eye-popping results): It’s rooted in helpfulness, not marketing.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc., “ Your Content Stinks!

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JUNE 17, 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: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? Roberts @njmirolo Always fun!

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Thanks for your help! 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.

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MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail? Note that I didn’t include Web design. Embrace Math.

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MAY 13, 2010

I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. (I I use this a lot. Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards. It’s not viral unless it is.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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JULY 26, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I think PitchEngine has the potential to change the way we publish – maybe even the way we think of our blogs and websites. Im Jay Baer. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Metrics would include the number of times a post is mentioned in other blogs or media, references, RT's, etc. Very helpful post, Jay. "How to Match 10 Key Success #Metrics to Your #Blogging Strategy" by @JayBaer [link] [link] Fiona Friesen Blogging and nobody's lisenting?

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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. Southwest Airlines has to coordinate its marketing and customer service response, in real-time, create its own content on its blog and Twitter account, while also dealing with the media jackals.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Randy Kemp: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) topsy_top20k RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail: Keeping tabs on your social media connec… [link] #marketing [link] Focus Communications interesting. This, I'll try. This, I'll try.

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JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Is your social media program about asking, … [link] #marketing [link] Evo Terra Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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MARCH 10, 2010

Download it: [link] [link] Marketing Cloud RT @jerrykfreeman: Have you scored a free copy of @jaybaer's Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of #Twitter 20? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Download it: [link] [link] Lucy Railton Hope to read this if/when MC naps.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not.

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. This 40-something Florida Mom found he… [link] [link] I Marketing Exposed Online Community With Purpose and a Plan: Lisa Beatty was at a cross-roads.

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. The More Things Change, The More Things Change | Social Media Marketing | [link] [link] Tena Hartwig great post featuring @bulbstorm! agencies, you should be experimenting with this too). These are exciting times at Bulb HQ!

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JULY 21, 2010

A recent presentation at the PRSA Counselors Academy, by Michael Lasky , Partner and Chair of the Public Relations Law Practice at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert in NY, provided a wake up call to those in attendance about how the law is slowly creeping into the social landscape and why responsible marketers had better pay attention.

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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarch… [link] #marketing [link] Jim Weldon Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed: Yes, nice guys can finish first. link] [link] Hot In Marketing Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert [link] [link] LoriBurke I want to win this book too.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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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. link] [link] WebPro360 And, it's not just about businesses 'tooting' their own horn. Great thoughts, Laura!

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JUNE 22, 2010

Unlike every other form of marketing and communication ever devised, you can’t treat social media like taking medicine – something that you do when you have to, and only because someone told you so. It is important that, as marketers and business-owners, we know what business we are in and we are in the communications business.

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