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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. I certainly do not support the Draconian position that somehow social networks threaten email’s existence as a marketing channel. Twitter knows that you are @somecustomer, and what you Tweet about, and maybe your geography. Im Jay Baer.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2012

There aren’t any newer media planning or digital media books anymore worthy of my hall-of-fame, so I’ll showcase two from the old days! Advertising Media Planning, Seventh Edition. The original and best book on practical media planning and buying concepts and how to choose, purchase, and analyze all forms of media.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

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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. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

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. fb [link] SEO India Interesting Post blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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JUNE 17, 2010

link] EllisTweet Given the volume of yammering about how to measure social networking success, I must say that this post, Jay, stands out. They're bots and goofballs who followed you using one of the tools you alluded to. The notable points are many; among the key takeaways are these: 1. Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

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. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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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. The whole ad just came off as incredibly insincere and self-serving.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I think pigeon holes are a thing of the past [link] BROOKSLACAYO 6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations [link] [link] RickStoner RT @jaybaer: 6 key need-to-knows about social media's impact on your business. link] [link] Bader Rutter RT @jaybaer: 6 key need-to-knows about social media's impact on your business.

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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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MAY 5, 2010

With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. link] [link] Eileen Buleza Interesting approach one PR agency is taking to build online communities and connecting consumers with brands.

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JULY 27, 2010

I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen. I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Randy Kemp: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) topsy_top20k RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail: Keeping tabs on your social media connec… [link] #marketing [link] Focus Communications interesting.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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. It has been blowing up the charts since it’s debut and you [.] Im Jay Baer.

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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. The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. People are sharing photos, ideas, writings and video. All that stuff? Im Jay Baer.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As my friend Jeff Rohrs from ExactTarget (client) says: “How can social media kill email, when you have to have an email address to belong to a social media site?&# And that’s the premise behind Flowtown , one of the most exciting new social media tools I’ve seen in months.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: It’s Time for Real-Time Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends [link] Paige Holden Hey Jay! . $1 Im Jay Baer.

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Webbiquity

JULY 28, 2010

This isn’t a tactical, do-this-on-Facebook-and-then-that-on-Twitter type of roadmap either, but rather a sequence of exercises to explore, monitor, justify, plan and measure a social media program. consumer-generated media, touchpoint analysis, measurement and metrics, planning a campaign (ugh, social media campaign ?),

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JUNE 29, 2010

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. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 25, 2010

PR pros, read this!) ^NS Holden-Bache RT @jaybaer: How to add the digital ecosystem to your ad/PR agency (incl. Holden-Bache RT @jaybaer: How to add the digital ecosystem to your ad/PR agency (incl. Holden-Bache RT @jaybaer: How to add the digital ecosystem to your ad/PR agency (incl. 17 Services.

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MAY 4, 2010

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. Im Jay Baer. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. We have many good tools at our disposal right now we could be putting to use. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. I have seen this part kill a. then who owns it, d.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media results can’t be measured False. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Social media is hard False. Be where your customers are.

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MAY 13, 2010

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. Man: …… your awesome. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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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. Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline. Im Jay Baer.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Events & ROI The Swix team understands that to understand social media’s true impact, you must track over a lengthy period, while simultaneously accounting for external factors that could skew results disproportionately. RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] [link] Focus Communications Brilliant!

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MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. Sounds like it could really help businesses out in the social media realm. Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). 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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MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Juliansummerhayes Jay Now this is more like it; something that is *real world* and capable of being understood by business and those people like myself who, when discussing social media as tool for business, here the constant noise that it is simply irrelevant. I was surprised(ish) about the B2B findings; but not so surprised.

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MARCH 4, 2010

We hear how twitter and the other SM tools will help to get you on top, blah, blah but that only happens so few times. A blog can serve many functions, depending on whether or not the blog is the business (revenue stream) or a tool (for commerce, community, etc.). In PR, measurement has always been a finger in the wind exercise.

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MARCH 10, 2010

link] Vishal Joshi RT @SMBConsultant: Staggering Social Media Insights »The Best of Twitter 20 eBook »Very Generous @jaybaer »[link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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JUNE 2, 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 Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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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%. Sore spot with us PR types.) Sore spot with us PR types.) That’s a good starter list for Mass Influencers. Good stuff.

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APRIL 20, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 5 Ways to be a Social Networking Smash How to Create a Share of Voice Report Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? Even if we talk about exact keyword-phrase the reality is a little bit different then keyword tools statistics. That would be a interesting exercise, wouldn’t it? Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

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. Great example of integrated marketing in real life: The 3 Amigos, by [.] Im Jay Baer.

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