Convince & Convert

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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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. link] Aron Stevenson The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media [link] [link] sadie harris The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media [link] [link] Mark Mathson Amen!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

If barber shops were still driving consumer sentiment, I’d be writing this post about barber shop marketing. Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Be where your customers are.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 31, 2015

While the drive to push sales on whatever platform available is admirable, social media (as most of us have realized by now) plays by different rules. It’s not like broadcast television, where you buy spots on primetime, talk about your brand, and see sales walking in the door. Schedule Social Posts to Save Time.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

While the drive to push sales on whatever platform available is admirable, social media (as most of us have realized by now) plays by different rules. It’s not like broadcast television, where you buy spots on primetime, talk about your brand, and see sales walking in the door. Free Up Precious Time with Auto-Scheduling.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Sentiment: How much are you willing to automate verse check by hand? link] Deidra Bodkin RT @jaybaer: Social Media Monitoring Tools – How To Pick the Right One [link] [link] Mia Novic Lastra Limited list of tools to consider, but great ?s s to ask before buying, ESP! In other words, how accurate does it need to be?

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Convince & Convert

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. You're right on about Twitter being only one of the channels for communication on the social web.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. Despite their size you would have to think that a Google, Apple or Microsoft could still buy them without blinking.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. Despite their size you would have to think that a Google, Apple or Microsoft could still buy them without blinking.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 2, 2017

A content marketing automation platform that enables marketers to plan content strategy and tactics based on buyer personas and buying cycles; create content through creative briefs and workflow management; and measure marketing content performance through analytics. 36: The 17 Best Social Media Management Tools. #37: 6) Marketing.ai.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

I am going to give you a short synopsis of each firm taken directly from the notes I took during my conversations with them and I broke them up into 5 categories: Free monitoring services, Paid monitoring services, Sentiment based analytics, Aggregators of aggregators, and Beyond sentiment analytics firms. SENTIMENT BASED ANALYTICS.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Create Demand, Not Messages Success with “social” marketing is becoming less about creating desire, positive sentiment or aspiration among customers. Whether B2B or B2C, customers are buying based on what they need. When I'm looking to buy something I immediately think of people in my network.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

@svbmark [link] Peter Lang 13 Observations From South by Southwest (SXSW) [link] [link] Randy Kemp 13 Observations From South by Southwest (SXSW) [link] [link] Weintraub Adv RT @jaybaer: 13 Observations From South by Southwest (SXSW) [link] [link] themaria Hi Jay, I echo the sentiment that you express here. P.S. Great meeting you in person!

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