Convince & Convert

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. It’s not viral unless it is. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Linkedin is for people you know.

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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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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Communicate with Content After strategic thinking, the key to social media success is content creation. Help clients take their message to consumers directly, impacting purchase intent by providing truly helpful information at the right time in the buying cycle.

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APRIL 22, 2010

[link] [link] Carrie Bond RT @markwschaefer: RT @jaybaer: Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches? link] [link] Michael Feldkamp Jay, I agree with you and love your visual representation of the levels of discourse and marketing on social networks. Driving purchase intent through kinship. Thank you.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

That’s what attracted me to online marketing initially, and why I made the jump to that career in the mid-90s. The tracking online (including social media) far outpaces what I had at my disposal when I was doing traditional marketing. Kinship creates purchase intent.

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