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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Twitter is Ubiquitous Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans.

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JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? That depends upon how many other people/brands they are following, and how often they check Twitter. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. Marketing isn’t about campaigns any more. It’s an exciting time to be a marketer, but it’s also a tremendous responsibility. Now, he tweeted it to his 1.6

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JULY 27, 2010

Before Permission Marketing , how much audience did Seth Godin have? I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing. Chris Brogan started with zero posts and zero readers.

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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. Building a network of supporters over time that aligns with a company’s values and actions only help protect a company in times of trouble.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. To paraphrase Tina Turner , we don’t need another acronym.

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APRIL 19, 2011

There have been numerous posts written about the pitfalls of social media marketing (including helpful pieces from Online Social Networking , Sysomos , and one I wrote for HubSpot ). Social media is about having a conversati0n with your prospects, not broadcasting to them. Failing to LISTEN. Except in rare cases (e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You run over to check your Twitter account. Twitter Without the Hassle Want to know who has signed up to follow you on Twitter today? You can even include Twitter searches in your feed, enabling you to use NutshellMail the same way you’d use TweetBeep, or an RSS feed of Twitter search results.

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MAY 12, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Would You Try It With a Fox?

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JULY 5, 2010

I have recruited a posse of incredibly smart social media, digital marketing, and public relations thinkers to entertain and inform you while I’m learning how to pay with colored money, and my son attends hockey camp.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

More from Convince and Convert You Are Pissed Off at the Wrong Guy Taking Consumer Reviews Viral with Facebook Are you spending enough on digital marketing? Convince and Convert Recommends Facebook Vs. Twitter (The Arkayne Blog) 7 Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook – Free Ebook (Danny Brown) Facebook Pisses Off Users.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate. Social Media is “Viral Marketing&# False, in the same way that a square is also a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. Can a social media program go viral? Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Sorry Works Contrast that with the guts and class (and good crisis management sense, despite having zero PR counsel) shown by umpire Jim Joyce in the immediate aftermath of his blown call, robbing Armando Galarraga of a rare perfect game. A coven of PR practitioners. We may be the least vindictive, grudge-holding society ever. .&#

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s what makes UnMarketing an unusual, yet worthy use of your marketing education time: UNpretentious Unlike so many marketing books, Stratten doesn’t overcomplicate the subject matter. There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. It’s no contest.

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MARCH 10, 2010

The Best of Twitter 20 From the forward: I’m sitting in a ballroom in Indianapolis in September, 2008 watching Joseph Jaffe give a masterful presentation on social media transforming corporations, when I come upon the idea to interview him on Twitter. You can download it free below. Maybe you will also.

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. It’s on JaneNation.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. If you’re feeling particularly frisky, I’d love for you to vote for my other two panels while you’re in the mood.

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JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. You can find her on Twitter or, if you’re lucky, behind a rolling pin making a fresh pie. The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content.

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JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging.

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MAY 13, 2010

Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. (I I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Twitter is for people you want to know. (I I use this a lot.

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JUNE 29, 2010

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MAY 25, 2010

This session included much of what Indra and her partner Jon Bailey have been able to accomplish in the last two years, moving from a primarily traditional agency to a new media powerhouse. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail? Embrace Math.

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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Turning your customers into advocates and marketers on behalf of your brand pays off a lot more when you’re selling $10,000 pieces of manufacturing equipment, than it does when you’re selling $3 cans of Pringles. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Twitter is even narrower at 36% – 46%. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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APRIL 28, 2010

million followers on Twitter? But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline.

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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?&# “We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. More Work Upfront, Less Ongoing What I love about this program (in addition to the eye-popping results): It’s rooted in helpfulness, not marketing.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. Testimonials are a huge part of the infomercial world, as they are for effective social media. You’re thinking that I’m… [link] #marketing [link] Santi Chacon 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Fink) Twitter Comment As always, great stuff. Sessions start October 5.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. Metrics would include the number of times a post is mentioned in other blogs or media, references, RT's, etc. Very helpful post, Jay. Blogging is a commitment to yourself and anyone reading.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers.

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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. Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time? Presto, a pretty graph in about 3 seconds flat.

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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? People who… [link] #marketing [link] Innovate AZ The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life: Who Influenced You?All All of us have influences.

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