Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 1, 2012

Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone who really understands your business and can help formulate and execute a plan to engage with your community online. 5) What does “community management” mean to you? Do you include community management in your social media services?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Share this on Linkedin. Using Social Media to Deepen Customer Relations An obvious win for companies looking to jump into Social. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Send this page to Print Friendly. Email this to a friend?

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 28, 2011

If, however, the general perception at your company is that your customers whine a lot…maybe you need to start listening to what they are complaining about. Don’t treat your customers like the enemy, look at them as members of your community who have a vested interested in your success. Reward them when they help.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 18, 2010

Seems as if more B2B Marketers are engaged in Social Media then B2C marketers (actually data point from the article – 81 % of B2B companies have accounts on social media sites compared to 67% of B2C) which leads me to think Social Media has gone mainstream in B2B. Share this on Linkedin. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 9, 2010

New customers will cost a lot to acquire and in their first year or two deliver small revenue as the relationship between your company and the new customer is growing. But in many cases, 20% of a B2B company’s’ customers are responsible for 80% of the revenue. Share this on Linkedin. Especially in an economic climate like this!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 15, 2010

Certainly internally in your organization you need to be an extrovert if you want to organize a Tribe or movement in your company to take on social media. The 1-9-90 theory that says out of every hundred people who join a community or network – 1% actively contribute – 9% contribute from time to time – and 90% are lurkers. Tweet This!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

As the site owner/community manager, I even had someone threaten to come to my house in person so he could discuss the fact that I edited one of his posts for racist comments. 2) Don’t argue just to argue – Community managers can spot them a mile away. Trolls who like to just stir the pot and start arguments.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

A common mistake in social media is that companies will dive right in, setting up a Twitter account or Facebook page and blasting out tweets and status updates about their latest company news and new product announcements—and then wonder why their Twitter following isn’t growing and there’s no interaction on their Facebook page.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

More and more companies are waking up to the fact that they can connect with their consumers via digital channels with more impact and for significantly less budget than traditional television, radio and print approaches. Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Share this on del.icio.us Email this to a friend?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

If you didn’t have the ‘no-follow’ tag, spammers would create thousands of Facebook profiles, LinkedIn profiles, and YouTube accounts just to link those sites back to their website. You want these to be search terms for which you want to be found, not your name or company name. An article submission site in the Digg vein.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Just because you’ve heard that other companies are doing it doesn’t mean that social media will magically work for you. It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new? What are your goals?

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The Marketing Blog

JULY 30, 2007

After some brain-storming I discovered a kool webhosting company called Velnetweb which seems to be one stop shop for all web hosting needs. Did a bit of research, read some e-mails in my discussion group, talked to a couple of net experts ( not geeks but domain pros). Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. It’s the same company that did the net promoter scores that kind of come up with a social media score that’s kind of parallel to that.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Own your brand’s social presence: If you don’t create official channels online, it’s only a matter of time before your customers/clients do it for you and create their own profiles and communities around your brand. Using social media enables your company to reach a huge number of potential customers.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 21, 2012

They should also be passionate about social media, as well, since the role of a social media community manager can be a tough one. They are engagement channels where you listen to, and communicate with your customers. Use these channels to make them feel better about you, your products, and your company. So there you have it.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 2, 2010

s Social Media in Business study found that 60 percent of consumers believe they are already interacting with companies on the social Web. Nearly all participants — 93 percent — believe all companies should have a presence in social media. Share this on Linkedin. A recent Cone Inc.’s Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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The Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

51 am Linkedin v/s Facebook – Professional up Against Social Jump to Comments Matt Dickman’s thoughtful post on Linkedin v/s Facebook raises a few questions. Everybody knows and has been saying that Facebook is Personal and Linkedin is more Business users. October 31, 2007.10:51 Do you keep em separated? I use both.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. The big catch: Epic Change is not a large company at all. Why social media?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2013

The rise of Twitter was accompanied by the slow demise of RSS and Digg, as the surging popularity of the 140-character kid made many previous pointing and info-gathering technologies unnecessary. As they write on their blog : A Twitter community is just like your workplace or your neighborhood: it’s made of real people.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 15, 2010

3 things the campaign is doing right: • Giving something back to the community – the videos encourage people to engage with the Old Spice guy and manages to give something back you can look at, thus giving the user a sense of ownership and seeing concrete results. It’s a simple idea, but is creating a lot of buzz and PR.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Smart companies are providing social media support options and actively monitoring social media networks for brand and product name mentions. Using social media channels for customer support can both improve a company’s image—by demonstrating, publicly, responsiveness to customer issues—and reduce customer support costs.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This saves time, effort and money in the long run, but it’s a step too many companies skip over. Involvement: understand that everyone in your company has a stake in social media success and most of your employees are probably already members of at least one social network. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 4, 2010

Facebook should be your social media hub of everything you have from company news, announcing events, offer tutorials, highlight videos, conduct polls and create community around discussions. Share this on Linkedin. Did I forget to mention all of this is FREE! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

One of the most well known networks in this space is LinkedIn, which has a declared membership base of 90 million people. LinkedIn can be an extremely powerful job hunting tool, as you can use the site to develop connections with people in your choice of company or industry. Share this on LinkedIn. 2 – Cold calling.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Moms, on the other hand, aren’t hanging around Digg or Linkedin. There are countless places to be social online, but there’s no sense in selling your craft projects to teenagers on Tumblr or Professionals on LinkedIn. Be Active in the Community. The crux of social media is the sense of community that is on the network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Even if you do not know much about it yourself, check for these qualities and these answers: At the very least, someone hoping to get a job with your company should have a Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn account. Ask them if they are familiar with StumbleUpon, Digg, Quora, and Google+. According to Internet World Stats , 77.3%

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. 4: Online Driven Companies – Social media can be used to drive traffic to online websites. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It’s an outstanding list, categorized by industry including Automotive, Chemicals, Electronics, Telecommunications, and a dozen other sectors, but all of the names were linked to the individuals’ LinkedIn profiles—no Twitter links!

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 3, 2010

PeopleBrowsr , the Social Search engine and analytics company, has launched ReSearch.ly , a product for online marketers, brand managers and social media experts to get real-time analytics and conversations from the social web. Similar to the way LinkedIn shows how people are connected through their professional network, ReSearch.ly

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm. November 26, 2009.5:10 I guess, it's an entrepreneur/ blogger fav topic to blog when starts a startup.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. It can make all the difference in nurturing a positive perception of your company. Empower them.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Technology Partners : itemperance consulting Image Credits: Eric Parker Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 1 Comment Filed under Facebook , Iffort Tags: India , web2.0 , Facebook , Iffort , facebook hyderabad , Itemperance 1 Comment Tweets that mention Facebook and India « -- Topsy.com August 12, 2010 at 3:16 pm [.] We would be glad to help.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 28, 2010

MashedIn provides a widget that you can add to a web site or blog where your users can authenticate with either Facebook , Twitter , or LinkedIn to reveal common connections to the widget owner. MashedIn provides a key value to companies and business professionals. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Post on Google Buzz.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About In the Media Moving One Step Closer to Dream Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study March 3, 2010.10:02 ‘Facebook’ being a closed platform the community considers it as a friend focussed channel. In that poll there were 5000 + votes with the community voting in favor of Facebook.

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