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MAY 12, 2010

For small business, the costs of social involvement are dwafted by the potential benefit, yet the psychology of stubbornness remains. And that’s just it. You Just Might Like It Sam I Am.

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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.

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JUNE 17, 2010

But at what cost? I look at it a little differently. Sure, you can get a ton of followers by doing all the right things ( Mack Collier has a great post here about how he got to 20,000 followers ). If you spent all day, every day on Twitter you could certainly amass quite a following.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

You can’t sell ideas, and unless companies of all sizes can figure out how to assign real or at least believable revenue or cost reductions to social media, this entire movement is going to flame out in 18 months. link] Mark Tamis Not at all Jay – I fully support the use of CRM platforms & datamining and analysis.

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JULY 28, 2010

Total cost of this incredibly helpful marketing effort is very low, and Mike even offsets that by including ads from sponsors! This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Thanks for the link back to the social FAQ – I'd lost the link during my busy summer. there is Mike’s phone number in big, bold letters.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights. It turns advocates into volunteer marketers. Each story shared becomes new content for the blog. It makes sharing simple. As Brian Solis has written about a lot, social optimization needs to be simple.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. So, it is inexpensive.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

So regardless of how you use Twitter, you need to factor into the equation the cost of lost followers, and a need to continue to acquire new followers. And of course, how many followers will become customers. link] Tim Underwood Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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JULY 6, 2010

However, statistics show that such use of social media is still not widely utilized by most companies.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

We looked at criteria like size (under 100,000 people), college town, good schools, access to health care, cost of living, etc. The Science of Cities We used the online filtering tool Find Your Spot to narrow down our relocation options. and the site produced a list of candidate cities for our consideration.

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APRIL 1, 2010

[link] Hallicious Thanks Jay, it seems like such an easy concept and yet it is so hard for some “brands&# to take the leap into humanization by embedding themselves in these communities that already exist and would only cost them time to be a part of… [link] ASI_was_saying Get Your Social Media Story Straight: the Timberwolves case study (..)

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JULY 14, 2010

We Are Not Alone Serving as the organization’s advocate for adopting social media can be a test of passion and commitment. With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time. Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies.

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AUGUST 18, 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: 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing Jonny Stark Wow, quite a few comments on here already!

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MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And more… There is enough primary data within this report to help smart marketers be very actionable when it comes to sharpening their social media plans/focus or to help ease the entry into the social media waters. Please note that Jay’s post only covers a snapshot of the findings.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Certainly on the cost side, with the multiple licenses, it came out far better, and the UI seemed a lot more intuitive as well. Certainly on the cost side, with the multiple licenses, it came out far better, and the UI seemed a lot more intuitive as well. Historical data seemed more robust as well. Pricing: Your pricing is incorrect.

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MARCH 22, 2010

link] [link] Jen Grant You're Invited to the Socialpalooza [link] by @jaybaer (who in my opinion is worth 10x more than the cost here #justsayin) [link] Skip Bensley RT @jaybaer: Wow. Tickets are going fast , Social Media Success Summit. 297 gets you 24 killer social media Webinars.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Maybe it has to do with the size of the item or big ticket item (cost). [link] RT @jaybaer [link] Kabbage RT @marketingveep: 80% of #brand chatter is created by 16% of people. How can you find them? link] RT @jaybaer [link] Brown Ltd. Appreciate that, thanks! Or the strength of the brand compared to competition?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Convince and Convert Recommends The Metrics of Social Media (Danny Brown) The HEART of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) Tagged as: facebook , myspace , online advertising , social media strategy , social media tools , social networks Did you enjoy this blog post?

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AUGUST 26, 2010

One keyword and up to 500 posts (Twitter or Facebook mentions) per month is free, making it a potential zero cost solution for very small businesses. Pricing is quite reasonable for RowFeeder. Beyond that, pricing increases based on number of keywords and posts in $5 increments. Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

More from Convince and Convert Should Facebook Dominate Your Social Media Strategy 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media Convince and Convert Recommends The Metrics of Social Media (Danny Brown) The HEART of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) Tagged as: Beth Harte , join (..)

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

More from Convince and Convert The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success Convince and Convert Recommends The Metrics of Social Media (Danny Brown) The HEART of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) Tagged as: optimization (..)

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JULY 22, 2010

Building Long Term Relationships While it’s true that the web has made building individual relationships cheaper and easier than it used to be, this doesn’t mean that businesses can necessarily expect to build deep connections with their entire customer base; in many cases, this is neither feasible nor cost effective.

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APRIL 8, 2010

The cost of textbooks and the bulk of carrying a laptop could be replaced by an iPad, without too much lost in the utility of actually having a computer in class. The cost of textbooks and the bulk of carrying a laptop could be replaced by an iPad, without too much lost in the utility of actually having a computer in class.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Though I'd also argue that it can be done at such low cost vs. mass media that brands should be willing to get busy and figure out meaning at the same time, and not use measurement challenges as reasons not to engage.) And yes – social media should offer the email newsletter.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Total cost? As the social Web becomes every more interconnected, understanding how your customers are connected (or connectable) to your brand in social media is a sizable part of the success equation. I uploaded a list of approximately 2,000 subscribers to my email newsletter (you’re a subscriber, right?)

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

It's not that because of social media, trust has gone down. It's that sometime during the last few years, we've started to consider lying acceptable and that's been done at the cost of decreased trust. I now trust a few of my friends more than ever, but I don't confuse my friends with my Facebook friends.

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JULY 8, 2010

link] Anonymous Between email marketing and social media, I think business marketers pay more attention to email marketing for its convenience, low-cost and far reaching targets, and there are many email marketing services. " Do you agree with Jeff Rohrs?

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MARCH 9, 2010

In social media the waste is in man hours rather than media dollars. But that still costs money. [link] [link] Jimmy Gilmore I'm sure you could reach more on NBC but on the Food Network you're not paying for all those non-gourmet eyeballs; so there's less waste.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

(photo by Brenda Starr ) More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Should Facebook Dominate Your Social Media Strategy Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive Convince and Convert Recommends The Metrics of Social Media (Danny Brown) The HEART of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) Tagged as: (..)

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AUGUST 3, 2010

(photo by Brenda Starr ) More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Should Facebook Dominate Your Social Media Strategy Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive Convince and Convert Recommends The Metrics of Social Media (Danny Brown) The HEART of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) Tagged as: (..)

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APRIL 7, 2010

Not bad considering the haircut only costs $15.00. Not bad considering the haircut only costs $15.00. Not bad considering the haircut only costs $15.00. When I checkin to your business, I just put your business top-of-mind to how many people… and at what cost to you? Yet another testimonial for them.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yet… (Danny Brown) Tagged as: critical thinking , Guest Posts , judgment , noemi pollack , PR , public relations , rfps Did you enjoy this blog post?

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AUGUST 25, 2010

What I’m curious to know is how they leverage the cost of someone who spends 3 hours there using the network and only buys a cup of coffee. Personally, I think this is brilliant on Starbucks’ part and I’m sure other coffee chains will be quick to emulate the formula. But then, I guess they’ve considered this.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

(illustration by my friend Mark Smiciklas who writes a great blog with tons of cool info-graphics ) More from Convince and Convert Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media A Social Media Scoreboard That Works Do You Have the Guts to Expect Social Media Failure Convince and Convert Recommends The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Growing (..)

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MARCH 2, 2010

can i have my time back for reading the fourth?

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APRIL 27, 2010

Why can’t you make your FAQ a marketing and sales tool, instead of a necessary evil? And, historically I have often cited US Airways as an example of a company that I would avoid at all costs (quite literally, I would be willing to pay more to fly any other airline because of how terrible my experiences have been).

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