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MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. The game is going to change in a big way very soon. How can I help you?

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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? So, I peeked at YouTube.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. I think your point about being involved in the community is the toughest for companies to put their arms around. Consider a company like Kodak. And congrats on the #1 ranking!

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APRIL 13, 2010

Inspired by Jay Baer blog post, “The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life” [link] #assnchat [link] KiKi L’Italien Welcome to the weekly chat for the Association Industry (#assnchat)! Today's Topic: Advice (via/ @jaybaer [link] #assnchat [link] KiKi L’Italien Welcome to the weekly chat for the Association Industry (#assnchat)!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I’ve asserted that B2B social media tactics vary from B2C, in that they are typically rooted in consumer education and thought leadership, and thus require deeper layers of interaction. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Second, can we please stop all this silly haranguing about B2B vs. B2C in social media?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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APRIL 6, 2010

It’s an example of an industry with poor understanding of taxonomy – the words and phrases used to describe products and services. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. .&# Not found. How can I help you?

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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. Switch PR for almost any people-facing industry and you'd get similar results, unfortunately. Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela.

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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. I see this as a little far-flung. How can I help you?

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JULY 14, 2010

There is no question social media does an organization good, just persevere and know there is a vibrant community there to support your work. Now, Google creates perceptions and it is our job to engage the communities and instill what perceptions we want seen. The change has come from how people create their perceptions.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Research: How do people talk about your industry and who are the influencers? What’s the client/competitor/industry name(s)? I looked at Meltwater Buzz a couple of months back and thought it offered a better platform than Radian6 (which is a good option in itself and often used as the industry example).

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JULY 28, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. How can I help you?

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AUGUST 31, 2010

The u30pro chat that I moderate with Lauren Fernandez have amazing discussions every week as far as I’ve gathered from the community. Beyond that, when I think of social media, I don’t just think of the tools like twitter, linkedin and facebook. Both of these communities have a great deal of interaction and conversation.

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JULY 22, 2010

This allows Yelp to strengthen loyalty among Elite Squad members, offers an impetus for wanna-be-members to post additional reviews; and, makes the site content stronger – keeping the broader community active and engaged. link] Yael Davidowitz-Neu Thanks for writing in and congratulations on creating an awesome community!

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JULY 13, 2010

She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. Oh, and for those that think that “blogger outreach” counts as social exposure for your staff, don’t kid yourself.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

It’s also very handy for easy archiving of historical social mentions (lawyer types or readers working in regulated industries should take note of that feature). It’s not the most full-featured solution available, but for the do it yourself data hounds, it’s a very nice addition to the social listening landscape.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in, you have interesting stories to tell. Finding and sharing them is the first step toward social media success. For a whole day of social media and storytelling, watch for a Social Story Conference near you. link] treypennington Helpful infographic.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Somebody’s “strange&# social network is someone else’s potentially thriving customer community. Sure, the StachePassions social network (for mustache aficionados, natch) is a little unusual on the surface. But, if you think it through, many companies could succeed by participating in this community.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You can see alot of this in the 'green living' industry – folks call it greenwashing. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Thsi is kinda like that since you really have to vet the REAL folks and the posers.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

In my world, marketing and customer service go hand in hand – the moving industry gets a pretty bad rap, so a lot of my social media outreach is directed around advice and customer service issues. Many citations to the article discuss this and its effectiveness in the hospitality industry. Thanks for the link.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

This is an important advantage, as I bought a $30 lavalier microphone and can now grab good audio even at crowded conferences, etc. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post! 39 social media tools I will use today. Helps us all in the industry!

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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. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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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. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Inevitably, when corporate America seeks a PR agency to support their communications effort, the Request for Proposals (RFP) asks for critical capabilities that can help a company sift through the myriad of options available and narrow them down to the few that make sense for their specific needs. How can I help you?

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MARCH 2, 2010

Today, however, creating truly meaningful success metrics often requires a custom statistical hodge-podge that tries to tie together data points from across the social spectrum. Social is obviously going to be a huge part moving forward, and I believe mobile will as well. How can I help you?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

I simply cannot imagine working in an industry where status quo was the norm. Personality I am compelled by the fact that the bottom line objective of social media is to add human elements to companies that have acted like inhuman, robotic cyborgs for the past 40 years. That’s why I love social media. I love change.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months. There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace.

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APRIL 27, 2010

I'm presenting at a leadership conference (of engineers) this weekend and one of the points I will try to make is that “Information isn't boring by accident. I'm presenting at a leadership conference (of engineers) this weekend and one of the points I will try to make is that “Information isn't boring by accident.

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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. How can I help you?

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JUNE 28, 2010

The same person doing strategy, content development, responding to consumer feedback on the fly, reporting and analysis on multiple clients in potentially wildly different industries/verticals across, potentially, multiple disciplines of online marketing (search, social, display, email). How can I help you?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I was just at an industry event talking about “slow selling.&# I was just at an industry event talking about “slow selling.&# I was just at an industry event talking about “slow selling.&# I was just at an industry event talking about “slow selling.&# People looked at me like I had three eyeballs.

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JUNE 16, 2010

It seems to me that a lot of organizations sit around their conference rooms and use their own experience and understanding of their product to establish their customer segments, rather than letting their customers tell them why and how they use their product or service. How can I help you?

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