Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

Building Long Term Relationships While it’s true that the web has made building individual relationships cheaper and easier than it used to be, this doesn’t mean that businesses can necessarily expect to build deep connections with their entire customer base; in many cases, this is neither feasible nor cost effective.

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Social Media Strategy Influencer Case Study 130

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. Reply steaprok June 30, 2008 at 11:08 am Fantastic analysis of Plurk and Twitter. You may have more than one.

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MARCH 3, 2010

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. Help clients tie search success to social media through wise keyword analysis, multi-media optimization and ongoing link acquisition.

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Social Media Strategy CoTweet CoTweet 122

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

To succeed, they need to do the following well: Data analysis Provides holistic strategies to clients Training, presenting, and research Relationship-building and networking Outreach to online users and bloggers A social media marketer’s job never ends. People are different, communities are different and marketers/brands are different.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

link] Niek Vugteveen Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril – An Analysis of Potential [link] #mobile #socialcrm [link] dM Coles Johnson Ignoring #FourSquare means ignoring who's been at your store, what they said, etc. Is it scalable to give every single mayor or person who checks in 20 times something for free?

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Foursquare Analysis Consultant Mobile 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. Free is beautiful, and costs are part of life.&# At the end of the day, contrary to seemingly popular belief, the hosts aren’t the only ones pocketing the money.

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Maybe it has to do with the size of the item or big ticket item (cost). 2- So what we do for clients is we would identify the 100's to 10 000's relevant and influential people in a given community (topic/vertical/ around a passion) and 3- Then we would map back their customer database. How can you find them?

Social Media 150

Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 150

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APRIL 8, 2010

The cost of textbooks and the bulk of carrying a laptop could be replaced by an iPad, without too much lost in the utility of actually having a computer in class. The cost of textbooks and the bulk of carrying a laptop could be replaced by an iPad, without too much lost in the utility of actually having a computer in class.

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iPad Content iPhone Wireless 138

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Even though there is a cost for entry for some of the best resources, the solutions were highly worthwhile, I explained. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. High costs don’t always translate to better quality.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Sphinn: In Depth Traffic Analysis and Advice (Blogging Fingers): Matt Jones takes a look at Sphinn in its early beta stages and gives a lot of interesting feedback. The Sexy Girls of Tech and Politics: The Unbeatable Trio (NxE): Find what the community likes and pander to them for the best kind of traffic exposure on social sites.

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

world-wide shows that just 25% of respondents said their friends and peers are credible sources of information about companies – a decline of 20% since a similar analysis in 2008. It's that sometime during the last few years, we've started to consider lying acceptable and that's been done at the cost of decreased trust.

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Social Media Strategy Survey Social CRM 119

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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Social Media Facebook Marketing Consultant 167

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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Facebook Consultant Social Media Sites 167

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MARCH 2, 2010

The social media community is starving for a viable way to track customer behavior throughout all social outposts (as evidenced by the massive number of retweets for this post I mentioned recently about a new way to tie Google Analytics to your Facebook fan page ). Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow! Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow! Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow!

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CoTweet CoTweet Analysis Consultant 117

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

For example, an agency’s collective judgment plays a critical role in the choosing of what to say, how to say it, and to whom or when, and through what format, or when managing sensitive community relations, or in selecting a strategic partnership tie-in or when taking an extra-calculated risk to achieve desired outcomes.

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Social Media Strategy RFP Social CRM 116

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

I like math and analysis and reality. 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: Do You Have the Guts to Expect Social Media Failure Online Community With Purpose and a Plan Why D.I.S. THAT makes me happy.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I believe we’re going to shift back to thinking customer service and community management are the core and not the fringe. I believe we’re going to move our communications practices back in-house for lots of what is currently pushed out to agencies and organizations. Disagree with me in the comments. Dr. Wright.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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. It wasn’t feasible for AOL to do so itself, as the personnel cost would have been extraordinary.

Social Media 149

Social Media Strategy Energy Consultant 149

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. And now there are Community Pages! Who the heck needs it?

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Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277

Convince & Convert

JUNE 16, 2010

Consider: low-cost item ($1) providing high-impact in a new, LARGE and un-tapped market (weddings). Low cost item (tough economy) for a large market segment (weddings) with high impact on customers (value perception). Result: A new market discovered. But the challenge isn’t to do these things. I see testimonials, etc.

Social Media 120

Social Media Strategy Mobile Consultant 120