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JULY 7, 2008

That said, if you are a large company, it could take you 3-4 months just to coordinate calendars to get all the right people gathered! 9) Most companies have “hearing systems&# not “listening systems.&# The social side is interesting when it comes up in B2B or B2C. Josh: Good point. Content still is king.

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JULY 5, 2010

arikhanson [link] Mike Cassidy RT @jaybaer: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends [link] honored to be in such great company! Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Thomas for five days. Wonderful community-building strategy! link] Ankit Bathija Waiting for the awesome posts lined up.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. That seems short-sighted and workable only for very small companies with a minimum of online chatter about them.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Convince & Convert [link] #marketing #b2b [link] Assurance RT @ldiomede RT @jaybaer: Is Your Twitter Addiction Paying Off? Convince & Convert [link] #marketing #b2b [link] Evan E. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Roberts @njmirolo Always fun!

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wonder how Stratten feels about companies servicing customers differently , based on their online influence? I’ve even left the stat breakdown public so you can see all the views are organic, not off-shored to get views (like some video companies have done). A tall order, to be certain.

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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? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I feel like the other guy in the story- will you try social media if I give you some great case studies?

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MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Are there specific markers that indicate readiness within companies? How should companies evaluate success? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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JULY 27, 2010

Whether it’s finding other people in your company to contribute an occasional post, recruiting guest bloggers from within your industry, or encouraging your customers to let you interview them for a podcast, make finding and supporting new content creators a mandatory part of your content marketing strategy.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. All of this is happening to companies (maybe yours) every minute of every day. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

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? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Unify Your Team The first step is for companies to devise a coordinated strategy that uses email and social communication synergistically. If you update your company's Facebook page about latest happenings, or create a YouTube video, or write a blog post, the conversation comes AFTER the content is sent out, not before.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And More… Although I’m not using it presently, you can also configure your NutshellMail to include Linkedin and MySpace content, as well as updates from the Ning groups of which you are a member. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I'm going to try it!

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JUNE 29, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. 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

Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Not sure who came up with it originally) Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. 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. Build Your Defense Shield Especially in times of crisis, it’s a company’s obligation to be as open and transparent as possible, as well as to communicate most expeditiously to those consumers impacted.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company. But, the service goes a long way toward tying email and social media together in a coherent, actionable fashion, and is affordable for almost every company. But, the current system is just the beginning.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Match Your Social Media Tactics to Your Social Media Goal The problem we’re faced with today is that very few companies seem to be thinking about their efforts in this way.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Also, I think another viable category for blogging for reputation, or to establish a voice of authority. Also, I think another viable category for blogging for reputation, or to establish a voice of authority. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. What do you think? What do you think?

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JULY 26, 2010

Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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JULY 28, 2010

When I discuss this concept with companies, however, too often I hear something in the realm of “we don’t know what to provide our customers that would be helpful.&# Try to return something to your own company. 5 excellent points that a company can (should!) 5 excellent points that a company can (should!)

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MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. This was an item requested by approximately 125% of Swix’ customers, and the company was finally able to pull it off. agencies, you should be experimenting with this too).

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JUNE 24, 2010

Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. Show them aspects of your company that they didn’t already know. a customer needs to be able to trust in the company's product.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

A collaboration between RESMARK Systems (a provider of hospitality software), Western River Expeditions (an adventure tour company), Compendium (provider of corporate content creation software), and ExactTarget (provider of enterprise messaging software) shows how this can be done day-to-day. That’s it. It makes sharing simple.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands. JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? Should companies treat customers differently?

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JULY 20, 2010

Very helpful as our company moves forward with our plan for Social Media. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. *” [link] MikeCorak Looks like the site is backup, thanks for your patience! RT @jaybaer: 5 Steps to Winning Fans with Content Strategy [link] Stacey4fam Great article!

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. 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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MARCH 25, 2010

On the ROI front, Swix CEO Scott Lake ( @scottica ) told me that the company puts as much emphasis on tracking the “I&# as they do the “R&#. Mr. Lake believe that access will be granted however, allowing his company to deliver a whole suite of new Facebook data points into the Swix system. New YouTube video that goes viral.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. 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 5, 2010

Companies didn’t seem to understand where she was, who she was, or what she wanted. Big companies are starting to follow JaneNation on Twitter , and engage with the community across the social Web. Company launches a media content destination for women. From a business standpoint, it’s brilliant. With JaneNation, St.

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JULY 21, 2010

Companies must also uphold privacy laws. Social-media marketing & customer service can be legal minefield &companies need to stay alert [link] [link] Keeps You In Control How to avoid a social-media lawsuit [link] [link] Tom Tibbits Protecting yourself from social media lawsuits. The Lawyers R Coming.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Myspace also. Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less? If you’re a small company, congratulations, this should be pretty easy. If you’re a big company, how can you act small again? link] Clare Swindlehurst Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less?

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JUNE 7, 2010

As befits the CEO of a company built on a wide-open corporate culture, Hsieh is remarkably candid about his successes, failures, and fortunes throughout, and this first section is the strongest in the book. Each harrowing near death of Zappos makes you cheer that much louder inside when the company eventually succeeds on a grand scale.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? What formerly was the sole bastion of the media, is now also a company bailiwick. Consider a company like Kodak. Kodak (and thousands of other companies) are writing blogs, taking photos, uploading videos, making presentations and creating all sorts of other content.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. Social Mention (or a paid social media listening package like Radian6 , if you have one) Go to www.socialmention.com and search for your company or product name (in quotes), and set the pull-down to “all.&#

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media – even a simple reputation monitoring program – is a time intensive proposition that requires daily vigilance. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Social Media is Inexpensive False.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Geek Squad Founder Robert Stephens was asked about the contradiction of a services company providing helpful videos at a conference where I spoke. Social Media Success = Find a Way to Remove Friction Start today by conducting a Helpfulness Audit for your company. That’s measuring results on an annual basis, not a weekly basis.

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