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AUGUST 16, 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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JUNE 17, 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: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? Has it given me brand exposure?

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Koka Sexton

MARCH 2, 2011

Another is that social media in B2B sales is a growing topic of discussion and people from executive levels down to the individual sales rep are hungry to learn how to leverage new media. Why does social media matter to sales people? Social media marketing grew 50% in 2010 to $1.2

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

More from Convince and Convert Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About the Social and More About the Customers The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing Convince and Convert Recommends From Twitter to Blog – #FollowFriday Vol. If he’ll be near you, check it out.

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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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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MAY 12, 2010

Could I get you to reply to the people who like you and your company on Facebook if we can demonstrate that it strengthens your brand recognition? 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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JULY 27, 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

What I found most interesting is the continued shift in the perception of the Apple brand. Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? Thats convenience!

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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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. Bravo, Clay.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. A way for consumers to stay up-to-date with the brand, hear about special offers, and occasionally advocate to their friends. Those two areas are a lot more interesting than the devolution of Social Media into direct marketing.

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JULY 26, 2010

Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd. Let’s say you’re a small business owner who wants your brand to appear in Google when someone searches for your product or service in your area. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Both seek to keep your brand top-of-mind with customers and prospects, communicating in a relevant, timely way that ideally is measurable and testable. But the problem with email and social media is that too many people are positioning it as an either/or scenario. The fee for up to 75,000 sent emails per month is just $99.97.

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AUGUST 24, 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Yep, let's get the bigger picture people!

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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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I developed 6 new requirements that all social media savvy, marketing-centric organizations need to have. Why Social Media Makes Everything About Marketing View more presentations from Jay Baer. Active Listening Social media doesn’t create negativity about your brand, it puts a magnifying glass to it.

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MAY 5, 2010

Because you see, unlike most communities that are created based on brand affinity, and then conduct market research as an aside (if at all), JaneNation was built to tap into the minds of America’s females. That only happens if they have a real, ongoing relationship with brands.&# From a business standpoint, it’s brilliant.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Your photo was bigger and I am all for brand equity. Marc Keep your brand (logo) clear of any intrusions like images, color transitions and search boxes. All three could work but you have to eliminate clutter around your C & C brand. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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FEBRUARY 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. into their friends' news feeds) and not the brand's wall. Oh, and the brand is up to 120,000+ fans now! into their friends' news feeds) and not the brand's wall. Someone should buy Flowtown, pronto.

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JULY 20, 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

If you’re trying to retain customers, your social program is more about listening, problem resolution, and turning customers into advocates. Brand communities, contests, most social listening, and non-promotional tweeting fits into this category. Businesses will surely veer between the two given the way their focus shifts.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The brand relationship starts to look like a friendship and not a transaction. Ironically though its the reciprocity thing that creates the basis for a brand relationship these days. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. Awesome post!!

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JUNE 22, 2010

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. If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies.

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MARCH 4, 2010

After your webinar yesterday my department spent an hour or so asking ourselves, “What IS the goal of our blog?&# 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. Jury's still out.

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MARCH 10, 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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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. link] Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR Tying together social and CSR is a no-brainer and if done in a genuine manner can build lasting trust and loyal brand champions.

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JULY 21, 2010

This is particularly important when managing branded client materials. 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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JUNE 24, 2010

Infomercials create brand-new categories by tapping into unexpected desires. Your social media strategy should do this too. So Jay, what's your favorite brand of tequila? Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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MARCH 25, 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. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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JULY 28, 2010

RT @jaybaer: 5 Simple Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Gold: [link] [link] Foundora 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Greatness – [link] By @jaybaer [link] Deirdre Reid, CAE 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness into Marketing Greatness (by @jaybaer) [link] [link] Jack Scharff How can b2b apply? Which brands of paint are best?

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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. Via @jaybaer: Do brand influencers hang out on Facebook, or Twitter?

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APRIL 20, 2010

Whilst my site is very simple it was built from the outset to focus on the words brand, branding and more recently, social media. 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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APRIL 13, 2010

Sounds like the playbook for successful brand/customer relationships on the social Web, does it not? My first PR job was in consumer product goods and one of our clients was a bagel brand. We were coming up with pitch ideas for this brand, when my boss decided that we could make bagel necklaces the next big trend.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Consumers are using social media (especially Twitter) as a 1-800 line, and agencies should be helping their clients answer the social telephone by setting up listening posts and protocols, and trying marketing to customer service in real-time. link] jaybaer If there were thousands of blogs, Webinars, books, etc. It's true.

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APRIL 15, 2010

When a current customer wants to stay engaged with the brand, to learn about new products on the horizon and other updates, what’s going to turn them from a customer to an advocate? Sadly, it isn't and it's a much harder sell to big brands in my opinion (“What, we really have to communicate with our customers?&# ).

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