Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Social media marketing in India With the penetration of broadband in India, various Indian companies have started exploring ways of marketing their products online. Companies have realized this and hence Internet marketing now forms a significant part of a company’s annual marketing budget.

Social Media 50

Social Media Marketing Reputation Widget 50

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. Also, since you’re in the process of fixing up your blog I wanted to remind you that Mofuse is not doing justice to your mobile site – [link] I tried switching to Disqus but had lots of trouble importing my comments from WordPress, did you have any trouble with that?

Disqus 109

Disqus Social CRM Patterns Consultant 109

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. Brand Interaction is a Major Part of Life on Twitter In addition to following brands, Twitter users research and engage with companies. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

Social Media 159

Social Media Statistics Strategy Research 159

Convince & Convert

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. But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. million followers on Twitter?

Social Media 147

Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 147

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Making sure your site is not only accessible on mobile phones but can interact with them is extremely important. Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite.

Microblogging 102

Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Convince & Convert

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? link] marionguthrie I read a forecast about the huge growth in mobile advertising in just 5 years, by 2015. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

Consultant 121

Consultant Social CRM MySpace Social Media 121

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. I love reading the paper but hardly ever buy it because it just doesn't fit my life.

Report 31

Report Google News Library 31

Convince & Convert

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.&# Buy your own product. Try to return something to your own company. 5 excellent points that a company can (should!) Jay, I'm impressed!

Social Media 148

Social Media Strategy Consultant B2B 148

Convince & Convert

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. I'd buy a book from him. I just ditched AT&T for T-Mobile.

Social Media 121

Social Media Strategy Social CRM MySpace 121

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? JB : In addition to influencer outreach, how can companies engage in influence mining for customer service? Should companies treat customers differently? TA : Each of our companies is a “smart agent&# in some way. JF : Hyper-targeting.

Social CRM 133

Social CRM Influencer Klout Social Media 133

Convince & Convert

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. That’s where the Pitch™ comes in.

SEO 115

SEO Social Media Consultant Social CRM 115

Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

link] Shane Jacob Like this post from @jaybaer nice advice on addin online marketing to an agency's services [link] [link] Shane Jacob Like this post from @jaybaer nice advice on addin online marketing to an agency's services [link] [link] Patrick Reyes The digital eco system can be applied to large companies too!

Marketing 123

Marketing Social CRM Conference Social Media 123

Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Get Leadership Buy-in – Find someone, anyone, above you who can be your advocate. Start small by getting that person to buy in to what you’re trying to do. why a blog might be more effective than facebook for some companies). Mobilizing Generation 2.0 link] sradick @Rebecca – that’s a great point!

Gov 2.0 69

Gov 2.0 Organization Social Media Transportation 69

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Facebook fan pages are email newsletters 2.0 Im Jay Baer.

Social Media 134

Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 134

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

Since we moved down here, we've gone through my wife's heart surgery and kidney transplant, me getting fired from two jobs (people in Florida find us NYC types to be very disagreeable – don't know why) and starting my video production company. Fully virtual, fully mobile. Safe travels. Especially the people.

Social Media 115

Social Media Strategy Travel Team 115

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

23 Social Media Marketing Tips from Dell, Comcast, HP, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, General Mills, Ford, UPS, Home Depot, Cirque du Soleil (Online Marketing Blog): Lee Odden takes advice from the best minds in social media who have worked in the corporate world. Here are 10 reasons why you as a company entity should avoid it.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. Alright, your turn.

Social Media 112

Social Media Strategy Influencer Education 112

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

finally shut down Geocities last year, a decade after buying it for $3.5 Mobile is Critical MySpace was slow to adopt mobile technology, and the lack of MySpace in your pocket was part of what killed them. Further, mobile users actually spend more time on Facebook, not less. Historical footnote: Yahoo!

MySpace 136

MySpace Facebook Social CRM Consultant 136

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

Digg 104

Digg Buy StumbleUpon Web 2.0 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. If you are officially representing your company, you’d want to create an Official Page. Buy something, get something. I know I would.)

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. There are some elements of Disqus I don’t like, especially that it doesn’t always play nice with other plug-ins, but it does make commenting easier and faster for most of you who already have a Disqus account.

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

People do not want to hear from companies as represented by marketers, they want to hear from other people. social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it). That’s shifting to a future where profit comes from helping people buy. It’s not about any of the tools.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Tim is the author of The Four Hour Workweek , a bestseller about the mobile lifestyle. Give images, people buy on an (animal) impulse. - People buy cars depending on things that help them, make them make economies, answer a need. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Sites 101

Sites Social Media Digg Blogosphere 101

Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

For now, I think it’s a highly mobile DVD player, game machine, Kindle, iPod, email appliance, and Web surfing device. I've heard others claim that they keyboard and USB adapters allow it to be laptop-like, but to me what buy a device when you're just going to attach a bunch of things to it that makes it more like a laptop?

iPad 136

iPad Content iPhone Wireless 136

Convince & Convert

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. That’s why it’s more important than ever for companies (in social media or otherwise) to embrace the truth. A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.)

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Survey Social CRM 119

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

I advocate participating in Twitter, and I’ve certainly grown my own audience via that channel, and it should be part of almost every company or business professional’s social media tool kit. Functionally, everything Twitter does, Facebook does just as well, with the exception of mobile usage. Don’t get me wrong.

Social Media 124

Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 124

Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

Arm your manager with a mobile device and an email alert system: For the final question of the #socialmedia chat, we talked about tips for businesses looking to take advantage of Foursquare. It’s never going to be Facebook (unless Facebook buys them), but don’t ignore geo-location apps. Go for it in the comments.

Foursquare 150

Foursquare Analysis Consultant Mobile 150

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

mid-sized and large companies today, the email group and the social media group are not the same, and communicate infrequently. This will provide companies with an holistic view of their customer relationships and each customer’s communication modality preferences. to be larger than email by 2012 doesn’t hurt, either.

CoTweet 116

CoTweet CoTweet Analysis Consultant 116

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

Starbucks is not only offering free Wi-Fi in all stores come this fall, but also unveiling their Starbucks Digital Network that all in-store web and mobile users will have the opportunity to enjoy (it’s a partnership with Yahoo!). link] jaybaer It’s a risk that a lot of successful companies run. Where would Yahoo!

Facebook 142

Facebook Yahoo Collaboration Social CRM 142

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. Now, a couple weeks later, a PR rep came to me and said, hey a lot of those people are joining this one company (that I rep), would you like to learn more?

Influencer 278

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

4 Reasons Many Big Brands Downplay SEO : Why aren’t all Fortune 500 companies engaging in SEO? How Does a Company Dip its Toes in the Conversation? : If you’re new to social media, how do you engage as a company? Is your company on the list? Laura Callow tells you why. And they profit. Are you one of them?

SEO 162

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Compared to before, this company is holding the reigns – albeit loosely and in new ways.

Crowdsourcing 121

Crowdsourcing Social Media Strategy Construction 121

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

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. Revolutionary As we adopt social media to connect personally and with companies, businesses will need to respond. Life is so boring under those conditions.

Social Media 153

Social Media Strategy Consultant Social CRM 153

Convince & Convert

JUNE 16, 2010

And exceptional businesses are realizing tangible, meaningful outcomes using social media & mobile marketing. Whether B2B or B2C, customers are buying based on what they need. It’s balanced, and always gives your company the opportunity to foster more behaviors. It’s more about demand creation.

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Mobile Consultant 119