Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Kikolani

MARCH 16, 2010

It is no secret that the web’s new social media outlets are a wonderful way to reach a large audience and get them involved. After having the privilege of working with the CO based youth outreach program SOS Outreach, I have come to realize the power of social media and its ability to draw traffic and conversions.

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

JUNE 27, 2022

In fact, the blogs that generate the most traffic often have several things in common, from content creation to social media sharing tactics. Your posts will feel more authentic and you’ll have more motivation to write. Top Image via Flickr by Rosaura Ochoa. Use Good Design. Concentrate on Keywords.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking 10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media Written on July 14, 2009 by Justin Levy in charity , mashable , social media 3 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Diva Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Do you sometimes long for the simpler days of social media, say 5, 6+ years ago, when the hot issues were should comments should be monitored and how to handle the negative ones? Especially for marketers, the social web grows more complex by the nano second. How can social media help tell the stories of your brand?

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 6, 2013

Gary says: The top 1-5% [of executives and social media personalities] in the next few years will have full-time content people around them. It''s not authentic and it''s not sustainable. Image credit: Barley Fitz (Flickr). To be clear, I like Gary and consider him a friend. Personally, I think it isn''t. commentary'

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Image: Travis via Flickr, CC 2.0. This 7-Step Guide Will Help You Create An Authentic Personal Brand. Four ways social media impacts emotional branding. Why: “Whether you like it or not, you have a personal brand.” How does your business approach branding?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

Talk about an ad that’s chock full of truth and authenticity. But, the team does reference a series of social media outposts via a tiny murderers row of icons (my favorite is “Linkedin.coming soon&#. The team has a lot of photographs on Facebook (and also some on Flickr). Your Web site. Linked from Twitter.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 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 Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2013

Image: Jewels Globe URL via Flickr, CC 2.0. No subscriptions, no hidden fees, no credit card authentications. It’s a clever way for social media fans with a large following to monetize their creativity and influence on popular platforms. Many of these were just blatant scams, and yet the curiosity remained.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 30, 2011

In the fall I wrote a guest post entitled, “ But I Don’t WANNA Change ” about using change management techniques to encourage the adoption of social media within organizations. One thing I have learned, however, is that even though social media is sweeping the world, that doesn’t mean your internal platform will engage your employees.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 13, 2016

This means the reviews for a product or a brand by influencers have more credibility or authenticity as opposed to the ones posted by celebrities. Sharing bits of information about your business or service on social media. Image: Geoff Livingston via Flickr, CC 2.0. Writing a post about your business or service.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. Image: Gitgat via Flickr , Creative Commons Instead, speak up and join the conversation. He does his best to stay informed on politics, tech, music, cultures, and social media.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

Using its online community ALA Connect and social media, ALA has reached out to members and nonmembers, actively soliciting their feedback, ideas and participation. Her personal tweet style is authentic and personable – a style that isn’t normally seen at large organizations, but is slowly taking effect at ALA.

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Firebelly

MAY 20, 2010

Facebook surprised, and upset, a lot of people yesterday when they announced that now only "Authenticated Pages" or Pages with over 10,000 fans can have a custom landing tab. Not good news for individuals and small businesses who may have a hard time reaching 10,000 fans and don't have the money to become "authenticated." 

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media Wed, Oct 28, 2009 Best Practices , Government 2.0 Be active within the social media and Gov 2.0

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

Using its online community ALA Connect and social media, ALA has reached out to members and nonmembers, actively soliciting their feedback, ideas and participation. Her personal tweet style is authentic and personable – a style that isn’t normally seen at large organizations, but is slowly taking effect at ALA.

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 20, 2010

Look at the Flickr photos here. Check out their main website: are there many pages of authentic content? Looks like we forgot to hit the record button on the love video streaming, so we don’t have that this month. Privacy Issues on Facebook Use Lists to organize your friends in to groups. Do you know any of their friends?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 27, 2015

The company is authentic in its storytelling, and John Mackey and senior management are front and center; they haven’t just delegated everything out to the marketing officer. It’s also noteworthy that Whole Foods does a fantastic job at using social media channels to engage customers and distribute content.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Here’s a hint for all you young PR pros out there: Image courtesy of Flickr user terren in Virginia. That might work for smaller brands without a large media budget, but what about the big brands with millions of dollars? If you want to sit at the big kid table, start acting like one of the big kids. What does this mean?

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I’ve already talked about how to justify social media to the big-wigs. Social media isn’t about the tools – it’s about what the tools enable. Social media cannot exist in a vacuum.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. Thus, Roger Smith Hotel has made an impression on us through social media, particularly Twitter. Has it been a success?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. Another great post.

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 4, 2009

Social media is a powerful, conscious tonic as well. Frequent readers of this blog know I can be a bit hard on those professions, as I was on my Dad, because I am a lover of people, of truth, of respect, and authenticity. Like many people, his stature or what we call personal brand, has improved since he passed away.

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Bare Feet Studios

JANUARY 5, 2011

I am producing a social media marketing campaign for the island of Lānaʻi, here in Hawaii. It is a rather unique concept, a “New Media Artist-in-Residence&# Program. If you want to make any special offers available, the new media team will be able to help you get the word out at no extra charge.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 23, 2012

Photo courtesy of Flickr user SeRVe Photography. "Let's "Let's bring PR in so they'll get us some media coverage for the new launch!" A corporate voice that sounds authentically human instead of stiff, hollow, and fake. " "Let's make sure we have PR look this over to make us sound better."

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

“Want to succeed in social media? Be authentic.” But the thing is, despite the fact that social media, and the adoption thereof, has come a long way, understanding how to capture one’s essence and distill it online still seems to stick in the craw of some folk and, particularly, businesses.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 13, 2010

Note: The biggest offenders Ive noticed seem to be those who like to consider themselves "social media savvy" and think they need to be everyone at once always. There are particular in the know social media types who actually do this. But as I mentioned when we met, there are two kinds of social media savviness.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Is Social Media Becoming Boring? Is Social Media Becoming Boring? by Tamar Weinberg on April 14, 2010 Share For most, social media is new and fun.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 30, 2015

It’s one thing to educate yourself, including on social media. But how can you make sure you’re not constantly running into a social media know-it-all… or, worse, becoming one yourself? Image: bixentro via Flickr, CC 2.0. The worst kind of social media know-it-all. ‘Nuff said.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Social media gives businesses large and small an unprecedented opportunity to build community around their business. Learn to leverage these tools to maximum effect with these 7 advanced social media marketing strategies. Photo Credit: Laurel Papworth and Gary Hayes on Flickr. #1 1 Defining Your SMM Philosophy.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Image by Flickr user Rohit Rath. You can ask hundreds of questions to build an accurate reader profile (like Darren does here ), and the best way to profile your audience is to ask them lots of questions… on your blog, in your newsletters, on social media. It sets a welcoming, familiar tone that invites readers in.

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Absolute PA

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Speak to any social media ‘expert’ and they will probably tell you to get blogging for a whole host of reasons: to promote your business services and expertise. provide an avenue to engage with your audience in an authentic way. Schedule and Post to Social Media Profiles.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 29, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. Stop talking about social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Now it’s time to talk about the rise of the food truck phenomenon , its head-on collision with the explosion of social media, and how social changed the game. RS: Did you use social to promote your truck, and is social media a key element you advise your clients on? Image: sherrymain via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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