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AUGUST 16, 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: Why You Should Use a Content Rationale Report Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps 5 Step Process for Social Media Success [link] Santi Chacon Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter: Last (..)

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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. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Then you dash to Facebook to see what’s going on there. Handy Facebook Reminders It’s pretty tough to find a credible excuse for missing people’s birthdays on Facebook. NutshellMail saves you from being labeled an ingrate by reminding you of all the birthdays of your Facebook friends this week.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Either way, it would make me double-check how I have the privacy settings set for photos on my Facebook page. The last thing I need is a dressing room photo of me modeling Diesel brand fat pants hitting the public News Feed on Facebook. But the default view will be the opinions of your Facebook friends.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

87% of respondents had heard of Twitter, compared to 88% who had heard of Facebook. Compare that ratio to Facebook, where 88% have heard of it, and 41% have a profile (a conversion rate approaching 50%). 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall.

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JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page. Transparency is a brand currency on the social web.

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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 12, 2010

I feel like the other guy in the story- will you try social media if I give you some great case studies? Could I get you to reply to the people who like you and your company on Facebook if we can demonstrate that it strengthens your brand recognition? The time investment required for social media before you see a benefit is a barrier.

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JUNE 17, 2010

link] EllisTweet Given the volume of yammering about how to measure social networking success, I must say that this post, Jay, stands out. So at the end of the day, it's projects or people I can point to, as evidence that it's worked, no so much a number figure, however you want to dice it.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics.

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JUNE 29, 2010

More people sharing the stuff that they make (3 billion photos per month uploaded to Facebook) 3. link] sadie harris Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World [link] [link] Ian Greenleigh “1. More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. link] jaybaer No question.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

“ The Black Art of Optimizing Facebook Wall Posts &# can be voted for here. We’ll have Facebook page and other promotional stuff about the book online soon – including pre-ordering capabilities. “ Your Content Stinks! Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here.

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JULY 27, 2010

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Social Outposts Without the Mystery I’m often asked by corporate clients where they should engage in social media. “Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds. The fee for up to 75,000 sent emails per month is just $99.97.

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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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APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It

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MAY 4, 2010

While many organizations have got social media religion, there are many others still swimming against the stream. Or, paradoxically, they claim to embrace social media while forbidding their employees from being on Facebook or Twitter. As you know better than I, we are in the early innings of social media.

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MAY 13, 2010

Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Facebook is for people you used to know. Linkedin is for people you know. I know this one isn’t mine.

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JULY 20, 2010

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MAY 27, 2010

The good news is that with the typical exception of Facebook, most of these changes are positive, well-communicated, and understandable. Now, you can track number of “likes&# and daily interactions on your Facebook page, in the same place you can track RSS feeds, Twitter followers, and all the other awesome data points Swix provides.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Haven’t you?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Just as e-mail marketers learned to adapt as people evolved from sharing one e-mail address to having multiple e-mail addresses, today’s marketers need to address the many different social spheres individuals may inhabit. link] Ian Greenleigh Great post, Kevin. Have you tried out Flowtown? link] Henry Great post.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Virality, Quick and Easy Once the stories are approved and posted on the blog, RESMARK automatically triggers another email, notifying the author and asking them to share the story on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Future Plans for Facebook For now, Facebook doesn’t allow outside access to Facebook fan page metrics, so that’s the one large hole in the Swix data set. Mr. Lake believe that access will be granted however, allowing his company to deliver a whole suite of new Facebook data points into the Swix system.

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APRIL 1, 2010

But, the team does reference a series of social media outposts via a tiny murderers row of icons (my favorite is “Linkedin.coming soon&#. So, I turned to the team’s Facebook page, where NBA rules have not yet been codified, and team’s have more leeway than they do on the official Web site. Your Web site.

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MARCH 10, 2010

It’s Time for Real-Time The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life [link] Innovate AZ Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter 20 eBook: I’m very proud to launch my new ebook that chroni… [link] [link] Innovate AZ Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter 20 eBook: I’m very proud to launch my new ebook that chroni… (..)

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JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. Thanks for the link back to the social FAQ – I'd lost the link during my busy summer. Have them document EVERY question they receive.

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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 4, 2010

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. What other social media fallacies do you have? Be where your customers are.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

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JUNE 24, 2010

You’re thinking that I’m… [link] #marketing [link] Santi Chacon 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. If you can type a sentence, you can relate to people on Twitter and Facebook. Our method at Motorola was to take the bigwhigs out to the Signature Room and wine and dine them. Relationships.

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APRIL 15, 2010

is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps [link] Jeremy Victor Jay, Congrats – I completely understand your feeling of affirmation as that is exactly the way I felt about [link] making the Junta42 at #24.

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JULY 15, 2010

Something along the line of “we tried a blog but it wasn’t a success” or “we have a Facebook page, but it isn’t doing anything for our business.” The Facebook page was a failure because they were not engaging their audience, they were just collecting names. If you have a Facebook page, know who is responsible for engagement.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Match Your Social Media Tactics to Your Social Media Goal The problem we’re faced with today is that very few companies seem to be thinking about their efforts in this way. I see this as a natural for Twitter, but Jay is right to point out the shortcomings of most companies when it comes to their facebook and blog approach.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Seek Content Inspiration Creating successful social media content isn’t just status updates. and search for them on Google, Bing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and SocialMention. Take your top keywords (including your company name, product name, etc.) What shows up in these search results? How much photo and video content appears?

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