Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

Sometime around next February (in time for SXSW), you’ll be able to hold in your hands, ponder on your Kindle, show off on your iPad, and maybe even listen on your headphones to a new book from me and my pal Amber Naslund. Scott’s book “ UnMarketing &# is out this Fall. How they organize and communicate internally.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 30, 2015

AppointmentCore : I started booking one-on-one calls about three years ago. It works nicely with GoToMeeting, so when someone books a session a unique GTM is automatically set up (as opposed to messing with Skype handles, as I did previously). Disqus Comment System : I’ve used Disqus pretty much from the jump.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 12, 2010

there are an abundance of social media policies floating around online (check out Coca-Cola’s, for example), it becomes harder to find published social media strategies. That’s why I [.] link] SEO packages Brilliant ! 250 discount if you use "JUST25" when registering! United States License.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

Building my first online community 4. Publishing a book (or at least an e-book, we’ll see) Four Music Artists I’m Listening To Now 1. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Hiring some help 3. John Prine 2.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You can easily determine if your friends are interested in marketing, photography, books, music, web 2.0 Not all blog posts are published immediately after they’re written, but FriendFeed really does set the record straight in terms of the when of user engagement.) Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Teenagers, meanwhile, should check out DoSomething.org , a site targeted at young adults seeking volunteer opportunities in their communities. Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to have a conversation. United States License.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

“I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&# It’s not just distribution, it’s self publishing. Social media has changed the way we communicate. I think PitchEngine has the potential to change the way we publish – maybe even the way we think of our blogs and websites.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

I know I don’t want to feel like I am reading my 10th grade chemistry book when I visit someones blog. concept I find so easy to forget to test for when I get enthusiastic to publish each week. My test on that is to re-read it back later or even the next day before I publish. User experience should always be a main focus.

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 17, 2010

The only difference now is that the gatekeepers (book publishers, TV producers, etc.) blog comments powered by Disqus « Previous Entries Next Entries » Popular Comments Featured Tags Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives The Evolution of the Social Media Evangelist Twenty Theses for Government 2.0,

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

I’ll continue publishing the Social Media Messenger after a short hiatus. If you’re signed up to receive Convince & Convert blog posts via email, or if you’re a subscriber to The Social Media Messenger – my other email publication – you should be receiving the 3-2-1. Im Jay Baer. How can I help you?

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The Way of the Web

MARCH 15, 2010

It says four publishers control 70 percent of the local and regional press, three companies – BBC, ITN and BSkyB – produce national television news and just four companies have nearly 80 percent of the commercial radio market. blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners: And evidence of that? other services are in decline?

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2009

community, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a ton of different people, all with different motivations, frustrations, and aspirations. You would do well to shift more of your energy away from selling your product and instead focus more on providing value to the community. Development Social Media What’s Your Government 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The point is that consumers now have a more potent aggregate power: someone with a problem can now reach others with the same problem faster, build a community around this shared problem easily, and mobilize lots of people behind the common cause more efficiently. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 23, 2010

Written on June 24, 2010 by Justin Levy in announcements , books , facebook 32 Comments - Leave a comment! I’m proud to announce that my first book, Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign (affiliate link), is now available for purchase. This book is not just a Facebook-is-cool-and-you-should-join type book.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

In my upcoming book, The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web ( Amazon link ), which is slated to be released in late Spring, I talk about the importance of brand evangelism as part of an effective community management strategy. I just think that the *active* cruise community is definitely a bit disappointed.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. I think your point about being involved in the community is the toughest for companies to put their arms around. I like the idea of building a community. Of course, content alone is not the answer. link] Matthew Ross YES!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Graeme White interesting! I'll publish part II of this series next week. Once, that blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Dare I say the “digital glue?&# Thanks dude. Great stuff… always.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. 10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media (Mashable): You can use social media to do many things: build community, make business decisions, and more.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). RT @falkory: #cursomestreseo Long Tail já são 56% das consultas [link] (Via @nick_martini) [link] Freelance Publishing RT @GrafMartin @tunderwood: Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail? Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

On The Road Again If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, me and my family are somewhere between Albuquerque and Oklahoma City , with cars full of kids, the dog, the cat, the snake, the lizard, and 8 cases of wine. A Kenyan expression and the title of one of my favorite Anne Lamott books.) And my laptop.

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Justin Levy

JULY 6, 2010

All of the books on the suggested reading list? Books : I read about a book or so per week. The books I read are typically business books but I also love biographies and anything that provides the reader a behind-the-scenes view. What do you end up using to share your entire collection of books, as it were.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Swix also plans to publish its own API so that third-parties can push and pull Swix data into other applications. link] [link] Chris Book RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] [link] Lynn Sheka RT @arikhanson Interesting… RT @jaybaer: Yea! A white label version for agency use is also in the works. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

I think this is where Adobe can solve a problem for publishers who desire the power of Premier and After Effects and make a web-based SaaS solution. Doing that will help empower publishers to use video more effectively. Doing that will help empower publishers to use video more effectively. That's all. Just compliments.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

I'm hoping Jim Joyce writes a book. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow Really, Jay? DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow Jay – I disagree here. We’re crying about BP too, but for a whole other reason. Billions of dollars.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

McCann : We know not just identities, but also a second order of information about your content publishing frequency, density, and topical focus. Hope the book writing is going well! We're in the final edits of the book now, so I can't complain about that at all. Thanks for sharing this Jay. link] jaybaer Thanks David.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Books Take Time to Write Last week, a Twitter user asked a really blunt but surprising question about how to download my book (legally) for free. My book is less than $20 on Amazon, which makes for a great deal and covers years of practice and training. All of this doesn’t come for free for me either. The dog ate the CD.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

To create an efficient ladder, you must understand the comparative publishing schedules that you typically employ for each of these outposts. Hogan Like Taxonomy / phone book reference here – search evolution in a nut shell RT @jaybaer.Social Content Ladder 5 Steps [link] [link] Mark J. Im Jay Baer. How can I help you?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. It doesn’t end after you hit “publish.&#

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Private brand communities vs. Facebook. I’m not sure it’s broad vs targeted as the main difference, necessarily, as there are a lot of narrow B2C uses of social media (like invite-only brand communities and such). Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube. link] Jay Baer Thanks for the comment.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

My friends at Social Media Examiner (where I first published #19 and #21) have built a very successful business on this concept. All blog owners should do this to see what their community prefers. Every community is different and will respond to different triggers. I’ve been having some challenges with Disqus lately.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

Cheers, Jay Baer Convince & Convert, Social Media Strategy (in the actual book, my signature looks like I had my kids do it. note to self: do not provide signatures with a Sharpie) Check out the book if you get a chance.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. Ironically, an article I wrote on optimizing social media strategy was just published this morning at iMedia Connection — you can read it here: [link]. Does that make sense? “Right&# and “Wrong&# is probably too strident.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. His book has been the topic of conversation just about everywhere , and for good reason. Thanks, Tamar!

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This guest post is by Gab Goldenberg, author of The Advanced SEO Book. Today we’ll talk about integrating your community into your design. One of the great benefits is that an engaged community promotes your blog, providing word of mouth marketing. How do you show that you care about your community?

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