Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2011

This thinking unfortunately minimizes the potential of true and far reaching social media strategy , creating the ability to truly connect with people and build bonds with constituents that can help them evangelize your brand and create passionate advocates. What’s your social media policy? What are your goals of social media?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 31, 2012

What better way to reverse engineer Facebook and take the best of it and improve/incorporate it into Google + than to buy a company (Wildfire) that has under-the-hood access and Facebook favored nation status? It’s basically the cold war, with Google as the Soviets; Facebook as the USA; and Twitter as… I guess the British.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 23, 2013

Industry experts, Justin Levy and Michael Brito , lead the charge along with special guest, Jason Keath , by giving practical advice on how companies can create their own social business strategy that will push them well beyond their competition.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. Marketers believe the highest consumer priorities on social media are insights for buying decisions (59%) and customer service (58%). eMarketer ).

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 31, 2010

Learn where your customers live on key social networks. Be empowered to go there to start the “conversation&# ; to focus your marketing on what your customers will LOVE to hear, learn, enjoy, and buy. Flowtown has received great reviews in Fast Company and The NY Times, amongst others.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. Is it good enough to just say “here is our product, go buy it?&# To paraphrase Tina Turner , we don’t need another acronym.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Too often, we try to wield these case studies as a crude evidentiary weapon, trying to persuade ourselves or our superiors that our belief system around social media, social business, social CRM and all that jazz is in fact correct. But in almost every case, you’re bringing a knife to a gunfight. On what basis?

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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.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 27, 2010

For three years or so savvy companies and organizations have been experimenting with how to become a social brand. They’ve experimented with social media campaigns and activities, mostly in the marketing and PR arena. Some have been dragged into social CRM by their customers.

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Yammer Trends Training Wiki 105

Pixlee

JANUARY 19, 2017

74% of influencers tend to encourage their following to “buy it now or try it.”. 77% of influencers claim that they are more likely to buy from their sponsors, becoming brand evangelists that way. 84% of millennials report that UGC on company websites has influence on what they buy. Businesses make $6.50

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Net-Savvy Executive

MARCH 30, 2011

Every few seconds this morning, TweetDeck brings another comment on today's announcement that Salesforce.com is buying Radian6. The announcement's not exactly a surprise—Radian6 was the obvious acquisition target in social media analysis (SMA), and their platform had supported Salesforce integration since mid-2009.

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Proactive Report

JUNE 4, 2010

On Wednesday morning a group of people interested enough in social media to brave the LA traffic gathered at the W in Westwood for the Visible Technologies Social Media Readiness breaskfast. Kolsky was a Gartner analyst and now does work on social CRM and strategy. Buy in from the top.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 14, 2013

Best-in-Class sales reps (reps that deployed social selling) companies saw a 16.3% average year-over-year increase in total company revenue, compared to a 4.1% decrease among Laggards “Social Selling: Best-in-Class Targeting of the Right Message, at the Right Time, for the Right Person” Aberdeen Group; 2012.

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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 [.] Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Our data report revealed that 75% of consumers have purchased a product because they saw it on social media. Even more telling were the 70% of consumers who cited that they were more likely to buy a brand’s product or services when that company responded or interacted with them on social.

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Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 5, 2012

Best Buy Manager Dismisses Best Buy Twitter Customer Service, Says “It Could Be Anybody” – this is a perfect example of how companies should make sure their policies in a public and social space (especially if you advertise one on TV) to the yeoman employees.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

On ClickZ, Heidi Cohen reports that even at this stage, only one in three companies are even trying to measure social media ROI, because doing that is hard, though she also outlines five other social media metrics that matter. .&# Highlight your company’s community involvement. What should they promote?

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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.

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Koka Sexton

MARCH 2, 2011

After joining and getting waist deep in building strategies around engaging our customers and prospects using social media, a few things became very clear to me. One was that this company has hit on something very hot, giving sales people actionable trigger events to drive business conversations and decisions.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. An interesting little related aside.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. All of this is happening to companies (maybe yours) every minute of every day. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

But, if email marketers don’t actually use the data they have at their disposal to increase message relevancy, then the email versus social debate become more viable. Unify Your Team The first step is for companies to devise a coordinated strategy that uses email and social communication synergistically. Im Jay Baer.

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM Newsletter 114

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Facebook Social CRM Consultant MySpace 122

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.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant ROI 116

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.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

link] sadie harris Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World [link] [link] Ian Greenleigh “1. 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.

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RSS Collaboration Social CRM Consultant 118

Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Mike Cassidy made me (and a lot of other people) think differently about the intersection of social media strategy , and business objectives. 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.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

We absolutely realize it could be interpreted as if we’re trying to “buy&# votes with Make-A-Wish Foundation as the conduit. 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.

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Social CRM Consultant MySpace Social Media 111

Convince & Convert

MAY 18, 2011

The other week, I was participating in Jay’s hashtagsocialmedia.com chat on social media. (It And can a company be TOO fast = creepy? Think less about your business and more about appropriate behavior in a social situation. I’ve had several companies respond quickly to conversations I was having with others about their products.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 28, 2011

Social media is unique in that it is the only medium yet conceived where companies are playing in the exact same sandbox as we’re playing personally. We are trying to force social media marketing into an automated, customer acquisition focus that it wears like a suit of armor at a nudist colony. Which Side Are You On?

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Social Media Discount Loyalty Software 156

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Social Media Strategy Apple iPhone 114

Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

As befits the CEO of a company built on a wide-open corporate culture, Hsieh is remarkably candid about his successes, failures, and fortunes throughout, and this first section is the strongest in the book. Each harrowing near death of Zappos makes you cheer that much louder inside when the company eventually succeeds on a grand scale.

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Social Media Strategy Review Consultant 119

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

A collaboration between RESMARK Systems (a provider of hospitality software), Western River Expeditions (an adventure tour company), Compendium (provider of corporate content creation software), and ExactTarget (provider of enterprise messaging software) shows how this can be done day-to-day. That’s it. It makes sharing simple.

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Social Media Strategy Tourism Social CRM 142

Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. It’s not viral unless it is.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. This was an item requested by approximately 125% of Swix’ customers, and the company was finally able to pull it off. These are exciting times at Bulb HQ!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. The variation may come in how social media is used, not which social media are used.

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