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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. With this planning, it is easier to define your automation requirements. and hope for a.02 through a new channel.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And, you need to start unifying your content strategy across all channels.

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JULY 26, 2010

Then came social networks that were great places to deliver and share messages – but not really that great for telling your story. Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc.,

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

More from Convince and Convert Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About the Social and More About the Customers The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing Convince and Convert Recommends From Twitter to Blog – #FollowFriday Vol. If he’ll be near you, check it out.

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JUNE 17, 2010

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JULY 27, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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MAY 12, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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MAY 5, 2010

With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. John & Partners , a full-service advertising and public relations firm, based in Jacksonville. And Now For Something Completely Different But here’s where it gets interesting.

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MAY 4, 2010

For example, an organization that would have spent $5M over ten years on a traditional ERP or CRM application (bought from an on-premise vendor) may spend $1M on a SaaS alternative such as Workday or salesforce.com. Great question. The ROI of many Enterprise 2.0 technologies can be relatively easily derived.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

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FEBRUARY 24, 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: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility 5 Steps to Winning Fans with Content Strategy Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy?

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JUNE 29, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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AUGUST 24, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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MAY 13, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

. “We want to give SMB a complete tool to allow them to move the needle on the 20% of social media that matters.&#

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Thus, one of the first questions I recommend you ask about your social program is whether it’s true mission is to gain customers, or retain the ones you have.

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JULY 20, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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AUGUST 19, 2010

But when you combine all of the platforms to truly leverage the power of the technology and the network, we'll as you note above, then you've got something that works on so many levels (CRM, SEO, Viral) that truly amazing things can happen. And thanks to for tippping me off to Compendium.

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MARCH 10, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. That’s a good starter list for Mass Influencers.

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MARCH 4, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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JUNE 24, 2010

Here are 3 way infomercials can inspire your social media from @jaybaer – [link] [link] Lori Keith 3 ways ShamWow can help your social media marketing [link] [link] Lori Keith 3 ways ShamWow can help your social media marketing [link] [link] Brett Petersel 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media [link] (via @jaybaer @kathyoreilly) [link] (..)

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JUNE 2, 2010

While it's obviously not as public as a social network, it seems that the mindset is, “I trust their opinions, I'll ask them a question.&# link] bob nunn Diesel Jeans lets you a dressing room camera to see if your social network 'like' you in those pants.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

This, I'll try.

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APRIL 20, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 5 Ways to be a Social Networking Smash How to Create a Share of Voice Report Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? Also, if you have a blog, would you be willing to leave a comment with the number of search terms people used to get to your blog last month?

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MARCH 25, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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MAY 27, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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APRIL 1, 2010

I totally agree that repurposing content across social networking platforms is a necessity, and that saying what you mean and meaning what you say across every channel is very important. I also think that there is a lot of potential in the often overlooked message board communities that existed well before both Facebook and Twitter.

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JUNE 3, 2010

.&# ) More from Convince and Convert Why Twitter Needs Its Bottom Spanked A Social Media Gun to the Head The Chicken and the Egg Social Media Conundrum Convince and Convert Recommends Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) The Hilarity of Working From Home (The Arkayne Blog) What I Learn From My Daughter (Danny Brown) Tagged as: (..)

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JUNE 22, 2010

That's where I think you hit the nail on the head in your second paragraph: social media has tremendous “potential&#. Social media is still evolving and until a solid few years of research can prove that there is definite ROI in utilizing company-wide social media plan, most companies will still consider it only a fad.

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JUNE 7, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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MAY 25, 2010

Which Are You Providing I see 17 online marketing services that small and medium agencies (especially PR-focused firms) could credibly offer clients, if they made the effort to build competency: Search Taxonomy Analysis Search Opportunity Audits Search Engine Optimization (not super duper hard core SEO, but intermediate level) Blogger Outreach Influencer (..)

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MARCH 3, 2010

Sabrina Horn curvecomms Great post – We (as an agency) are often surprised to see that other PR agencies aren't involved in Social Media – when online media relations are arguably more important than traditional media relations simply because of their permanence on the web.

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JULY 15, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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