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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

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. He is advocating a messaging matrix that in fact changes the communication method and modality based on customer behavior across the social spectrum.

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JULY 27, 2010

Spread the Love It’s easy to fall into the trap of relying on one or a few persons in your organization to be the content creation mules. Blogging every day doesn’t make you a better thinker or consultant, it makes you faster at WordPress formatting. They like it. They’re pretty good at it.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

It always puts a big smile on my face to see posts like these that talk about how email and social media work together. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Graeme White interesting! Dare I say the “digital glue?&# Thanks dude. Great stuff… always.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Social media is (or will be) for every company, because customers will eventually flat-out demand that you interact with them there (the same way they previously insisted on interaction via phone and email). You can’t rely solely on me or any other consultant or agency to turn the tide in your organization. telegraph service).

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APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. Understand Your Frequency Schema The key to a content ladder is organizing your rungs. This is a great outline of how to best organize your content action plan.

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JULY 14, 2010

In my exuberance and passion for social media and the impact it can have on non-profit organizations I lost sight of what was important. Embracing social media should not mean organizational change, it should change the organization. Social media exists and organizations are in it whether they choose to be or not.

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JULY 6, 2010

Online consumers are savvy and being open and communicative is vital to reputation management. Showcase the strides that the company has made for the cause, whether this means funds donated, awareness raised, consumers reached, beneficiaries helped, communities improved, etc. Rally third-party endorsers to help share your stories.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Want to print out all your key metrics on one piece of paper, for easy distribution and circulation within your organization? Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers? ™ RT @upwardaction: Great tool!->A

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JULY 15, 2010

I have seen far too many organizations fail, from the outset, for not having had a clear understanding of the discipline and rigor needed to keep their social media marketing efforts on the tracks. [link] [link] Jim Alexander Good insights – solid advise. link] Jim Alexander Good insights – solid advise.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Brand communities, contests, most social listening, and non-promotional tweeting fits into this category. Match Your Social Media Tactics to Your Social Media Goal The problem we’re faced with today is that very few companies seem to be thinking about their efforts in this way.

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JULY 20, 2010

Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline. This helps organize content and plan for creation topically (ex. This provides the information needed to craft the message (ex.

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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. This chart shows usage of five major social outposts by organization type. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Consequently, if someone searches for “Colorado River Whitewater Rafting&# on Google, they’ll likely find that version of the Western River blog, which contains only posts about “ Colorado River Whitewater Rafting “ The software automatically harvests and organizes topically similar posts for maximum search effectiveness.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

If it had the organization of the #3 one I think that would be most intuitive. [link] jaybaer yes, Danny's redesign was really well executed, IMHO. link] jaybaer Best. Referencing. link] David Spinks Who's doing these designs? I like em. I like #1 the best. People look to the top right for the search bar first.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). But fundamentally, we’ve done very little in response to social media – perhaps the most transformative change of them all.

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Single Grain

JULY 6, 2023

Promotional strategy examples can include: Public Relations Playing a major role in getting your key promotional messages out to as wide an audience as possible, Public Relations (PRs) uses various communications strategies designed to influence public perception and opinion of a brand, its products, or public-facing figures.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Then, strategize ways you could make those problems disappear by providing better content (as with Geek Squad), faster response (as with Nationwide), or better access to help (as many companies are doing by launching online customer support communities using Get Satisfaction or other systems). Randy Bunker Thanks, Jay.

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Huptech Web

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We’ve carefully crafted effective strategies for each aspect, be it SEO, PPC, Email Marketing, or social media. Organizing your content with clear headings, subheadings, and bullet points to improve readability and help search engines understand the structure. You won’t be let down. Let’s get into it!

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APRIL 13, 2010

My sales manager at the time encouraged me to network in as many business organizations as I could. I've been on the Board of Directors of several business & non-profit organizations. That's one of the reasons social media works – you're appealing to people on a 1:1 or 1 to few basis. link] jaybaer LOL.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Unbelievable turnout (more than 260) for a first-time event, and tremendous kudos to Fred Von Graf , who organized it practically solo. Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [.]

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JULY 28, 2010

Make it a habit within your organization to “shop&# yourself. Those are usually the questions that not only are top-of-mind among website visitors, but are not satisfactorily answered with your current online content. You know how much you learn about your customers sitting in your office? Buy your own product.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Nearly all the once mighty, now defunct social network or community sites unfurled and died after being purchased. The tools of social media always change. And that’s why your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic. It’s a familiar tale. The goals shift. The founders leave. Not Facebook; MySpace.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Her company Audience Audit provides strategic marketing support and audience segmentation research that helps organizations understand their customers better. According to Jamie Grove, the company’s Director of Evil Schemes and Nefarious Plans (i.e. Marketing), ThinkGeek is “all about serving our community. A real human!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But I get a lot of questions about why I like particular tools better than others and how I decide to use which, so here’s a summary of my thought process that I hope will help you make a similar decision for your client or your organization. First – What are the objectives? What questions are you trying to answer?

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JULY 22, 2010

This allows Yelp to strengthen loyalty among Elite Squad members, offers an impetus for wanna-be-members to post additional reviews; and, makes the site content stronger – keeping the broader community active and engaged. link] Yael Davidowitz-Neu Thanks for writing in and congratulations on creating an awesome community!

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Finding and sharing them is the first step toward social media success. What is your process for harvesting stories within your organization? One basic, simple thing is frequent contact with as many people – executives, managers and front-line employees – within the organization as possible.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success 5 Step Process for Social Media Success [link] Brian Hamlett Very nice Jay and definitely true. A realistic campaign/project goals, aligned with the organization’s overriding mission and objectives (my hot button) MUST be a part of the package when selling social media efforts.

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JULY 13, 2010

Why not try spending time commenting in your targets’ community blogs? That’s the essence of a good social media strategy , anyway. Find teachers, identify valuable communities, volunteer time to non-profit organizations who need your energy. reading about social media and trying different communities.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Our strategies and expectations for social media are in reality a complement to what we’re doing in email and lifecycle marketing. Social media is not some other discipline that should warrant throwing business concepts out of the window. Isn’t our Facebook page just a post-modern email newsletter? They are tools.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

I like the at-a-glance usefulness of this one that shows the people that have tweeted about your company, organized by Klout score (See my post about Klout and online influence mining here). The standard charts and graphs are entirely useful.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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JUNE 15, 2010

My friend Kyle Lacy does a lot of consulting in this area, helping organizations with Rapleaf analyses. Ask Perhaps the most obvious way of finding out where your customers are hanging out in social media is unfortunately the least utilized. Flowtown is perfect for small and medium businesses ( see my review here ).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You describe faceless organizations. [link] Elijah Steve Matt The Social Impact of Friendships and Lies [link] [link] bteaster good article about trust from Jay Baer. People actually trust employees. On of the keys to success we are seeing is that companies stop being faceless and start freeing their humans they gain a ton of credibility.

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APRIL 22, 2010

If you’re considering “social media&# as a way to build loyalty among your existing customers, moving them from a relationship rooted in transactions to a symbiotic relationship anchored in advocacy, there are dual alternatives: 4.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, if you want to organize and harvest the tweets about your posts, this is the plug-in you want. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post! 39 social media tools I will use today. For listening and measurement: let me know if you want to check out Biz360 Community.

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