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JUNE 22, 2010

Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? Never Heard Of It This is of course a situation that is most acute in B2B, where White Horse found that 60% of companies either have low executive interest in social media, or have modest interest but a lack of education. This makes no sense.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Raven Zachery, project director for the Obama Presidential Campaign app and founder of SmallSociety, defends native applications. Still, the power of mobile browsers might be exaggerated, and some apps really need the “bells and whistles” of 3-D graphics or full hardware interfacing. “The mainstream gaming market will always be native.

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. I'd like to clarify that the 4,250 Facebook wall posts facilitated by our most recent campaign with Tornados were actually posts to users' walls (i.e. agencies, you should be experimenting with this too).

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APRIL 1, 2010

I’m trying to understand how such a great campaign could have a foundation that is so unstable. 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! Also – how long will this self-serving mea culpa campaign fad last?

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AUGUST 19, 2010

It's very easy to forget that Social Media and email can work together. It's even easier to forget (or ignore) how offline marketing materials can supplement and enrich online campaigns. Sound off in the comments, and maybe we’ll put together another post with great examples. Great post, as usual.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I’m constantly referring back to Forrester’s POST methodology when planning campaigns. link] > @jaybaer [link] Stephanie Wonderlin Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? – [link] [link] Merry Ann Moore Very useful for getting clarity: Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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MARCH 4, 2010

effective social media campaigns that left no question of their effectiveness. JeffBullas.com How to measure social media. Like the rest of social media can be of great value to your small business in many ways if you know [.] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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MAY 25, 2010

Digital marketing isn’t about campaigns, it’s about waterfalls. When I ran an agency, I put just as much stock in prospective employees’ Excel abilities as I did in their Word, Powerpoint, or Photoshop skills. Adjust Staffing and Timelines. You’re ALWAYS marketing. Every search. Every click. Every Tweet.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. What would you do? I think this is a fundamental necessity.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But if you’re engaged in a social media program in an effort to go “viral&# you’re not really engaged in social media at all. 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.

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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. I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. so to carve it out is sensible. Eventually, no.

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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.

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MAY 11, 2010

Not in a “here’s our FAQ&# way, but in a vigorous, social media way. For B2B companies, I suggest adding a short slide presentation that answers each question, and possibly a podcast that answers all six in aggregate. And by using a coupon BK tracked redemption, up-sell conversion – actual profit of the Facebook campaign.

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JUNE 2, 2010

In addition to their desire to be the hub of the Web, and create the greatest analytics-driven advertising platform imaginable, Facebook wants to enable our relationships to curate the world for us. How many businesses had to redo their in-store print advertising so people would “Like&# them instead of “Become a fan?&#

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AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. How can we create a killer social media campaign that will get noticed?

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JULY 15, 2010

In small businesses or one man bands it's easier to get an overview of who's responsible for what. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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JUNE 3, 2010

It's interesting that they are trying to make the CEO the “star&# of the campaign, and put all the attention on him, but he seems woefully inadequate to the task. Instead, he had the temerity to say that he “wants his life back.&# What a stupid thing to say. link] jaybaer I agree. Just say “I'm sorry.&#

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APRIL 14, 2010

Isn't that where promotional campaigns serve a purpose? Isn't that where promotional campaigns serve a purpose? Isn't that where promotional campaigns serve a purpose? Isn't that where promotional campaigns serve a purpose? Isn't that where promotional campaigns serve a purpose?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’m sure there’s patterns I’ve missed. 1 (Danny Brown) Tagged as: blogging , blogs , content creation , content marketing , Convince and Convert , cotent lessons , headline writing Did you enjoy this blog post?

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Early in my online career I did a lot of website strategy and online advertising. because I had only one quarter to do a campaign that got big results or we were screwed. And you can’t just copy successful campaigns of others – because the variables in their equations are different (customers, needs, timing, etc.)

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JULY 22, 2010

Even the big marketing players are still figuring this out, though the recent Old Spice campaign has done a lot to show how companies are conversing with users in new ways. This is very different to trying to reach voters direct as we decided that people listen to 'people like them' more than politicians or big budget ad campaigns.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

To date, customers of RowFeeder have either been interested in monitoring social media campaigns (tracking hashtags, Twitter replies, etc.); It’s not the most full-featured solution available, but for the do it yourself data hounds, it’s a very nice addition to the social listening landscape.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!) RT @jaybaer: Not sure which social media tools to use?

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APRIL 22, 2010

Social Campaigns & Apps (social media marketing) In this approach, you’re using contests, promotions, offers, and self-contained applications and widgets to promote your company or product. Social CRM The new telephone. I’m not about to banish “social media&# from Convince & Convert.

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Find the answers to those questions and many more here in almost two dozen of the best social media guides, tips, tools, insights and rants of 2012. Social Media Marketing Guides and Tips. Social Media Campaigns Don’t Match When Consumers Are Online by Spin Sucks. 6 Expert Tips for Measuring Social Media ROI by OMI Blog.

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MAY 20, 2010

link] #in [link] JaxPHILville RT @jaybaer: Dogs, Vampires, and Social Media Success Metrics. A recipe for doing it right. link] [link] newmediahire Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Maureen Monfore I’m a freelance B2B copywriter and I’ve noticed in the last year or two in particular, companies are noticing the need for customer stories. For a full day of social media plus storytelling, watch for a Social Story Conference near you. Case studies are one of the most popular forms of collateral.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Any good traditional media campaign doesn't ignore the smaller publications either. This is where traditional ad campaigns have scored big – less competition for eyeballs means greater impact. When working on niche brands, I've often found that the bigger the media the less the impact. All rights reserved.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sprout’s social management features focus on publishing, scheduling and reporting to aid your day-to-day social media activities. Key features: Content Creation & Management: Schedule up to 350 posts and campaigns with a content calendar that spans all your social media networks. Then, it becomes a premium tool.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook provides a way for users/consumers to interact with the brand; the website is a controlled medium that provides marketing/advertising instead of user feedback. Facebook, YouTube, Search, etc are all entrance points and are all of changing value depending on purpose of campaign. sahmreviews Awesome article. link] jaybaer LOL.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook provides a way for users/consumers to interact with the brand; the website is a controlled medium that provides marketing/advertising instead of user feedback. Facebook, YouTube, Search, etc are all entrance points and are all of changing value depending on purpose of campaign. sahmreviews Awesome article. link] jaybaer LOL.

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JUNE 30, 2010

It's not like the “old days&# where TV/radios advertisements and marketing campaigns had to appeal to broadly defined targets markets. If you want to reach out to your customers who like to dress up in viking garb and sing showtunes on the weekends, social media has now given you that opportunity.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

link] Michael Neuendorff Found out about Ojbective Marketer's tool for social media campaigns via Jay Baer's recent post. 2) Measurable: Do you monitor your site via web analytics software and/ or advertising tracking beacons? Looks v interesting. link] [link] David Wang Hi Jay, I'm in the same boat as Sharon.

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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. The area of “metrics integration&# is especially interesting.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The ability to make or consume social media from an array of mobile devices increases the convenience factor (and the pressure on my wi-fi router) immensely. Measurability The reason I was originally a political campaign consultant (late 80s, early 90s), is the satisfying success metrics. You can’t get half elected.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Succeeding on the social Web requires daily participation. Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time. How could it not be so?

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JUNE 16, 2010

Create Demand, Not Messages Success with “social” marketing is becoming less about creating desire, positive sentiment or aspiration among customers. Whether B2B or B2C, customers are buying based on what they need. It’s more about demand creation. In fact they had INCREASING demand for shovels in N.

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