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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. Ask your customers directly.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Allowing clients to treat number of Facebook fans as the core success metric is a dereliction of duty.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Yes, many use things like focus groups, gut instinct (entrepreneurs are notorious for this!), It's a new way to use social media from a sales standpoint that is being overlooked. to create confidence that often overlooks the obvious. Example: A science supply store that wasn't reading its own product review page.