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Buy a Media Company: Do an analysis on the media companies in your industry. For production , look at DivvyHQ , Kapost or InboundWriter. For content distribution , look at Disqus , Outbrain , PRNewswire or Taboola. In addition, your employees may have the stories, but may not be storytellers. Joe: Ah, you are so right.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

who has previously written a great analysis on the top 5 blogs and now is taking his evaluation to Twitter. If we take a look at the profile of Justin Bieber, we will notice he also promotes his product on Twitter but does not spam. You don’t need to tweet your product hundred times a day before it is seen.

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JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Genuine You don’t always have to engage in expensive video production to promote your wares, nor as the marketer do you have to create the video yourself. Why not ask your customers to try their hand at video production for you? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Is it good enough to just say “here is our product, go buy it?&# You can contribute more to your organisation than just leads – such as product improvement ideas that you gather through interaction with your customers – and thus help keep your company competitive and increase the value you bring to the table.

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JULY 29, 2010

Lisa Barone made a really good point last month when she said that her productivity went up as a result of respecting her time. The problem has been growing for about 20 years as more and more products and services have become commoditized–and Google is the ultimate example with free search. Sadly, it absolutely has.

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AUGUST 27, 2008

Gab Goldenberg and Steven Bradley came to the party and donated their site stats for analysis, thereby providing three data points for observable trends (along with my own site). All three sites at the centerr of this analysis sit within the online marketing and search industry. This is the type of analysis great posts are made of!

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Job Opportunity Spotlight Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Director, New Media and Web Communications : Be responsible for the overall direction and management of Department new media communications, products and strategy. Here I want recommend some excellent websites , There are many good products help you make a good journey.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Awareness – This type of campaign can be used to increase the awareness of certain products or the brand itself. They wanted to “lend credibility to the story.&# Note: Sounds like awareness to me, they’re telling a story about their new product and making a bid for cultural relevance.

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JUNE 18, 2008

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. thank you for sharing! Answers Yahoo!

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MARCH 12, 2009

Individuals who are passionate and who have never been previously incentivized to promote your product are already talking positively about you on the web. If they’re already raving about your awesome product and promoting your service for free, why not show them that you appreciate all they are doing and offer them additional perks?

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

link] Stephen Buckley If I understand correctly, the DHS will show citizen-participants how their input/feedback affected the final product … but ONLY those citizen=participants who were still participating in the final (i.e., third) phase of the process? third) phase of the process? third) phase of the process? The Whole. :

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JUNE 10, 2010

I first heard about him when he was 15 in 2006 and he captured the attention of some huge blogs because of his analysis of their posts. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Answers Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Competitive analysis: How does your brand stack up to the competition? • Note that although various tools might measure this data, it’s inclusion is dependent on the data being available on each mention so in most cases only a subset of the total mentions are counted in this type of analysis. First – What are the objectives?

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JUNE 3, 2010

I’ve been doing both for 12 years and I agree with you analysis. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Reply Tamar Weinberg June 3, 2010 at 1:38 pm I know! Answers Yahoo!

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AUGUST 26, 2010

If you’re an agency that’s providing social media listening or analysis services for clients, this is even more critical of a distinction. The disheartening truth is that there is very little “standardized&# reporting available if you’re going to do social listening and analysis at the highest level.

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APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. They really know the product, service, and benefits. population. link] @jaybaer [link] Top

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Answers Yahoo!

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MARCH 25, 2010

A new product launch. jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Thus, they have a built in “Events&# tool where you can plug in anything out of the ordinary, and that occurrence will show up in your integrated Swix reporting.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

TA : For Gist, which is based around personal productivity, it’s about only revealing data in a contextually appropriate way. How can those dollars be spent more efficiently by matching products to interests? JF : Hyper-targeting. Billions and billions of dollars are spent on advertising. Customer service? Dan, I agree with you.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is the natural progression in the market, and the signs are already showing up that we are approaching the climb up towards the “plateau of productivity&# as Gartner calls it. This is when it starts to be fun. Nicely said, Esteban.-= Esteban Kolsky´s last blog. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

In the many paragraphs that follow, learn from many of the experts and hear what they consider success when using social media to engage with consumers about products and services. social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it). Others aren’t.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs. Everything from supply chain management, product design, customer service, accounting and beyond can be informed through analysing the data collected through your social media strategy.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The best example I’ve ever seen of this is from a company called ThinkGeek , which prides itself on carrying the most robust collection of unique, thought-provoking products with the biggest nerd appeal on the planet. Every product features customer “action shots” showing the product in use. Obviously, ThinkGeek has personality.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. There are some elements of Disqus I don’t like, especially that it doesn’t always play nice with other plug-ins, but it does make commenting easier and faster for most of you who already have a Disqus account.

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JUNE 30, 2008

Reply steaprok June 30, 2008 at 11:08 am Fantastic analysis of Plurk and Twitter. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Again, great post. Answers Yahoo!

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MAY 20, 2010

For example, data that shows that in comparison to last month, 15% more people went to your product pricing page after first visiting your Facebook page is a far superior KPI to number of Facebook “likes&#. What you instead want to emphasize are important customer behaviors, and how those behaviors change over time.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Who do you look up to for productivity tips? If something is newsworthy, the blogger turns that into an opportunity to give a detailed analysis into the story. Reply Promotional Products February 24, 2010 at 8:58 pm I think the top three things are consistency, passion, and personal. Tips on self-improvement? Search marketing?

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APRIL 8, 2010

I have not bought an iPad but, from what I have read, the consumption vs. production of content distinction is valid. link] Zack Nice analysis! link] Zack Nice analysis! Thanks very much for your thorough look at this product. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Facebook The Facebook Marketing Bible: 24 Ways to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook (Inside Facebook): Justin Smith shows how Facebook includes a variety of channels that spread the word in a very in-depth blog post. The Big Juicy Twitter Guide (Caroline Middlebrook): Want more Twitter goodness?

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MARCH 10, 2010

Affiliate Marketing : Affiliates are individuals who market a particular product or service and who get paid commissions by a merchant when they make the sale. Social Media Marketing : In social media marketing, you are tasked with leveraging the social space through its media to market your products. what action do we take.

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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. Not all of those people will be relevant in helping me answer my questions about a product. A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.) Well, almost.

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JUNE 8, 2010

One of their clients is SunButter , a spreadable food product made entirely from sunflower seeds. SunButter could credibly answer those questions, and introduce their product in a helpful way. Be there to be helpful to people who are in need of a service or a product. That’s the Opportunity Economy at work. Im Jay Baer.

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MARCH 2, 2010

My friends at ExactTarget announced a moment ago that they have acquired CoTweet , the leader in enterprise Twitter management, and will be building a social products lab to add tie-ins for Facebook, YouTube, and other elements of the social communication ecosystem. Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow! Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow! Rohrs RT @jaybaer: Wow!

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). Good humor mixed in with a solid analysis, Jay. link] robbunting Great post: Reading "R.I.P.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). Good humor mixed in with a solid analysis, Jay. link] robbunting Great post: Reading "R.I.P.

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