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JUNE 29, 2010

The rise and role of the “non-professional&# is another very interesting concept in the book, as an increase in participation naturally leads to an explosion in content created by people that haven’t been vetted by the traditional means of degrees, apprenticeships, or ownership of a broadcasting license. link] jaybaer No question.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

. “Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If we can reliably identify a person across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and elswhere, we can then segment not only for the demographics of the consumer in question; we can tailor content for the mode they are in where we reach them. At the end of the day however, does it matter? Our job is to educate a marketplace to be objective driven.’What

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Power, Risk & Accountability Today, I gave a presentation to LEAD San Diego, a group of Southern California business leaders. I really enjoyed your presentation at LEAD San Diego this morning. 6 things you need 2 incorporate into your social media plan. Despite the cold you were terrific! That Twitter widget is cool.

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MAY 4, 2010

While many organizations have got social media religion, there are many others still swimming against the stream. Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. As you know better than I, we are in the early innings of social media.

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FEBRUARY 11, 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? HTML5 and open web standards could lead the way: [link] [link] alexanderkesler Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

a leading SEO company headquartered in Dallas, TX, with offices in Overland Park, KS and Clearwater Beach, FL. Mark joined the interactive marketing fray in early 2000 in business development with Lycos/Wired Digital and then AOL Time Warner. His columns can be found in the Search Engine Watch archive.

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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. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

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JUNE 17, 2010

You should devote mental energy to finding or developing a metric that is: (a) meaningful in measuring your own objectives, and (b) leads you personally to actionable items for “moving your ball forward&#. Each individual's purpose for using Twitter may vary greatly. Love the FPT metric too. Thanks for the post!

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MAY 11, 2010

Post it to your Facebook page. Talk it up on Facebook and the blog. Not drive sales revenue or create leads. Or that a company will be doomed if it does not entertain some form of social media management program. Or that a company will be doomed if it does not entertain some form of social media management program.

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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. A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective. Blogging for Commerce Related to the first, but commerce-oriented blogs are more interested in conversion events than in traffic generation.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Also, the screened image leads the eye towards your image at the right. link] Jacki Mieler I voted…and my choice is pulling into the lead! sara22 Hi Jay, I'm loving option 3, and it looks like it's in the lead so far. Option 3 will blend too much with the rollovers. I like number 1, except for the search box.

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APRIL 1, 2010

But, the team does reference a series of social media outposts via a tiny murderers row of icons (my favorite is “Linkedin.coming soon&#. So, I turned to the team’s Facebook page, where NBA rules have not yet been codified, and team’s have more leeway than they do on the official Web site. Your Web site.

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JUNE 22, 2010

The problems with that are clearly one of culture (truly believing that every customer is a reporter), and of definition (thinking that social media is somehow driven by Twitter and Facebook). 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?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Too often, the humanization part gets overlooked in an effort to create a “user-generated video contest widget that we’ll launch on Facebook with support from Ustream.&# What other social media fallacies do you have?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I’ve asserted that B2B social media tactics vary from B2C, in that they are typically rooted in consumer education and thought leadership, and thus require deeper layers of interaction. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. The range of Facebook usage is just 37% – 51%. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter.

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APRIL 15, 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: Why D.I.S. We have a long way to go to get into the top 10, but to be included on the list with leaders like you is quite humbling (and exciting).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. applications like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Keep Score Social media metrics are widely available, but require effort and integration to be gathered and analyzed successfully.

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JULY 14, 2010

I now take the organization’s current strategic plan, CEO’s vision, mission statement and make those the metrics of a social media strategy. If a non-profit has a strategic objective to “further engage current donors”, with 600 million people on Facebook it is a sure bet that some of them have a profile. Look on facebook.

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APRIL 13, 2010

See my review of the iPad review here) This content would also make a fantastic Facebook application. Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example.

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JUNE 11, 2010

We’ll be rolling out a Facebook page so that as many folks as possible can begin interacting around the issues covered in the book. We have some other craziness planned, too, and we’ll want to bounce ideas off of you, solicit your genius for marketing the book, and all that stuff. Can't wait to see you on Facebook!

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AUGUST 18, 2010

What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients? Better question: How can we optimize and improve our existing social media programs? What’s the best way to get the most possible Facebook “likes&# and Twitter followers? This leads to another problem.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Companies should follow, not lead, their customers across the social Web. At conferences, I am often asked something along these lines, “My boss thinks none of our customers are on Facebook, but I think they are. Here are 4 ways to find out where your customers are in social media: 1. What do I do?”

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APRIL 14, 2010

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and a Blog all dedicated to creating places for the public to tell them problem areas in the city, ask questions about traffic safety and promote a safer community. You might also enjoy this interview series of social media experts: [link] [link] benedetta Hi Jay great post. But what about entertaining?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Facebook has some great banter with the wall posts and status updates, but it’s more chatty than conversational and it’s not an open/public environment. But yet, the fact that true conversations per se are unlikely shouldn’t serve as sufficient cultural permission to turn social media into Headline News.

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MAY 20, 2010

This is because social media success is inherently slow , not fast. Number of people who “like&# you on Facebook. For example, data that shows that in comparison to last month, 15% more people went to your product pricing page after first visiting your Facebook page is a far superior KPI to number of Facebook “likes&#.

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Content Standard

MARCH 4, 2016

It’s a curious finding, given how important social media marketing has become for most companies. Not a single CEO is active on all major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, or LinkedIn). Of those who use social media, 70 percent utilize just one key platform, LinkedIn.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Why would a consumer “friend&# us or “fan&# us or “follow&# us in social media, unless they were either already a customer, or at the very least had us in their purchase consideration funnel? People don’t experimentally engage with brands in social media, they engage with the brands they already support.

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JULY 22, 2010

The microsite functions much like a Facebook Page – marathon participants can share their goals, visitors are able offer supportive messaging on the participant’s wall, and donations can happen directly on site. I think one of the best elements of building a two-way connection with customers is that its often a win:win situation.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Just to make it a little more painful, the publication then proceeded to lose all lead information, so we couldn’t even say for sure what REALLY happened. I would say that you don’t have to necessarily go into Social Media (or any other marketing initiative) expecting to fail. Ultimately, social media is about the sale.

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JULY 13, 2010

Here’s how to start: Instead of compartmentalizing your digital champions, turn them into teachers: They can still lead projects, but make sure they are rewarded by their ability to help others achieve digital breakthroughs. And when it’s your turn to lead, remember that united we stand, divided we fall. Just get started.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 28, 2012

David Rabjohns says that the top five questions Fortune 500 companies are asking about social media are: • Where are people talking about my brand? • How much buzz do I have vs. competition/trend? • How To Write Your Social Media Plan in 8 Steps by Social Media Today. How should I change my messaging? •

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