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MAY 31, 2010

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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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JUNE 10, 2012

As marketers try to determine appropriate resourcing, one of the big measurement and accountability challenges faced by social media is the anonymity inherent in most social data. But in almost every case, the evidence that social media “works” is based on aggregate, anonymous data. The New Social CRM Big Three.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

In an interview with PC Pro, mobile Mozilla’s vice president Jay Sullivan explained , “Anyone who knows JavaScript and HTML can develop a great app without having to learn a specific mobile platform,&# cutting costs and greatly simplifying the process. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. But at what cost? 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. I look at it a little differently.

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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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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 31, 2011

It is a long-standing aspect of our company. I also believe many people run without thinking into social media in part for a genuine desire for a deeper human connection. While you and I might be connecting, company X is mining our data and a stalker or a house thief is planning his next move. This is happening too.

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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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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. It’s about humanization.

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MARCH 25, 2010

On the ROI front, Swix CEO Scott Lake ( @scottica ) told me that the company puts as much emphasis on tracking the “I&# as they do the “R&#. That’s why there’s a built-in calculator where you can input your costs (hard costs + labor costs) for each social media outpost, and the system automatically calculates your ROI.

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MARCH 28, 2012

What if we took it to another level and gamified customers’ live call interactions with CSRs (customer service reps) to help palliate customers’ on hold experience, as well as allow companies to benefit and receive a cost savings? We Might Hate the Players, But We Don’t Hate the Game. Rewards for Waiting on Hold.

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MARCH 28, 2012

What if we took it to another level and gamified customers’ live call interactions with CSRs (customer service reps) to help palliate customers’ on hold experience, as well as allow companies to benefit and receive a cost savings? We Might Hate the Players, But We Don’t Hate the Game. Rewards for Waiting on Hold.

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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.

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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. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter.

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APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports?

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JULY 14, 2010

Losing in social media can be akin to the experiences of companies like Kraft, Nestle, and BP in the social media realm. At the very least those companies are engaged in the conversation and have a strong awareness of the perceptions of their brand. With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time.

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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.

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JULY 28, 2010

When I discuss this concept with companies, however, too often I hear something in the realm of “we don’t know what to provide our customers that would be helpful.&# Total cost of this incredibly helpful marketing effort is very low, and Mike even offsets that by including ads from sponsors! It’s a Bird.

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MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Of course, there are a ton of outstanding PR firms doing excellent work in social media, including all the folks I have the great privilege to work with every day here at Convince & Convert. But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle.

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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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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. We just moved there and I need some company though I've a temp relocation to the Netherlands for the month of August. and the site produced a list of candidate cities for our consideration. Definitely.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!) Historical data seemed more robust as well.

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Rebekah Radice

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Let visual marketing tell the story behind your company, product or service. A3) Let visual marketing tell the story behind your company, product or service. Sprout is an all-in-one social management platform with powerful social CRM tools built right in. Jack Kosakowski (@JackKosakowski1) September 25, 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Don’t Sell Too Early Many of the missteps that contributed to MySpace’s decay were based on the company not moving beyond its core proposition. In 2006, you have a veritable ATM machine, with companies begging you to put banner ads on your site. You’re the number one social network in the world.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

it’s really not possible for a company (or even an individual like me) to have true conversations within social media – and certainly not with any real scale or breadth. Remember, social media makes big companies seem small again. Remember, social media makes big companies seem small again.

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agora pulse

MAY 12, 2020

A classic example of lost opportunities comes from a project management company comment thread. Not even a thank you note from the company: Here’s a spammy comment. Pros: If you’re already a Hootsuite customer, this method gives you a basic option for monitoring dark post comments without the added cost of another tool.

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JULY 22, 2010

While many businesses are excited about opportunities to reach their customers on the social web, few actually believe they have done so successfully. Lion Brand’s Lion Brand Notebook: Lion Brand is a yarn company that has been in business for over a century.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

The point of tracking software isn’t to determine how many tweets were sent mentioning a company, it’s to figure out what those tweets say, and what the business ramifications are. I interviewed Adam Schoenfeld , President and Co-founder of RowFeeder to learn more about the company and its plans.

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JUNE 15, 2010

A major component of answering those questions effectively is understanding in which social outposts your customers are concentrated. A major component of answering those questions effectively is understanding in which social outposts your customers are concentrated. Rapleaf is better for larger companies. Total cost?

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MARCH 9, 2010

March 9th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Are you treating social media like a checklist? A recent study by Econsultancy called “ The Value of Social Media &# shows that companies are overwhelmingly using the “Big 4″ of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Linkedin for their social media efforts.

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MARCH 22, 2010

I believe this will be the most comprehensive, useful collection of Webinars (education in your jammies rules) ever compiled about social media. link] Zack Wow, list of heavy hitter presenters… you're in good company. Tickets are going fast , Social Media Success Summit. 297 gets you 24 killer social media Webinars.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Little Bird helps you tap into the people, companies, and content on Twitter that are influencing the direction of your business. He is at the center of the community so far, as we map it out. It turns out that there is not just one community here either. I use it all the time at Convince & Convert. Marshall: Exactly.

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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. This has happened before online. Proposals are written. Resources deployed. Stuff gets built.

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MARCH 18, 2010

I don’t want to poach or poorly paraphrase anyone else’s content, so here’s what I wrote in Letters to the C-Suite: To The Executive Team: I realize everyone is telling you social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? And yes – social media should offer the email newsletter.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Social media relies on the premise that we’ll believe what people tell us more readily than if we were told the same thing by a nameless, faceless company. That’s why brands go to great lengths to humanize themselves on the social Web. It's not that because of social media, trust has gone down.

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