Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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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. In serving in the capacity of a consultant, colleague or employee, it is not my role to try and change that vision, it’s to execute that vision and make it reality. Excellent post. That means: a.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

I realize number of friends/followers/likes isn't an important statistic, but if you don't have a few, it's hard to get the stats that do matter. So I think there's a bit of relevance to tracking those stats.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 28, 2010

more [link] ) [link] jaybaer I believe we agree far more than we disagree on this point, and as a former direct marketer, I share your concerns about chatter being overvalued. At the same time, word of mouth marketing IS important, and effective. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

And 75% of the people who log into Facebook do nothing (unless they are social gaming) I get that from the stats page. link] The Four Semi-Truths of Social Media « Direct Marketing Observations [.] I honestly can’t think of a better definition of social media obsolescence, though there are many to go around.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Email Marketing Tips, Trends and Techniques with Return Path’s Stephanie Miller - Modern B2B Marketing , July 7, 2010 For our latest B2B Thought Leader Interview , we had the chance to talk to Stephanie Miller, Return Path’s email marketing expert. Miller Your knowledge of email marketing is very impressive.

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