Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. Todd Defren and Dell have both shared excellent examples to build from.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Jonathan Kranz has written a huge stack of content, advertising, direct marketing, and public relations materials for consumer and B2B clients in financial services, banking, insurance, high-tech, healthcare, education, and other industries. Joe Pulizzi: Content marketing seems to be the buzz word for 2009.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

That’s like finding a better way to punch people in the face&# is one of the more memorable examples of his outlook. His “Pull and Stay&# advice; segmenting customers into barrels; platforming; social currency, and other concepts are instantly applicable to real world marketing challenges fitting a wide variety of circumstances.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Veredict: If you are new to social networks, community building, etc. Earn attention: create something great and distribute it online to generate buzz Nobody cares about your products: they care about solving their problems Lose control: trying to control all your content will work against your attempts to get your ideas heard.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. And Now For Something Completely Different But here’s where it gets interesting.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

IBM Social Computing Guidelines. Blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds and social media. Below are the current and official "IBM Social Computing Guidelines," which continue to evolve as new technologies and social networking tools become available. Skip to main content. Introduction.

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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

JUNE 29, 2010

The book includes several compelling examples of groups creating and maintaining impressive online collaborations, without a profit motive in sight. His chronicle of an online study group at Ryerson University is a perfect example of the ramifications of widespread interconnectivity that society will be wrestling with into the future.

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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. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites. Transparency is a brand currency on the social web. Why Am I sharing This?

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. This internal buzz stimulates action. There is now a baseline.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

link] EllisTweet Given the volume of yammering about how to measure social networking success, I must say that this post, Jay, stands out. From what I've seen anywhere from 5-10% is a pretty decent (example: listed 500 times and have 10,000 followers) number to aim for. Numbers can both have value and be deceptive.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

For example, the markers for a jump to cloud computing for a declining retail company are quite different than the markers for a growing startup to embrace a business intelligence application. Well, I’ll try to keep the answer short because complete answer is a long one. Is the same true in adoption of new technologies? Great question.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

I have 4 regular monthly guest posters on SocialFishing, one for each week of the month, each having a particular angle to discuss regarding social media and associations/nonprofits, and it's rounded out the blog really beautifully. Made it better than we could ever do on our own!

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 3, 2023

In most sales funnel presentations you’ll see a chart similar to the one above, but we think it’s actually easier to understand the sales funnel when you don’t use the buzz words for each stage. Social Networking and Publishing Consumers today rely on their social networks to find advice, referrals, and reviews.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I’ve been talking a lot about the integration of email and social media , and this is another example of using cross-functional technology to build content creation and deployment synergies. Subscribers then receive a digest of all the content posted to the fan page. This, I'll try.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

.&# Features being considered for inclusion in new releases include CRM integration; deep analysis of customers’ social graph and content they’ve produced (keyword analysis of your Tweets, for example); and even semi-automated social media response mechanisms. Just a thought.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Remember, the first step in social media effectiveness shouldn’t be building an empire of half-baked, free-standing social outposts, but rather determining had to add social frosting to your existing marketing cake. How are you integrating social media into other programs? Awesome post!!

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2009

For example, we get pitches from PR firms about major brands running new viral or social media campaigns. This is true with regular media relations, so why do it with bloggers? For example, a list of competitors that run blogs in your client’s industry. Make sure you have a “do not pitch to&# list.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

That’s why there’s a built-in calculator where you can input your costs (hard costs + labor costs) for each social media outpost, and the system automatically calculates your ROI. For example, you can determine in an instant what the cost and return per view is for a YouTube video you spent $5000 on to generate 25,000 views.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

The last thing I need is a dressing room photo of me modeling Diesel brand fat pants hitting the public News Feed on Facebook. I can’t quite figure out the connection of this with privacy but as an example of smart social commerce and a happy solution to the boredom of Facebook fan pages, I’m a big fan.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

I totally agree that repurposing content across social networking platforms is a necessity, and that saying what you mean and meaning what you say across every channel is very important. I must have used the Edelman WalMart 'flog' example 20 times in pitches and workshops! As always – great piece Jay.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

At the end of the day, however, a great product and great customer service is still what will keep your clients coming back despite the notion by some social media gurus (certainly not Mr. Baer) that positive word of mouth (or “buzz&# ) was created by social media. Maybe you guys have other examples where that is not so.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Proponents state that social networking technology can help promote similar interactions in a virtual environment. The same goes for social media technology. In this case, social media isn't only for virtual events. For example, post presenter slides on Slideshare.net in advance of the event.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

MARCH 3, 2010

Thought-provoking social media trends - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , February 3, 2010 The Economist is one of my favorite magazines. So imagine my excitement when I saw their special report his week, Social Networking: A World of Connections. Take, for example, search. I usually read it cover to cover.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

We are aggregating vast amounts of data, and in our integration with Facebook for example, we don’t open up everything we get because some of it just isn’t relevant. RK : Measuring social media’s direct impact on sales. I use this example: The USA Today has more audience than the Washington Post.

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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 A good example of this approach is 360i , an award-winning digital marketing agency. For example, you can ask customers to share their successes on your wall and get feedback on new product features.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

I can't think of many examples of that type of guts on the player side. They fail to take notes on good PR and instead take notes from GM b/c “they've always been a good example.&# jefflogden You are so right, Jay. link] jaybaer Weird, isn't it? Maybe golf, where people routinely penalize themselves.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Buzz Mkt Turismo RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Buzz Mkt Turismo RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? jaybaer wants to know Do You Believe?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Taxi Mike is Here to Help During my recent vacation in Canada, I stumbled upon a fantastic example of marketing via helpfulness, from Taxi Mike in Banff, Alberta. It’s Coffee In another example of Canadian excellence in creating marketing success through helpfulness, a Starbucks in Richmond, B.C. It’s a Bird.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

On Twitter for example, if you’re tweeting about your company’s new product, you’re engaged in a customer gain event. If there's a crisis, for example, they're going to be out there broadcasting their crisis management blogs but also reacting to customer issues.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example. There are many more examples, but you get my point. There are many more examples, but you get my point. Tons of applicability for social networking. link] jaybaer Excellent example. link] jaybaer Socrates would have sucked at social media.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

It’s an example of an industry with poor understanding of taxonomy – the words and phrases used to describe products and services. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. And great example about the eyeglasses.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I was using you as a great example of a blog with focus and intent during my panel discussion, and this comment from you showed up on my phone at the exact same time. I was using you as a great example of a blog with focus and intent during my panel discussion, and this comment from you showed up on my phone at the exact same time.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

You should know if first-time visitors are disproportionately likely to visit your Ebook page, for example. Example: Subscribe to our RSS Feed cos next weeks post will be just like this one – but TWICE as awesome. Pay attention to your statistics with regard to calls to actions. That would be a fun discussion, right?

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