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MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. For more on advanced blogging, please see my post and slide presentation: 11 Must-Dos for the Serious Blogger.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. Amber presented a smashing summary at the recent SocialFresh Charlotte. One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc.,

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JULY 27, 2010

Second, this circumstance raises an important question: Are You Growing Your Voices? Whether it’s blog posts, video blogs, Powerpoint presentations, podcasts, haiku, or graffiti art, practice makes the production process easier. Certainly, there is a benefit to creating content on a daily basis. Find new content creators!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Power, Risk & Accountability Today, I gave a presentation to LEAD San Diego, a group of Southern California business leaders. The theme of the presentation was this new era of marketing-centrism and what it takes to succeed in an environment where marketing plans are not month-to-month, but minute-to-minute.

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MAY 11, 2010

After all, why would they even be coming to your Web site unless they had questions about your product or service? Social media makes it possible. The key is to create meaningful content that answers those questions, and propagate that content throughout the social Web, making a visit to your site unnecessary.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Thus, one of the first questions I recommend you ask about your social program is whether it’s true mission is to gain customers, or retain the ones you have.

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MAY 25, 2010

Fink Some good stuff: RT @jaybaer: Adding SEO, Web analytics, email marketing, social media services to your ad/PR agency. link] Sathya Hi jay, could i see the presentation in a bigger size. Thanks for bringing it to CA conference! link] Jose Huitron Jay, thanks for sharing these outstanding keys. link] [link] Abbie S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And More… Although I’m not using it presently, you can also configure your NutshellMail to include Linkedin and MySpace content, as well as updates from the Ning groups of which you are a member. Stelzner This free tool may become your your new favorite social media companion (you really should check this out!)

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APRIL 15, 2010

Kodak (and thousands of other companies) are writing blogs, taking photos, uploading videos, making presentations and creating all sorts of other content. Your potential customers have questions about your company, your products, your services, your competitors. Comparisons with other products in the category. link] Matthew Ross YES!

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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. I’d be happy to share my slide presentation with you, too).

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MAY 13, 2010

Not sure who came up with it originally) Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer. You must fight social media fire with social media water. 18 social media quotes jay baer View more presentations from Jay Baer.

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JULY 20, 2010

Check out my Online Marketing Summit presentation below on this topic: View more presentations from Mike Corak. This makes for both short and long-term success (ex.

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MARCH 25, 2010

At the most granular, day-to-day level, this necessitates visiting your various outposts and your social media hub , determining your progress on each, and graphing it out over time. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works. Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time?

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JUNE 24, 2010

The Power of the Unexpected The genius of infomercials (and to a lesser degree, home shopping channels), is that they present to you products that you didn’t know you needed, because you didn’t know they existed. I’m just working through this tie between infomercials and social media.

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JULY 21, 2010

The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. Download Michael’s presentation here. Michael did talk about 2257 and FTC disclosure in his presentation so if you click through on that link you will read more there. People are sharing photos, ideas, writings and video.

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MARCH 10, 2010

The Best of Twitter 20 From the forward: I’m sitting in a ballroom in Indianapolis in September, 2008 watching Joseph Jaffe give a masterful presentation on social media transforming corporations, when I come upon the idea to interview him on Twitter. Her design very much adds to the invigorating nature of this book.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Then this is the blog post for you.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Attending the European Conference of Information Systems in Tel Aviv last week, I was happy to find that areas such as data visualization, predictive analytics, social CRM and ROI etc found their way into the conference. This primarily demonstrated the extent to which Twitter activity reflects social activity.

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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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JUNE 7, 2010

The book is presented in three sections. My favorite is the “Face Game&# whereby every time an employee logs on to the Web, he or she is presented with a photo of another employee, and a list of names. Donate just $33, and get a copy of the book, and an entry into a trip to NYC. See you there.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Also, many B2B purchases are heavily researched, providing a real success path for content creation and socially-derived thought leadership. You often are buying in part because of the service and personnel of the company in question. For whom is it more important to have a humanizing social media presence?

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JULY 14, 2010

Those results will not change without a concerted effort to engage in social media. Throughout life it drives us crazy when people talk about us when we’re not around – here we have an opportunity to be present. Losing in social media can be akin to the experiences of companies like Kraft, Nestle, and BP in the social media realm.

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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 12, 2012

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. We use Argyle Social for our social engagement; we use Infusionsoft for our email; and Jim is our guest host for the podcast and a smart guy).

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APRIL 6, 2010

I recommend using a mixture of your Top 25 phrases and some that are highly relevant to your business, but perhaps aren’t sending as much traffic as you’d like at present. You’ll then see a search results page that shows a comprehensive list of places you’ve been mentioned on the social Web.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). Wisely improve the present, it is nike dunk low thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear, and with a manly nike dunk cheap heart.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. What questions are you trying to answer? based on budget or schedule) Once you’ve answered those questions you can compare major social media monitoring tools.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I don’t write a lot of posts that include presentation slides, but I’ve done it at least 15 times. On this list #1, #5, #7, #11, #14, #16 all include a presentation, or free social media tool. but question is. All blog owners should do this to see what their community prefers.

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MARCH 22, 2010

link] Zack Wow, list of heavy hitter presenters… you're in good company. No pressure, eh? alexasamuels LOL, make sure you get your commission – I was convinced to sign up. No pressure, eh? Looks like the “palooza&# will be a hit!

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AUGUST 31, 2010

No question that “have conversations&# is still the mantra out there, and it contributes to the angst among businesses, because it’s to some degree an unrealistic expectation. The u30pro chat that I moderate with Lauren Fernandez have amazing discussions every week as far as I’ve gathered from the community.

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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. Do you know of other companies that are leveraging their customers to grow their businesses exponentially?

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MARCH 17, 2011

Given that the future (and present) of marketing is multi-channel, multi-modal, cross-platform, and other hyphenates, why would an organization that theoretically “gets it&# create a siloed professional services firm to be – by definition no less – a one trick pony? Integrate, Don’t Disintegrate. Worthy of Specificity.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here’s what they’re doing right: Engage, Don’t Sell ThinkGeek has separated their Twitter messaging into TWO feeds – one designed to sell stuff (which is hilariously called @thinkgeekspam and posts updates about products and promotions) and one which posts all sorts of geek trivia and responses to fan questions and comments, called @thinkgeek.

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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. Companies should follow, not lead, their customers across the social Web. This is a social address book, and social CRM application at each extreme. Just an example.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

How can marketers make more productive use of their time on social networking sites? What under-utilized site has been called a “social media powerhouse,” and which highly popular social bookmarking site is frequently overlooked by marketers? How can you measure (or can you measure) social media ROI ?

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APRIL 22, 2010

At Monday’s Social Fresh conference in St. During the session, an audience question got me fired up (no surprise, as the Social Fresh attendees were a very smart, engaged group). Most blogging, video content, Slideshare presentations, Squidoo lenses and content marketing of that type fits into this category.

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APRIL 8, 2010

I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve got an iPad, and I’d be happy to answer any questions you have. Would it work as a marketing and/or presentation device? The Keynote presentation app is very slick. I've been thinking about making it my conference travel/presentation device.

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