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APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Labeled “Mass Influencers&# this army of 29 million opinionated chatterboxes may very well be the key to your social media success. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. population.

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MAY 10, 2011

It’s challenging to get the metrics really needed to measure social media ROI primarily because social media is much more like public relations than it is like direct marketing or search engine advertising. It can influence your prospects to buy from you, but doesn’t normally lead straight to a purchase.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person.

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JULY 5, 2010

I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Southwest is widely applauded for their use of social media, yet it only took one employee to kick off the wrong portly film director for it to blow up in their face. It only took Domino’s two employees to put some cheese in their nose , and global reputation suffered. Now that it is so easy for Joe Q.

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MAY 13, 2010

Bowen RT @jaybaer: 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say [link] [link] Socially Influence RT @jaybaer: 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say [link] [link] TweepTips 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say [link] [link] Lee Johnson ??? All rights reserved.

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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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JULY 20, 2010

While alterations to search algorithms are helping to bring this to fruition, social media has been the real game-changer, placing the power of relevance distinction in the hands of the consumers. This allows (mandates, even) the cream to naturally rise to the top. All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Thus, one of the first questions I recommend you ask about your social program is whether it’s true mission is to gain customers, or retain the ones you have. If you’re trying to gain customers, your social program is more about content creation, influencer identification, and virality.

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MARCH 25, 2010

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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. Be Committed to CSR As mentioned, it’s critical to be transparent when it comes to a company’s CSR program, especially when harnessing social networking platforms.

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MAY 5, 2010

What do you think of this approach? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

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JUNE 24, 2010

But, I'm n… [link] [link] Rinforside web 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media #socialmedia [link] [link] Onit Marketing Never bought a shamwow? Here’s your chance to get to know it and learn about 3 ways it can influence your social media! All rights reserved.

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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? What colors tend to influence rooms?

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MAY 25, 2010

Which Are You Providing I see 17 online marketing services that small and medium agencies (especially PR-focused firms) could credibly offer clients, if they made the effort to build competency: Search Taxonomy Analysis Search Opportunity Audits Search Engine Optimization (not super duper hard core SEO, but intermediate level) Blogger Outreach Influencer (..)

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MAY 11, 2010

Not in a “here’s our FAQ&# way, but in a vigorous, social media way. For B2B companies, I suggest adding a short slide presentation that answers each question, and possibly a podcast that answers all six in aggregate. I recommend answering each question with a dedicated blog post, and a video – at a minimum.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

• On-going monitoring: What are people saying about your brand and how can you use that information to either repair your reputation or identify opportunities? Research: How do people talk about your industry and who are the influencers? How can your brand participate in this space most effectively?

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APRIL 14, 2010

Or do you think that reputation through relationships is enough to expand your market? Or do you think that reputation through relationships is enough to expand your market? Or do you think that reputation through relationships is enough to expand your market? Isn't that where promotional campaigns serve a purpose?

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APRIL 6, 2010

Remember however, that many factors influence popularity at the individual content piece level. Don’t make assumptions – test them. Vary time of day, day of week, phrasing, link placement, and other options, and thoroughly document your results. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JULY 14, 2010

[link] #sm [link] Richard Becker Best Fresh Content Pick: Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master [link] by @membershipjedi [link] Martin Seibert I definitely like your approach and I fully agree, that strategy comes first and social media and tracking follow. al definitely should influence strategy though.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Do you have influence or a bunch of followers? =-. Do you have influence or a bunch of followers? =-. Do you have influence or a bunch of followers? =-. link] Social Media Strategy | Afrinnovator.com [.] link] Crushing the Myth of B2B Social Media [.] in social media? Jamie Favreau´s last blog.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. I especially like your last point — if social media has changed anything, it's changed the definition of influence. What do you think? Frank_Strong This is a great post Jay.

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JULY 22, 2010

While the willingness to invest indicates that businesses recognize the potential to develop deeper connections with their consumers in the social sphere, many are still uncertain as to how to best join the conversation.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Keyword Volume and Analysis – Comparative data across multiple terms Influencer Report – Who is talking about you that has disproportionate online influence? To date, customers of RowFeeder have either been interested in monitoring social media campaigns (tracking hashtags, Twitter replies, etc.);

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

How to Create a Share of Voice Report Get Shorty – The Elevator Pitch is Dead Finding Your Mass Influencers Among Your Customers 4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? What content lessons do you take away from these results?

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The top two social networks for B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies are LinkedIn and Twitter. Fortunately, as noted in the post How B2B Tech Marketing on Twitter is Changing (Research) , the majority of SaaS tool providers profiled in The Comprehensive Guide to Content Marketing Software maintain an active Twitter presence.

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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. Social media is by definition slow. Keep an eye on [.]

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Combined with their above average income and above average education, Twitter users’ propensity to interact with brands make them a huge potential source for Mass Influencers (although Forrester’s research says Facebook is a better pool ). Put another way, Twitter users are 3 times more likely to follow brands than Facebook users.

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AUGUST 31, 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: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush Why D.I.S. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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JULY 8, 2010

Shameless Plus – For more insights on what influences email deliverability, check out our Letters to the C-Suite: Getting Serious About Permission & Deliverability).

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APRIL 22, 2010

We’d all be much better off if we stopped lumping everything under the social media, and instead focused more on the SPECIFIC outcomes that socialization of business can produce. 5 Primary Ways to Use Social Media If you’re focused primarily on prospective customers and building awareness there are two options: 1.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 2010

With niche publications/sites you're often reaching the “core&# group of users who are more passionate and often influence the larger group. With Oakely for example, we found that influencing surfers and athletes was more important than running ads in Rolling Stone. But that still costs money.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

It has become so easy to share, that 'trust' is THE main component of influencers. kahuna7 Jay, I don't normally comment on your posts (which I should) but I find myself redistributing your posts to my sphere of influence quite often because of how great your content has been now for about the last year.

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JULY 13, 2010

[link] Kelly @ MediaMiser RT @arikhanson: Love this post by @elizabethsosnow: Why the digital divide is death to your PR firm [link] (LOVE tip #3 Elizabeth!)

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AUGUST 4, 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: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? I imagine some people will see each and be negatively influenced.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 2, 2017

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