Convince & Convert

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. power to the people ?

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

His ramblings can be found at www.membershipjedi.com This post is a compilation of ideas born out of Jay’s post “ Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success ” in which he succinctly describes one of the biggest obstacles facing organization’s pursuit of social media effectiveness – corporate culture.

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Single Grain

JUNE 5, 2019

One repeat buyer is equal to five new customers, which means that it costs five times more to attract a new customer than it does to retain an existing one. Scale it down to under five variations you think will work and then focus on targeting leads; this can be through a social media plan, cold calling or a direct mail or email campaign.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

People coming from Google don’t know who you are yet, so you can’t treat them like a Facebook audience that’s already drinking your Kool-aid. 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.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Total cost of this incredibly helpful marketing effort is very low, and Mike even offsets that by including ads from sponsors! Make sure you’re not just shopping who you think your competitors are, but also who Google says your competitors are, based on search engine results. Mike you are a helpful marketing genius.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Meanwhile, Facebook comes along and sees a revenue model that’s not based on the banner ad, but rather on Google’s pay-per-click model (which businesses prefer because it mitigates financial risk). Now as Google trying to bring out a rival for facebook, I hope facebook should plan something to compete with Google!

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

To date, customers of RowFeeder have either been interested in monitoring social media campaigns (tracking hashtags, Twitter replies, etc.); Schoenfeld says that the original RowFeeder project was intended to integrate into Google Spreadsheets (and it still does), but the recent addition of Excel tie-ins open up the user base substantially.

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Convince & Convert

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?) 4=wicked smart!

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Social Media Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Media 155

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You can also set up various searches from Google, Twitter, etc and run the RSS feeds from each search through Yahoo Pipes and have the resulting feed delivered to your inbox or RSS reader to monitor ongoing. Certainly on the cost side, with the multiple licenses, it came out far better, and the UI seemed a lot more intuitive as well.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Incidentally, this is why Google is so afraid of Facebook. Google has made a couple of dollars by reading and ranking Web pages. Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Incidentally, this is why Google is so afraid of Facebook. Google has made a couple of dollars by reading and ranking Web pages. Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Google Wave was the closest we’ve come, and that got killed off faster than the new Knight Rider TV show. Absolutely not. We can’t continue jamming a square peg in a round hole hoping it will eventually fit, and then being frustrated when it doesn’t.

Conversion 116

Conversion Paid Search Agency Social Media Advertising Agencies 116

Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 2010

[link] RT @leeodden @jaybaer [link] John White >Do you really know where your customers are in social media? You've just set the tone for Social Media 2.0, There's probably a team at Google working on this kind of discovery technology even as we comment. But that still costs money. Are you ready to look harder?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

There’s a reason that some videos show up on the first page of Google, and others do not. All of these answers are knowable, and if we commit to testing and optimizing our social media efforts in 2010, we’ll go from having a social media presence, to having a social purpose that drives meaningful ROI.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

- Junta 42 , July 29, 2010 This cost of content marketing post was inspired by Kate Headen Waddell’s post entitled Pay Peanuts Get Monkeys. Many beginning bloggers turn to the image search in Google. 1. Develop a plan – Ask yourself these three questions: WHO – Who is your target audience? Media Plan (5).

Ning 40

Ning Paid Content Facebook Sales Management 40

Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

Because of the commerce potential (subscriptions, coupons) a Starbucks local ad network (possibly empowered by Yahoo’s sales force) might even be a revenue share, making it even more efficient for marketers than Google Adwords or Facebook ads. It’s capitalism and marketing at its most brilliant. link] > Very interesting.

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Convince & Convert

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. Although ironically, I wouldn't exactly hold up Facebook, Twitter, Google, eBay, or YouTube as fantastic customer service examples either. That is troubling.

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Analysis Social Media Work Management Mobile Marketing 152

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

The social media community is starving for a viable way to track customer behavior throughout all social outposts (as evidenced by the massive number of retweets for this post I mentioned recently about a new way to tie Google Analytics to your Facebook fan page ). link] Evo Terra That seems to be the angle Google has taken with Buzz.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

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). link] AreYouBeingServed RT @MTw1tter: @service squad Can we expect this in Sg?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While, yes, the metrics on direct sales impact aren't there yet (and in my opinion, I don't know that we can ever realistically parse out the impact of individual marketing channels on sales #s), thats not really a reason to ignore what is likely one of the lowest-cost/most effective ways to increase customer loyalty & retention.

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Twitter CRM Business Paid Search Agency 147