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JULY 27, 2010

Spread the Love It’s easy to fall into the trap of relying on one or a few persons in your organization to be the content creation mules. link] #blogging #marketing [link] Marketing 150 Via @jaybaer [link] Are You Growing Enough Voices blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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MAY 12, 2010

Social media has never been driven by function and purpose. It's… well… *mostly* a mass media so far. We measure it (personally and professionally) quantitatively not qualitatively. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If we can reliably identify a person across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and elswhere, we can then segment not only for the demographics of the consumer in question; we can tailor content for the mode they are in where we reach them. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Great article!

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. The more email addresses a person uses across the social Web, the less ideal the results. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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JULY 6, 2010

While demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, Target also created a local solution to a national issue by personally connecting with parents through a timely and innovative social media campaign.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Personally I think having the photo on the far right anchors it a bit better, but people seem to be responding well to #3. Two is very graphical no personality (you need personality, I don't on my blog where it's not about me but the content). I also picked 3 because there was no 4. 2 many words I guess? Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 5, 2010

link] [link] Eileen Buleza Interesting approach one PR agency is taking to build online communities and connecting consumers with brands. link] [link] Eileen Buleza Interesting approach one PR agency is taking to build online communities and connecting consumers with brands. What do you think of this approach?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] (this tool is a big time-saver) [link] Akash Sharma RT @jaybaer Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] (this tool is a big time-saver) [link] Jeff Tucker I too set up NutShellMail and even added a tab for it on one of our Facebook fan pages.

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MARCH 4, 2010

JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? JG You know that tattoo says Leslie from the person's perspective right? In PR, measurement has always been a finger in the wind exercise. Like the rest of social media can be of great value to your small business in many ways if you know [.]

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JUNE 2, 2010

But, as Facebook continues to grow like John Candy at an all-night buffet, the number of possible connections for each person multiplies correspondingly. The oops factor comes into play again when you post something personal on Facebook you'd rather not have privy to that non-friend “friend&# and the entire world.

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JULY 21, 2010

I don't know the full extent to each piece, but would love a legal expert to take these on and help us out in the social media space. If you look at all these, these aren't social media lawsuits per se, but rather about content, licensing and the responsibility a person burdens. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 24, 2010

There's “bad&# advertisements and “bad&# uses of social media as well… Maybe you'd call it human marketing or even personality marketing, but the concept is really simple. One of the local Twitterati here had Chris Brogan up to Maine for a social media conference, and I caught it on UStream.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The email is well-designed, personalized, and compelling. RT @jaybaer: The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing [link] [link] Anita Fiander The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing- [link] [link] Parissa Behnia put social frosting on your marketing cake! Great example of integrated marketing in real life: The 3 Amigos, by [.]

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APRIL 13, 2010

Carnegie’s principles: You can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person’s point of view. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. I don't know why, but that has always stuck with me.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Social Media results can’t be measured False. Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This is the a classic issue with many marketing and product developers, they don't listen. When we talk monitoring not just for PR/Marketing but product or service development and industry related news as well. link] [link] Van Santen Netwerk Social media strategie: pro-actie of re-actief? link] [link] T.J.

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JUNE 22, 2010

If communication is most effective in a press release, so be it, but if it is most effective via social media tools, that should be just as viable an option to a marketing or PR department. The only problem I've encountered is the trepidation associated with personal blogs.

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MAY 27, 2010

If someone fills out the form to download the document, and they have a large following on Twitter (as determined by an instant Flowtown look-up), you can automatically send and email to your PR team to follow up with that individual. Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here.

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JUNE 7, 2010

In the first section, Hsieh recounts his personal story, including his early childhood and nascent entrepreneurial adventures, including a misguided effort at worm farming. The book concludes with a few pages about the science of happiness, and how personal and business happiness can be inextricably linked. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 1, 2010

link] Chris Hall Jay as a lifelong T-wolves fan (the team’s life not mine), and a person involved in social media I have to say, awesome! But I wasn’t the only person doing this, and by no means was I doing it any more than anybody else in the community. Too many cooks can spoil the dinner. (PS

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Joe Fernandez : The amont of public-facing data attributed to a person’s name has exploded. We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands.

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APRIL 20, 2010

[link] Eric_Hoffman I'm game, even if my game is a bit weak…in the month of March, for my personal blog, I saw a whopping 29 different search terms used to get to my content and for the work blog that I help to maintain we saw 190 different search terms used to get to that content. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Don’t assume that the person that gave you one star on a Yelp review is some sort of carnival freak outlier. I like your “monitor and respond to all&# thought — this is more of a public relations model than a marketing model, especially if we dispense with the concept of “impressions&# in favor of “contacts.&#

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And more… There is enough primary data within this report to help smart marketers be very actionable when it comes to sharpening their social media plans/focus or to help ease the entry into the social media waters. 2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels. .-= Twitter Lists Frenzy =-.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

. “Twitter users talking about marketing and brands far exceeds the usage on the other social networks,&# said Tom Webster , the VP of Strategy & Marketing at Edison (and the study author), when I interviewed him for this post. Tom agrees, and included that concept in the Executive Summary.

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MAY 26, 2010

[link] Matt McKeen RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] [link] Matt Ridings RT @McKeenMatt: RT @jaybaer: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media [link] Drew Miller Great points Jay. link] online marketing blog using facebook fan page as a newsletter is a great idea, thanks for the great article.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Here they were, arriving at your party with nary a prior personal connection, but looking for a good time just like everyone else. Humanize Your Blog Remember, it’s a blog not a white paper, and a key differentiator is personality. And infuse your writing with personality and voice. (If Make links to your bio easy to find.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Personally, I love that you have all of the essentials in the car… the family, pets…and the wine! At least I can say van den Hurk PR has gone global. ;0) Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. There's nothing like moving, although it can be a challenge. Best of luck, Jay.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Plus, it’s like the personal trainer scenario. As I said to you at SXSW, greatness is what needs to be out there, and both of you define that, both in knowledge and personality [link] unmarketing My pleasure. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too.

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JULY 28, 2010

My business today has assembled an array of expertise and networked with people and businesses so I can offer help in all areas of marketing and advertising. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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MAY 11, 2010

Back in those days, face-to-face networking at business events was really the most effective way to make the connections needed to get a chance to propose your product/service to the right person and it sometimes took dozens of events before the opportunity presented itself. Even if this person only an entertainer. Im Jay Baer.

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JULY 14, 2010

We Are Not Alone Serving as the organization’s advocate for adopting social media can be a test of passion and commitment. Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies. I think it's a good approach to enter social media metrics.

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JULY 13, 2010

I recently had lunch with an old colleague who now works for a well respected and large competitor PR firm. Naturally, I asked about his interest in mastering social media for his clients. That’s the essence of a good social media strategy , anyway. I don’t believe in a “digital divide.” Stop delegating and start absorbing.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

[link] Jimmykellyart (Jimmy Kelly) Twitter Comment RT @barneydavey: RT @jaybaer Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] kathysacks (Kathy Sacks) Twitter Comment RT@jaybaer: Develop a social media strategy in 7 steps. link to post]. Thanks for the thoughts and processes.

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APRIL 14, 2010

The Soundog is an ingenious device – a small, personal speaker with switching capabilities, enabling me to listen to whichever game I prefer without bothering nearby patrons. link] [link] Hot In Business The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters | Integrated Marketing and Media | Social Media Consulting -.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

That's why I mentioned that even though I'm showing in my table my personal ranking of these tools, it's meant to be just a starting point. Check out this post from @ktvan on choosing the right one [link] [link] B2B Online Marketing Very informative! RT @jaybaer: Not sure which social media tools to use?

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