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MAY 13, 2010

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Event attendees often ask me if I have them written down, and I never have, until now.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Co… Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better! tags: marketing) [.]

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JULY 5, 2010

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JULY 27, 2010

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MAY 12, 2010

You Just Might Like Green Eggs and Ham (in fact, ironically, you can click here to “like it&# on Facebook ) More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Are You A Shaq or A Penelope Are You Cherishing the Wrong Trophy Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… (..)

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JULY 28, 2010

Not too different than this guy I met at an AZIMA event who was just freely sharing his hard earned knowledge. Not too different than this guy I met at an AZIMA event who was just freely sharing his hard earned knowledge. I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

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JUNE 29, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 7 Ways to Use Social Media to Build Stunning Brands The Wisdom of Social Media X-Rays Marketing Sideways to Win at Social Media Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) How Not To Use Social Media (The Arkayne (..)

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AUGUST 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: It’s Time for Real-Time Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends [link] Paige Holden Hey Jay!

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MAY 4, 2010

More from Convince and Convert The Conflicting Faces of Social Media Are You Cherishing the Wrong Trophy Teach and then Reap Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne Blog) How Not To Use Social Media (The Arkayne Blog) Tagged as: Internal Social Media (..)

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JUNE 17, 2010

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Plus, event invites, and photos in which you’re tagged. The email also can be configured to show you all new friend requests, status updates from pages that you’re a fan of, as well as photos, videos and links from your friends. This, I'll try.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We've also found that event planners use Flowtown to can get a quick and accurate snapshot re: demographics for their sponsors. link] ethan Hi Jay, Thank you for the review. that you're pumped about Flowtown As you alluded, got some really wicked add-ons / features coming out soon, so stay tuned!

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Source: Frost & Sullivan ) Peer referrals: This is primarily social media marketing or the online version of word of mouth marketing (WOM). I don’t want to ignore the other forms of marketing content such as emails, e-newsletters, virtual events, case studies and analyst reports.

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JULY 26, 2010

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

As an aside – if Social Media becomes just a Direct Marketing platform – I predict a significant backlash.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Events & ROI The Swix team understands that to understand social media’s true impact, you must track over a lengthy period, while simultaneously accounting for external factors that could skew results disproportionately. You’ll be able to easier understand how these events drive social success using Swix.

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MAY 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself.

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JULY 20, 2010

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MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Commerce Related to the first, but commerce-oriented blogs are more interested in conversion events than in traffic generation. Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

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JUNE 24, 2010

is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy 6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace Driving Sales with Relevancy and Utility [link] Innovate AZ 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. We have a local guy in our Maine crowd, @OBobME. Bob sells insurance. Do you ever see him talking about insurance on Twitter?

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MARCH 10, 2010

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MAY 25, 2010

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AUGUST 19, 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 Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter 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 (..)

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MAY 5, 2010

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MAY 27, 2010

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JUNE 7, 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: The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life It’s Time for Real-Time Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Unbelievable turnout (more than 260) for a first-time event, and tremendous kudos to Fred Von Graf , who organized it practically solo. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-.

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JULY 21, 2010

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

On Twitter for example, if you’re tweeting about your company’s new product, you’re engaged in a customer gain event. But, if one of your followers tweets and asks you to solve a customer service problem, and you answer back, you’re engaged in a customer retention event.

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JUNE 3, 2010

How coincidental that these two events are such perfect contrasts, and happened within days of each other… [link] Marcel Dezentjé 'What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce' Over 'met de billen bloot gaan' – [link] [link] Mike Stenger Abso-freakin-lutely Jay!

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Obviously this is a valuable metric but we are able to give companies a network value score to understand a person's word of mouth impact. Obviously this is a valuable metric but we are able to give companies a network value score to understand a person's word of mouth impact. Every week. Only time will tell.

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APRIL 20, 2010

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? At one particular event, after several unsuccessful attempts at getting anyone to meet with me, I stopped at the bar for a drink. Alright, your turn.

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JULY 6, 2010

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

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