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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Several blog posts have foolishly been written about social media “killing&# email. As my friend Jeff Rohrs from ExactTarget (client) says: “How can social media kill email, when you have to have an email address to belong to a social media site?&# link] [link] Sam Cece Exactly.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

First, marketers of all stripes seem to have accepted (for now) that social media in large measure = Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs. This is a bit disheartening and dangerous, as social media is and can be a lot more than just your company’s presence on these sites. Kipp Bodnar´s last blog.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I’m a big believer in humanization of your blog (in fact, it’s one of my 11 must-dos for serious bloggers ). Option 3, for some reason, reminds me of a news station web site. but a right-hand location on content sites. But I need your help with the biggest change – the header. link] Adam Q.

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JUNE 17, 2010

I consistently look at the number and percentage of visitors to this site that come from Twitter. Indeed, I use Twitter for all of the reasons above (especially to meet new people), but for me and my business, I have two core, measurable goals. Traffic to my blog. Over the past 30 days, it was approximately 10%. Followers per tweet.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You can also manage your customization preferences by clicking links in the email, so visiting the NutshellMail Web site isn’t needed after initial sign-up. So, if you want to see more about a new Twitter follower, you can simply click the name or photo in the email, and instantly visit their bio. This, I'll try.

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MARCH 25, 2010

"A Social Media Scoreboard That Works" [link] (via @jaybaer) [link] Gregg Morris If you haven't looked at this yet, you might want to.

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MAY 5, 2010

Such a cool site! Such a cool site! Such a cool site! Such a cool site! Such a cool site! This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. I cant wait to share!

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FEBRUARY 24, 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: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility 5 Steps to Winning Fans with Content Strategy Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy?

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JULY 21, 2010

The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed. Remember all the hubbub last fall when the FTC released its Guidelines for Blogging and Social Media ? Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The brochure could be made available on site and could also be made available as a PDF that ExactTarget could drive traffic to via email. The PDF could also be posted or linked to via Social Media sites. It's very easy to forget that Social Media and email can work together.

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MAY 25, 2010

While having some measure of Web design and programming capabilities is almost a requirement, being in the business of constructing Web sites and applications per se, is typically a losing proposition for most agencies that are not involved in that business at scale. Note that I didn’t include Web design.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Orientation for Your Blog Your first-time blog visitors are unfamiliar with your site design, navigation, structure, and other proclivities. One of the data points I track closely is the number of people who visit my speaking page, where they entered the site, and if they were first-time visitors or long-time readers of the blog.

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MAY 27, 2010

Let’s say you have a white paper for download on your site. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O. If you use Wufoo to power your forms, you can hook up Flowtown to investigate, score, and sort your form submissions, and then alert you based on custom business rules.

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JULY 15, 2010

It can get complex depending on the size of your social media program, but here are some tips to help make sure you’re managing social operations appropriately: If you are blogging, create an editorial calendar. This is a very interesting site. You don’t need to know the what, just the who and when. I enjoyed reading it.

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MAY 11, 2010

After all, why would they even be coming to your Web site unless they had questions about your product or service? Social media makes it possible. The key is to create meaningful content that answers those questions, and propagate that content throughout the social Web, making a visit to your site unnecessary.

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JULY 6, 2010

link] DudeBlogYourBusiness RT @jaybaer: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility [link] – it can only do you good! Not to mention there are more benefits from using social networking sites showing every day.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Also, the official Web site at www.deliveringhappinessbook.com will be morphing soon to an online community where readers and others can share their stories and work together to create and spread happiness in the workplace and beyond. Donate just $33, and get a copy of the book, and an entry into a trip to NYC.

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APRIL 6, 2010

This is especially important now that Google and Bing are incorporating social content into real-time search results). com ) and you'll get a list of all the sites that link to them. It's very easy to lose site of the forest when there are so many social media trees everywhere you look. type link:www.(competitorURL).com

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APRIL 1, 2010

A visit to the main T-Wolves Web site finds absolutely none of the humility and forthrightness that made the original ad so compelling. But, the team does reference a series of social media outposts via a tiny murderers row of icons (my favorite is “Linkedin.coming soon&#. Your Web site. But then it gets even worse.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

and the site produced a list of candidate cities for our consideration. I'm connected with quite a few Indiana bloggers and they are all terrific. Interesting to hear your reaction to AZ vs. IN bloggers. Seriously… are you sure this site isn't run by their chamber of commerce or something?

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APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Good stuff.

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APRIL 15, 2010

To be on the same list (much less on top) with bloggers for whom I have tremendous respect and admiration ( Valeria Maltoni , Lee Odden , David Meerman Scott , and many others) is a real affirmation for what I’m trying to do. Thank you to everyone who reads Convince & Convert. Second, huge thanks to Joe and his team for the honor.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Make Social Portable Facebook’s true genius isn’t Facebook.com, it’s Facebook Connect, allowing consumers to import their friends and their friends’ opinions onto hundreds of thousands of other Web sites.

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JUNE 2, 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 Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’m going to put your Social Media Worksheet to work for me. Thanks [link] Joanne Spruyt So glad I found your site. I’m going to put your Social Media Worksheet to work for me. Thanks [link] Joanne Spruyt So glad I found your site. Another excellent article. Another excellent article.

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JULY 28, 2010

When we're creating content for our site, we're always looking for the “value add&# – additional information on our site that compliments our main message and can be useful for our clients. Thanks for the link back to the social FAQ – I'd lost the link during my busy summer.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here’s the distribution of number of words in each of these headlines: 5 word headline = 2 posts in top 25 6 word headline = 3 posts in top 25 7 word headline = 8 posts in top 25 8 word headline = 9 posts in top 25 9 word headline = 0 10 word headline = 4 posts in top 25 Clearly, I write longer headlines than many other social media bloggers.

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APRIL 13, 2010

She helped me find the power I had within me to stop years of smoking in an instant, ween myself off of boozing every day and night and to get my pasty white ass back into the gym and if you go to my muscle gaining site, you'll see just how much change I've made! All of us have influences. Thank you Marj, I love you!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. I believe Twitter will ultimately be the way that we interact with brands, and will power the social CRM movement.

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MAY 26, 2010

Hopefully most of us on this site are past the “how Twitter / Facebook / Flickr / YouTube… works,&# and have progressed to “how to make Twitter / Facebook / Flickr / YouTube…work for you&# section. Do you have a hammer strategy or a strategy for construction – be it tearing down or building up?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

There has never been any sort of major effort to distribute MySpace broadly across the Web by baking it into other sites, applications or circumstances. In 2006, you have a veritable ATM machine, with companies begging you to put banner ads on your site. You’re the number one social network in the world. The goals shift.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. I might add; Social Media can be managed by a junior marketing person. Tyler Excellent post.

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AUGUST 31, 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 Social Conversation a Myth?

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MARCH 22, 2010

This program is being produced by Mike Stelzner, who runs the successful Social Media Examiner site (where I write monthly). I hope you’ll consider registering for the Social Media Success Summit, and if you do, please use and promote this link ( [link] ) – if you do, I’ll make a few bucks.

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MAY 20, 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 Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation?

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JULY 22, 2010

The Elite Program is a way for the Yelp to reward its most passionate users for making their site “funny, useful and cool&# by providing them with exclusive offers and members only events. Lion Brand’s Lion Brand Notebook: Lion Brand is a yarn company that has been in business for over a century.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Just like social networking sites, niche networks of practice and purpose, are powerful and unique. Just like social networking sites, niche networks of practice and purpose, are powerful and unique. Agreed, influence is not a perfect science and definitely should only be a guidepost.

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