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JULY 26, 2010

Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc., He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. That’s where the Pitch™ comes in. Why Am I sharing This? Im Jay Baer.

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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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APRIL 13, 2010

Tell me in the comments who influenced you and why, and you could win a copy of the uber-classic book “ How to Win Friends and Influence People. Sounds like the playbook for successful brand/customer relationships on the social Web, does it not? Just leave a comment below about who influenced you and why and you could win.

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JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. Buy your own product.

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AUGUST 11, 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: 11 Whys I’m a Social Media Addict Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Fully virtual, fully mobile. No idea what a Hoosier is. Decided to find out first-hand.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 10, 2012

A new study by CRM analyst Ashley Verrill revealed that many of these tweets go unanswered — over the course of 4 weeks, brands responded to only 14% of the tweets sent. The “Social Customer Service Race” Study. The questions fell into 5 categories: Urgent, or I need help right this second.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Recall that MySpace was the logical heir to the online profile/social network world pioneered by Geocities, Tripod, and Angelfire. finally shut down Geocities last year, a decade after buying it for $3.5 BILLION) The attraction of these early social networks wasn’t the connectivity, is was the homesteading.

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MAY 26, 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: Are You Growing Enough Voices Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? Im Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 22, 2011

RTM has gadgets (as seen above), applications for all mobile platforms, an API, and much more. RTM is free, but extra functionality such as mobile access costs $25/year.). Rapportive is a social CRM, giving you important information about the person who is emailing you. LastPass also has mobile apps and so much more.

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APRIL 8, 2010

For now, I think it’s a highly mobile DVD player, game machine, Kindle, iPod, email appliance, and Web surfing device. Leave them in the comments and we’ll discuss. link] Wales Social Media The Truth About the iPad [link] #socialmedia #news [link] jaybaer Thanks for the comment Alyssa.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. That got me thinking that perhaps social media types aren’t fully recognizing Twitter’s limitations? Check ( Facebook Lite ). Retweet-style sharing tools? I love Twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. I’ve seen my average number of comments increase since I moved to Disqus. ChatCatcher This is a nice little tool that finds Tweets about your blog posts, and automatically adds them as comments.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Social media relies on the premise that we’ll believe what people tell us more readily than if we were told the same thing by a nameless, faceless company. Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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APRIL 7, 2010

from @themaria from @glassesgeek from @imediamichelle There were a lot of comments about not caring as much about real-time reviews, but rather caring more about reviews/tips from people you actually know. It’s never going to be Facebook (unless Facebook buys them), but don’t ignore geo-location apps.

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MARCH 2, 2010

My friends at ExactTarget announced a moment ago that they have acquired CoTweet , the leader in enterprise Twitter management, and will be building a social products lab to add tie-ins for Facebook, YouTube, and other elements of the social communication ecosystem. It is Mobile on the radar? link] caitlinmc RT @jaybaer Wow!

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AUGUST 25, 2010

August 25th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Today’s post is a collaboration with Clinton Bonner , community connectivity expert, futurist, and blogger at Everything to Everything. A text coupon arrives in your mobile inbox and you are offered $5 off a wine purchase of $20 or more from a local wine purveyor.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

Despite the widespread use of the phrase “social media marketing,&# marketing is not the only business use of social media, as John Jantsch reminds us. Here he outlines five ways that sales can use these tools as well, from social CRM to teaching prospects how to solve business issues.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

As my co-author Amber Naslund put it once “with social media, my relationships aren’t bound by geography or circumstance.&# The ability to make or consume social media from an array of mobile devices increases the convenience factor (and the pressure on my wi-fi router) immensely. Thanks for the great comment.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Next-generation crowdsourcing always recognizes effort via reward, social status, and incentives that are meaningful to the user. As the ability to deliver these tasks via mobile meshes with geo-location technologies and intelligent advertising, this ‘C’ of the three C’s will truly blossom and become powerful for the brands that get it right.

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JUNE 16, 2010

And exceptional businesses are realizing tangible, meaningful outcomes using social media & mobile marketing. Create Demand, Not Messages Success with “social” marketing is becoming less about creating desire, positive sentiment or aspiration among customers. Whether B2B or B2C, customers are buying based on what they need.

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