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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Awareness, Sales, or Loyalty? Or Loyalty for Nothing -> Acted once? Or Loyalty for Nothing -> Acted once? Or Loyalty for Nothing -> Acted once? Explains why so many people wonder what they may be getting from social media efforts (or any mktg efforts, for that matter). The elevator pitch is dead.

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JULY 6, 2010

From raising awareness, to connecting with consumers in the way they want to engage and fostering positive action, leveraging CSR in the social media world can strengthen consumer trust and loyalty, encourage followers (and their friends) to take action and participate, and put a halo over the brand that dives in.

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MAY 26, 2010

Place making social media (Foursquare, Gowalla, et al) will continue to gain traction over the next 18 months. These services are in many ways would Twitter was originally, with another layer of loyalty and rewards built in. The reviews business will be transformed by geo-location.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Our natural desire for compartmentalization and shorthand has caused us to kill the value of “social media&# as a descriptor. You’ll perhaps remember that “social media&# was originally coined to reference user-generated content. And our modern definition of “social media&# still includes that component.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. link] Brian Hamlett Very nice Jay and definitely true. This has happened before online.

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JULY 22, 2010

However, if a firm focuses on building brand loyalty with a small subset of customers, they may find that it has an exponential impact. Lion Brand Yarn found that their customer outreach strategy drove impressive e-commerce results – those who visited the company’s blog were 41% more likely to buy at the Web site.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

You could actually take it further and use different feeds for different audience segments, based on why they buy your product, which would be GREAT! As Evo said in his post, personality is a key factor when it comes to social media. link] [link] Cercone Brown & Do You Know Your Customers Enough to be a Social Media Hit?

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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? There is definitely an addictive quality to it that is extremely hard to explain. Perfect aalysis.

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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. I don't want to play Mafia Wars, buy a cartoon pig or anything else. It's definitely some food for thought. I love Twitter. It enriches my life every day.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Ultimately, I see Twitter (and even Facebook, largely) as being more impactful on loyalty and retention, than on net new revenue. Ultimately, I see Twitter (and even Facebook, largely) as being more impactful on loyalty and retention, than on net new revenue. You certainly covered some great reasons to that point. link] jaybaer Yep.

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APRIL 7, 2010

There are three primary benefits: awareness via virality and social proof; loyalty and rewards; and market research. Recently, I had the good fortune of hosting the weekly #socialmedia chat (Tuesdays 9am Pacific) where social media types congregate on Twitter and answer three questions posed by the host.

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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.

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