Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations. Great post!

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? Thanks for your help! link] Molly Carter Gaines I'm a little torn between #1 and #3– but my final vote is for #1. I also prefer the overall design to #2/3. A little help for the rest of us.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers? Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time?

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JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Thanks for the link back to the social FAQ – I'd lost the link during my busy summer. link] [link] Hot In Marketing 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Greatness | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting – C.

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Convince & Convert

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. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

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Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

Seth Godin predicted that RSS would kill email. Well, it’s certainly weathered the wooden stakes of pundits and the introduction of IM, RSS, Skype, MySpace, Facebook & Twitter quite well. In fact, it’s quite telling that every single social network still requires members to sign-up with an email address. October 2007.

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Convince & Convert

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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JUNE 22, 2010

You have to commit to social media for the long haul to see the benefits. You also know how to measure your ROI effectively. Good luck converting the masses !

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Socialmention.com is basically a social search engine, if the business name is unique it can be a good option. 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.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2010

[link] [link] Jay Baer You're invited to the Socialpalooza [link] (best social media education opportunity around) [link] Patrick O’Keefe RT @jaybaer: You're invited to the Socialpalooza [link] (best social media education opportunity around) [link] Social Network (RSS) Patrick O'Keefe: RT @jaybaer: You're invited to the Socialpalooza (..)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

> Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps – [link] [link] Christoff Swanepoel Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps – [link] [link] Kerala Tour Packages i really enjoyed the post.many thanks Aman Talwar Excellent strategies, thanks for the post. I have subscribed to your rss feed as well. Thanks again.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

I think twitter is more of a heavily curated rss reader/feeder rather than a portal, and I suspect that presenting twitter to new users as more of a friendly way to use rss that as a way to push conversation with strangers would help quite a bit. I'm not even going to try. Thanks for the thought-provoking post! dell is one example.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Note that nearly 40% of all subscribers to this blog are via email, not RSS. Here’s another to add to the list – in the social media listening section check out Viralheat.

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APRIL 8, 2010

When I'm clearing emails or reading (RSS, web, ReadItLater, etc.), I totally get the point of the iPad as a way to make casually web browsing, social networking, and ebook-reading simpler and trendier, but in no way are these things “computers&#. And MiFi is soooo much better than USB dongle. RevShark Great post Jay.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The trick with websites is the never-ending need to feed the monster, through search optimization, public relations, banner ads, skywriting, or whatever other means you’ve devised to let people know that your site is out there and worthy of attention. Looking forward to meeting you at Coastal Social.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The trick with websites is the never-ending need to feed the monster, through search optimization, public relations, banner ads, skywriting, or whatever other means you’ve devised to let people know that your site is out there and worthy of attention. Looking forward to meeting you at Coastal Social.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Concepts under consideration include a variety of different search results (not just by time, but possibly by relevancy or impact), analytics, RSS feeds, widgets and more. What neither of them seems to have is an RSS feed for results, which would be the Holy Grail of Facebook open-graph API monitoring. It's weird on RSS.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Note that nearly 40% of all subscribers to this blog are via email, not RSS. Here’s another to add to the list – in the social media listening section check out Viralheat.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 28, 2010

This is functionally similar to the Creative Brief that ad agencies have been using for decades to help copywriters and artists understand the psychology of the customer, and what needs to be included in the advertisement.

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