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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?&# Here’s the results for my friend and client Indra Gardiner from Bailey Gardiner in San Diego: Amazing, no?

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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. Linkedin is for people you know. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Facebook is for people you used to know. I know this one isn’t mine.

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MAY 11, 2010

Your LInkedin page. 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. Your blog, naturally.

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JUNE 2, 2010

link] (Facebook, friendships, and voyeurism) [link] David Goldie Interesting cross between physical and online marketing, through Facebook and Diesel. link] [link] David Goldie Interesting cross between physical and online marketing, through Facebook and Diesel. link] Phil Baumann Going too far with online marketing?

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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. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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APRIL 1, 2010

They did, however, instantly create a Linkedin account [link] Albert_Maruggi Jay, what's consistently ranked as the most difficult aspect of implementing new technology? [link] jaybaer I desperately want to interview the team and talk about the multiple departments and uncoordinated agencies that resulted in this mess.

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JULY 14, 2010

Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master [link] via @JayBaer [link] Viaspire RT @jaybaer: Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master [link] [link] Mark Smiciklas RT @jaybaer: Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master [link] [link] Jay Oatway Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master – [link] (..)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Last week, I was on a content marketing discussion panel (moderated by Jeff Rohrs ) at the ExactTarget Connections conference. I was joined by Joe Pulizzi from Junta42 , Ann Handley from MarketingProfs , and Brad Kleinman from Online Marketing Connect.

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Single Grain

JANUARY 31, 2020

The power of paid media extends far beyond the scope of organic reach. This business reporting platform works with different analytics engines and tools and is ideal for gathering data and insights for devising and implementing social media, web analytics and online marketing. The Pro plan costs $79 per month.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

If you wanted to create a system that replicated as best as possible the physical act of two people speaking to one another in the same place at the same time, would you build Twitter, or a WordPress comment system, or Facebook, or Linkedin? I’ve seen some linkedin groups with great discussions. Absolutely not.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Over ~30 days, there are 24 sessions about everything social media , and because it’s totally virtual, one registration can cover your entire team or company, and you get access to a registrants-only Linkedin group and other networking opportunities.

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MARCH 9, 2010

A recent study by Econsultancy called “ The Value of Social Media &# shows that companies are overwhelmingly using the “Big 4″ of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Linkedin for their social media efforts. " by @jaybaer [link] [link] Jan Firsching RT @jaybaer: Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

You provide a list of your customers’ email addresses, and these services figure out how (and who) among your customers are on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and niche social networks, what their “likes” are, and other important details. Add data collection fields for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin (at a minimum).

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MAY 19, 2010

is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy [link] [link] Mike Malone RT @jaybaer @russhenneberry : Why D.I.S. is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy [link] [link] Mike Malone RT @jaybaer @russhenneberry : Why D.I.S. is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy [link] [link] Renée Warren Why D.I.S.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

The drawback is that they are only tracking Twitter and Facebook for now, so if you need to monitor blogs, blog comments, discussion forums, Linkedin or anything else on behalf of your company or clients, you’ll need to gather that data elsewhere. The ease-of-use and Excel format of RowFeeder are big pluses for me.

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MAY 20, 2010

However, my preference is for the baby naming approach – selecting key performance indicators (KPI) before a single Tweet is sent, blog post is written, or Linkedin group is christened. This is because social media success is inherently slow , not fast. I’ve worked in both camps, and have seen both succeed.

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APRIL 8, 2010

It’s an almost magical device that can show incredibly crisp HD video, all the audio you can handle, Web pages, books, online magazines ( Zinio is great on the iPad), newspapers, tweets, Facebook, Linkedin, and just about anything else you’d want to digest. It’s fast, it’s seamless, and it’s enthralling.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily. I find it to be especially valuable and hassle-free for updating Twitter, Facebook, and LInkedin simultaneously. jaybaer uses 39 social media tools!!! jaybaer uses 39 social media tools!!! I’ve tried Foursquare , too.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily. I find it to be especially valuable and hassle-free for updating Twitter, Facebook, and LInkedin simultaneously. jaybaer uses 39 social media tools!!! jaybaer uses 39 social media tools!!! I’ve tried Foursquare , too.

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MARCH 16, 2010

But for good reasons. I have met so many great people and made so many connections which I wouldn't have made on Facebook or other tools.

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APRIL 7, 2010

On the other hand, the new Linkedin app completely nuked my BB – had to reinstall o/s this morning…grrr! Seems like it would be very easy to only show you tips/check-ins from your Foursquare connections as a default (or maybe even friends of friends like Linkedin) while still giving you the option to “view all&#.

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MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

But, he's signed to Island Def Jam and (for example, from a random LinkedIn search), their VP of Digital has been around for a minute: [link] – can't vouch for him, don't know him for anyone. Having some exposure to the music industry, it can be a lot of people (label, management, label and artist-hired publicity, etc.).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

As David Meerman Scott acknowledged in his session Tuesday, “What does social media even mean?&# It’s become a fuzzy catch all for everything from customer service, to customer experience, to customer relationship management, to content marketing, to word of mouth. This level of vagary is useless.

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