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JUNE 17, 2010

But at what cost? I look at it a little differently. Sure, you can get a ton of followers by doing all the right things ( Mack Collier has a great post here about how he got to 20,000 followers ). If you spent all day, every day on Twitter you could certainly amass quite a following.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

More from Convince and Convert Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About the Social and More About the Customers Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter Convince and Convert Recommends The Metrics of Social Media (Danny Brown) The HEART of Social Media (Danny Brown) The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny (..)

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MAY 11, 2010

You can survey your customers, although that’s not always the best approach because the questions are not fresh in their minds – they’ve already made their buying decision. Nonetheless, BK drove buyers into their restaurants and tracked ROI to the penny using Facebook. To really do so. Listening is the first step.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

link] > @jaybaer [link] Stephanie Wonderlin Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? When applied to the area of Social CRM, we see the majority (+90%) of activity as reactive (social monitoring)– very focused on the service-side. link] Tim Underwood Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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JULY 14, 2010

His ramblings can be found at www.membershipjedi.com This post is a compilation of ideas born out of Jay’s post “ Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success ” in which he succinctly describes one of the biggest obstacles facing organization’s pursuit of social media effectiveness – corporate culture.

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MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. Maybe it has to do with the size of the item or big ticket item (cost).

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JULY 6, 2010

However, statistics show that such use of social media is still not widely utilized by most companies.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. You need to determine why your company should be social, for whom your efforts are intended and where your audience is in the buying cycle, and how you’ll measure success. Kipp Bodnar´s last blog. Up 50% over last year.

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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

We looked at criteria like size (under 100,000 people), college town, good schools, access to health care, cost of living, etc. The Science of Cities We used the online filtering tool Find Your Spot to narrow down our relocation options. and the site produced a list of candidate cities for our consideration.

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APRIL 1, 2010

[link] Hallicious Thanks Jay, it seems like such an easy concept and yet it is so hard for some “brands&# to take the leap into humanization by embedding themselves in these communities that already exist and would only cost them time to be a part of… [link] ASI_was_saying Get Your Social Media Story Straight: the Timberwolves case study (..)

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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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. But at the end of the day, it’s a time and cost expense that is meant to generate business. What do you think? Sales, clients, eyeballs – whatever you are after.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Certainly on the cost side, with the multiple licenses, it came out far better, and the UI seemed a lot more intuitive as well. Certainly on the cost side, with the multiple licenses, it came out far better, and the UI seemed a lot more intuitive as well. s to ask before buying, ESP! Historical data seemed more robust as well.

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MARCH 22, 2010

This program is being produced by Mike Stelzner, who runs the successful Social Media Examiner site (where I write monthly). link] [link] Jen Grant You're Invited to the Socialpalooza [link] by @jaybaer (who in my opinion is worth 10x more than the cost here #justsayin) [link] Skip Bensley RT @jaybaer: Wow.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

And in the end you can’t help but humanize the whole process of brand building if you buy into this as the right pathway for business growth. Now to just figure out how to monitor and measure the ROI of that. It also enable you to inspire employees, attract partners and get people to love you… and, hello, BUY from you.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

One keyword and up to 500 posts (Twitter or Facebook mentions) per month is free, making it a potential zero cost solution for very small businesses. Pricing is quite reasonable for RowFeeder. Beyond that, pricing increases based on number of keywords and posts in $5 increments. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Social media is being held to some sort of higher standard. The concept of “we won’t do social media unless we can measure ROI precisely&# is actually code for “we’re scared to death, so let’s come up with a reason to stay on the sidelines.&# [link] jaybaer Thanks Jason.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

All of these answers are knowable, and if we commit to testing and optimizing our social media efforts in 2010, we’ll go from having a social media presence, to having a social purpose that drives meaningful ROI. And yes – social media should offer the email newsletter. That's just not happening.

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APRIL 8, 2010

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? We bought two for our design office, and I can see many buying it for the family, where several people would want to use it.

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JULY 22, 2010

Building Long Term Relationships While it’s true that the web has made building individual relationships cheaper and easier than it used to be, this doesn’t mean that businesses can necessarily expect to build deep connections with their entire customer base; in many cases, this is neither feasible nor cost effective.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Total cost? As the social Web becomes every more interconnected, understanding how your customers are connected (or connectable) to your brand in social media is a sizable part of the success equation. This is a social address book, and social CRM application at each extreme.

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MARCH 9, 2010

So we get a lot more ROI for them on forums specific to those enthusiast niches. link] Beth_Carroll Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts? link] [link] DoughPizzeria RT @cubanalaf: RT @jaybaer: Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts? In social media the waste is in man hours rather than media dollars. Good stuff, as usual.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

It's not that because of social media, trust has gone down. It's that sometime during the last few years, we've started to consider lying acceptable and that's been done at the cost of decreased trust. Who better to help me buy a flat screen TV than the employee who sees 100 customers a week?

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JULY 8, 2010

link] Anonymous Between email marketing and social media, I think business marketers pay more attention to email marketing for its convenience, low-cost and far reaching targets, and there are many email marketing services. " Do you agree with Jeff Rohrs?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

One user sees your tweet, clicks through to the blog, and eventually buys $1,000 worth of X from you. One user sees your tweet, clicks through to the blog, and eventually buys $1,000 worth of X from you. One user sees your tweet, clicks through to the blog, and eventually buys $1,000 worth of X from you.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Despite their size you would have to think that a Google, Apple or Microsoft could still buy them without blinking. 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website" by @jaybaer [link] [link] Jennifer Devitt 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website Convince & Convert [link] I DONT buy it! Each day the web becomes more social.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Despite their size you would have to think that a Google, Apple or Microsoft could still buy them without blinking. 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website" by @jaybaer [link] [link] Jennifer Devitt 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website Convince & Convert [link] I DONT buy it! Each day the web becomes more social.

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MARCH 2, 2010

link] Sherrod Dine RT @Avinio: ExactTarget Buys CoTweet – Why The Social Business Evolution Starts Today (big news) [link] Via @jaybaer [link] Buzzuka ExactTarget Buys CoTweet – Why The Social Business Evolution Starts Today (big news) [link] (via @jaybaer) [link] Beth Harte RT @abarcelos: YES!

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Your choice to buy a beer and/or play social games. What I’m curious to know is how they leverage the cost of someone who spends 3 hours there using the network and only buys a cup of coffee. For each Grande Mocha you buy we’ll give.25 But then, I guess they’ve considered this.

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APRIL 7, 2010

It’s never going to be Facebook (unless Facebook buys them), but don’t ignore geo-location apps. Not bad considering the haircut only costs $15.00. Not bad considering the haircut only costs $15.00. Not bad considering the haircut only costs $15.00. Go for it in the comments. Yet another testimonial for them.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Corporate America should take note… More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About the Social and More About the Customers Convince and Convert Recommends The Real Cost of Social Media (Danny Brown) Social Media, Blogging and Why It's Perfect for (..)

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

A good DIY choice for small brands looking for a no cost option. Great for small brands and the do it yourselfer social strategists. Clearly the costs of the monitoring space are going to go to zero, it’s just a matter of when. Which sounded like Social CRM meets Systems Integration company to me.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Hence, the ROI of social media. link] jaybaer You bet Rebecca. It lets us go beyond the brochure to begin to feel like we “know&# a company. That creates a feeling of kinship. Kinship creates purchase intent. link] jaybaer Your real life is more interesting than your business life in 95% of the cases.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Succeeding on the social Web requires daily participation. Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time. It’s hard. Really hard.

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