Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Also, perhaps your potential Mass Influencers aren’t already fans of yours on Facebook.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate. Social Media is “Viral Marketing&# False, in the same way that a square is also a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. Can a social media program go viral? Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

You often are buying in part because of the service and personnel of the company in question. For whom is it more important to have a humanizing social media presence? A B2B software company, or Skittles? Lastly, the people factor is huge. And that’s a recipe for finding flaws and bailing out at the first sign of smoke.

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Single Grain

JULY 6, 2023

You can elevate your business to new heights with a stellar promotional plan. From identifying your target market to choosing a catchy promotion name, from selecting an effective promotion type to deciding on key messages and promotional products, we’ll journey through the creation of a powerful promotional plan.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Turning your customers into advocates and marketers on behalf of your brand pays off a lot more when you’re selling $10,000 pieces of manufacturing equipment, than it does when you’re selling $3 cans of Pringles. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. The range of Facebook usage is just 37% – 51%.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Best of B2B Marketing. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. 8220;You must have a strategy before you begin social media,&# I say at my talks. doth protest.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

I don’t want to poach or poorly paraphrase anyone else’s content, so here’s what I wrote in Letters to the C-Suite: To The Executive Team: I realize everyone is telling you social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Isn’t our Facebook page just a post-modern email newsletter?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

According to these numbers, the audience using Twitter actually declined from August to December, 2009 (during the same period, Facebook went from 250 million to 350 million members). Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter. Check ( Facebook Lite ).

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

My friends at ExactTarget announced a moment ago that they have acquired CoTweet , the leader in enterprise Twitter management, and will be building a social products lab to add tie-ins for Facebook, YouTube, and other elements of the social communication ecosystem. it’s difficult to get into much detail.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. What is the next generation of crowdsourcing?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

By way of comparison, that’s approximately the same size as the Asian American population, and you certainly don’t see the media coverage, software development, conferences, and general hullabaloo about marketing to Asians. Can you imagine an “Illinois Marketing for Dummies&# book? Interaction.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Location, Location, Location The biggest story of the event was the widespread usage of presence services foursquare and Gowalla. Again, this is an incredibly positive sign, as we can’t treat social media as a unicorn when it’s really just a horse. This level of vagary is useless. What makes SXSW special is the accidents.

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