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JUNE 29, 2010

The rise and role of the “non-professional&# is another very interesting concept in the book, as an increase in participation naturally leads to an explosion in content created by people that haven’t been vetted by the traditional means of degrees, apprenticeships, or ownership of a broadcasting license.

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MAY 4, 2010

They can’t possibly employ all of the people with the skills required to successfully lead organizational change and the adoption of emerging technologies. Well, if organizations didn’t need consultants, then I wouldn’t have a job. I’d argue that organizations in this economy are lean by necessity.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

You can contribute more to your organisation than just leads – such as product improvement ideas that you gather through interaction with your customers – and thus help keep your company competitive and increase the value you bring to the table. At the end of the day however, does it matter? link] Henry Great post.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Be Committed to CSR As mentioned, it’s critical to be transparent when it comes to a company’s CSR program, especially when harnessing social networking platforms.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Also, the screened image leads the eye towards your image at the right. link] Jacki Mieler I voted…and my choice is pulling into the lead! sara22 Hi Jay, I'm loving option 3, and it looks like it's in the lead so far. Option 3 will blend too much with the rollovers. I like number 1, except for the search box.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

Not drive sales revenue or create leads. At the end of the day, however, a great product and great customer service is still what will keep your clients coming back despite the notion by some social media gurus (certainly not Mr. Baer) that positive word of mouth (or “buzz&# ) was created by social media.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Yelp and Forums When you get beyond social networks, the heaviest concentration of influential impressions is on ratings and reviews sites (32%), followed by discussion boards/forums at 29%. In particular, sales and leads (as opposed to chatter, sentiment, buzz, purchase intent, etc.). Sore spot with us PR types.)

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APRIL 1, 2010

Which leads me to what I think is a huge miss by most sports franchises, including the Twolves: the message boarders. 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. Melanie Bravo Mssr.

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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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APRIL 13, 2010

Robert Kiyosaki awoke the inner entrepreneur in me and his book and words lead to my venture into internet marketing. Robert Kiyosaki awoke the inner entrepreneur in me and his book and words lead to my venture into internet marketing. Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example. link] Scott R.

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Martech Advisor

JANUARY 2, 2020

A social media manager is responsible for your brand's social media activities that include social media planning, automation, advertising, content creation, publishing, and analytics. Social media marketing is an important marketing function that includes a lot of activities on a daily basis.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. I’m talking about qualified, sales-ready leads.

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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. Be where your customers are. It’s not hard, it’s complicated.

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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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MARCH 3, 2010

My big issue with digital in general (and social media in particular) is that all too often tactical tools are held up as strategic solutions.

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JULY 14, 2010

Its important to set marketers expectations correctly because when marketers go in expecting social media to preform primarily as a direct response channel to drive sales and leads and are unwilling to consider the value the channel adds in engaging customers and building loyalty, they are likely to wind up disappointed.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

An active agency social media presence will lead to expertise in the agency. s PR firms are asking about social media" [link] [link] Seo Bridges One of the main problems out there is that social media monitoring is becoming just as important, if not more important than, social media marketing.

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APRIL 14, 2010

“helpful tip&# ) there should be a reaction (a customer takes a step closer to a sale or lead). Now I know it is for social media gurus but for me it's not. [link] jeff_molander But let us not forget or underestimate the importance of marketing science. That is, for every corporate action (ie. I hope this makes sense.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 28, 2012

Brands Face Stream Fatigue as Consumers Look Beyond Gimmicks in Social Networks by Brian Solis. How To Write Your Social Media Plan in 8 Steps by Social Media Today. 7 tips to take social to the next level by iMedia Connection. Social Media Facts and Stats.

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JULY 22, 2010

Let’s look at a few examples of companies that have done this successfully: Yelp’s Elite Squad: Yelp operates a social networking, user review, and local search website for members to post reviews and get user feedback on local businesses and restaurants. link] Yael Davidowitz-Neu Kyle, thanks for the comment.

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JUNE 11, 2010

link] Amber Naslund Looks like Real Time Revolution is in the lead for book titles…what's your take? It speaks to the real-time nature of Social Media. link] Daniel Beatty RT @AmberCadabra: Looks like Real Time Revolution is in the lead for book titles…what's your take? Brian Shaler Oh, even better!

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JULY 8, 2010

While it’s not that easy with online marketing, for the past two decades, email has been the leading retention marketing tactic, and the channel you can bank on to deliver a predictable revenue stream—provided that you’ve invested in building your own, permission-based list. That’s hardly the approach of committed email slayers. Why is this?

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AUGUST 31, 2010

I’ve gone off on a bit of a tanget and I might be the lone voice in the wind on this, but bringing it back around to say: social media can be a conversation in a SOCIAL setting. I think that is what leads to comment-less blogs and promotional updates. They ultimately want sales. Im Jay Baer.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Suggesting otherwise is making a false promise and leading to the idea that Social Media can somehow totally replace other forms of advertising. In most cases Facebook and Twitter don't create fans and followers out of space, but has the potential to build on prior relationships and experience with a brand.

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JUNE 15, 2010

A major component of answering those questions effectively is understanding in which social outposts your customers are concentrated. Companies should follow, not lead, their customers across the social Web. Few understand and submitt all emails to the social networking sites liked LinkedIn when they can be verfied.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. link] Michael Good post, thank your for this.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Just to make it a little more painful, the publication then proceeded to lose all lead information, so we couldn’t even say for sure what REALLY happened. I would say that you don’t have to necessarily go into Social Media (or any other marketing initiative) expecting to fail. Isn’t that where engagement leads?

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JUNE 3, 2010

Of these trends, the biggest is the embedding of services into online infrastructure, because the line of demarcation between your website and our social networks is going to get very fuzzy over the next few years. Do you think the ownership issue could lead to a privacy issue similar to FB?

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MAY 20, 2010

And it’s about behavior that leads to dollars. Premature Calculation The problem with the pet naming approach is that you end up having the “is this working&# conversation when the social media program is already in operation, which forces you to conduct statistical gerrymandering to determine which measures are relevant.

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JULY 13, 2010

Here’s how to start: Instead of compartmentalizing your digital champions, turn them into teachers: They can still lead projects, but make sure they are rewarded by their ability to help others achieve digital breakthroughs. And when it’s your turn to lead, remember that united we stand, divided we fall. Just get started.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Most of the chatter leading up to the iPad’s release was around how would it perform against standard computing tasks. 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&#.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Flowtown allows you to take email addresses (like the people subscribed to my newsletter) and determine in which social networks they are active. Also check out Gist [link] – helps with seeing the connection between your various social networks in a dashboard setting. link] Mark Levy Great list Jay. A must bookmark!

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JUNE 8, 2010

I suppose if we said generate leads by listening it may have an impact instead of listening to conversations to find new opportunities. I suppose if we said generate leads by listening it may have an impact instead of listening to conversations to find new opportunities. SuzanneVara [link] Suzanne Vara Listen.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Marketers stuck in roles that task them to constantly represent controversial doings while having no influence to solve the probs that lead to the angry customers due to corporate structure. 2) Kara is right, social media is still relatively new. Trying to influence and solve can even make things worse due to egos.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I firmly believe that your blog has to serve as your ultimate lead capture tool and your Facebook presence can serve as a marketing funnel! FB will become the social network as Google is to Search and then the technology will advance and a new “breed&# of established sites will evolve. God knows what those will be.

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