Adam Cohen

JULY 16, 2010

Is anyone buying more?&# Mpace I will not comment about anything Old Spice – f'ing brilliant [link] adamcohen lol – Thanks Mike blog comments powered by Disqus Connect About Adam Adam is a partner at the digital agency Rosetta, leading the Social Media practice.

Badge 201

Badge Disqus Web 2.0 Retail 201

Jason Yormark

AUGUST 17, 2009

It’s about the strategies and methods to incorporate in your communities and social spaces to facilitate mutually beneficial conversations. Be Everywhere The first step that any business needs to take is establishing themselves as a company that embraces community. It’s not enough to just have a Facebook page or Twitter account.

Conversation 195

Conversation Strategy Community Platforms RSS 195

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. If you’re going to dive in the social media world, you need to understand what it means to be “social.&#

Apple 154

Apple Twitter Forums Policies 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings. Calling attention to social profiles? Still not sure how to take action on this rule of thumb?

Smart Phone 218

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

If you’re looking at buying a product or utilizing a service, chances are you’re looking for the sentiment about that product or service as well. That’s why social media is important. It’s incredibly easy for someone to put up a web page and show how much they like or dislike a company. How do you do #1?

Communities 170

Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

After all, spending time, money, and other precious resources on social media marketing before you have an understanding of what it can do for you is kind of like putting the cart before the horse (not advisable). It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new?

Social Media 269

Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that.

Crowdsourcing 192

Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social media can help you create a long-term relationship with your consumer that ensures they continue to visit you, and not a competitor. 3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. I would add that social media has changed the game for companies.

Social Media 164

Social Media Yahoo Discount Training 164

Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

Most people with a pulse can tell you that Facebook and Twitter are all the rage, but Socialnomics drives it home with detailed examples from organizations that have embraced social media and found huge success (Obama’s campaign detailed in Chapter 4), to companies that have missed the boat (see Hasbro’s Scrabble incident in Chapter 7).

Review 209

Review Case Study Postrank Study 209

The Way of the Web

AUGUST 19, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Thoughts on UK magazine ABC figures… Making some real world changes… → Influence and Empire Avenue August 19th, 2010 · View Comments The quest to measure and monitor online influence is one that is enticing a lot of companies and individuals.

Influencer 30

Influencer Social Networking Blogroll Embedding 30

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Great post!

Social Media 135

Social Media Strategy Social CRM Consultant 135

Josh S Peters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Acquisition / Lead Generation – These types of campaigns are used to gather information (like email addresses, profiles, home addresses, etc) with the goal of winding up with a list of people who are most likely to buy from you. Brand – Here the goal is to associate the company with it’s services and offerings.

ROI 100

ROI CPA Campaign Buy 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. They also were able to flex their muscles and throw around dollars to buy up all the valuable advertising and marketing opportunities.

Hotels 245

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. link] Adam Q. Im Jay Baer.

Disqus 109

Disqus Social CRM Patterns Consultant 109

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. I certainly do not support the Draconian position that somehow social networks threaten email’s existence as a marketing channel. That's what I mean when I say uni-directional social media. But, it's not all conversational.

Social Media 114

Social Media Strategy Social CRM Newsletter 114

Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 From entire conferences to unconferences to new government appointees to full-scale social networks , there’s no doubt that “Government 2.0″ ″ has become the latest and greatest buzzword.

Gov 2.0 93

Gov 2.0 Social Media Conference Social Networking 93

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

Social Media 159

Social Media Statistics Strategy Research 159

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

February 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Bob Dennis , freelance Web designer with experience in everything from audio production to social networking. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Also, $0.30 Im Jay Baer.

Social Media 113

Social Media Strategy Apple iPhone 113

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite. Some UI genius has to come out with a program that integrates social network updates, chat, blogging, and micro-blogging into a small easy to use interface like Adium. So there you go. Thank you for that!

Microblogging 102

Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

[link] Higher Calling Media RT @SadieMHarris Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter [link] [link] [link] MyCrowd.ca Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. Im Jay Baer.

Newsletter 114

Newsletter Social Media Alltop Social CRM 114

The Way of the Web

APRIL 19, 2010

publisher is trying to adapt pretty quickly – I was a bit surprised to read that Hearst is looking to buy SEO and Marketing company iCrossing for around $375 million. Most of the discussion so far has been around Hearst bringing search engine marketing in-house, along with social media marketing, measurement and analytics.

Publishing 28

Publishing Blogroll Disqus Google Reader 28

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Here are three cases that were blown way out of proportion but could have been handled a lot better if the companies thought of the consequences before acting. There’s a bottom line: it’s a lot harder to sweep your mistakes under the rug, especially as a company in a world of conversing markets.

Reputation 100

Reputation Airlines Digg MySpace 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Even a recent thread on Cre8asite Forums discussed this, kicking off by someone stating they find social media very intimidating. The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. Yes, it’s all to do with social media.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wonder how Stratten feels about companies servicing customers differently , based on their online influence? link] UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert | Glenn Friesen [.] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

Review 115

Review Social Media Social CRM Consultant 115

The Way of the Web

JANUARY 29, 2010

He also has that rare ability to enthusiastically inform the uninitiated without ever being patronising’ You might not have heard, but my blogging absence coincided with some small computer and phone company launching some kind of computing device. Hence a post about what it could mean on the One Golden Square blog.

Blogroll 28

Blogroll API iPad Disqus 28

Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

arikhanson [link] Mike Cassidy RT @jaybaer: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends [link] honored to be in such great company! link] Hot In Marketing I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends | Convince & Convert News | Social Media Consulting – Convince & C. Thomas for five days. Im Jay Baer.

Community building 116

Community building Social CRM Consultant Posterous 116

Convince & Convert

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. Yet before a crisis erupts, no matter what the root of the issue, companies should cushion themselves by leveraging the good work they’re already doing. Don’t be Shy.

CSR 137

CSR Social Media Strategy Consultant 137

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Why Social Media is Scary Sun, Jan 11, 2009 Best Of , Social Media As one of my company’s social media leads, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with a wide range of people about social media.

Social Media 119

Social Media Gov 2.0 Wiki Web 2.0 119

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. Transparency is a brand currency on the social web. Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd.

SEO 115

SEO Social Media Consultant Social CRM 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. Is it good enough to just say “here is our product, go buy it?&# and hope for a.02

Social Media 123

Social Media Social CRM Strategy Consultant 123

Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies.

Social Media 130

Social Media B2B Company Consultant 130

Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Do you see social media participation as one of the hurdles businesses now need to successfully clear? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

Social Media 116

Social Media Strategy Consultant ROI 116

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. Im Jay Baer.

Facebook 121

Facebook Social CRM Consultant MySpace 121

Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

I feel like the other guy in the story- will you try social media if I give you some great case studies? 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? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

Consultant 121

Consultant Social CRM MySpace Social Media 121

Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2010

I heard a lot more discussion about how the speakers handled difficult situations, how they worked with legal, and how they got senior leadership buy-in. Who are the people back at the office making sure the social networks are growing? Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media My Gov 2.0 Barcode Software Gov 2.0

Gov 2.0 91

Gov 2.0 Fashion Web 2.0 Committee 91

Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

link] sadie harris Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World [link] [link] Ian Greenleigh “1. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer.

RSS 118

RSS Collaboration Social CRM Consultant 118

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.

Social Media 147

Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 147