Justin Levy

JANUARY 23, 2013

Industry experts, Justin Levy and Michael Brito , lead the charge along with special guest, Jason Keath , by giving practical advice on how companies can create their own social business strategy that will push them well beyond their competition. You may be wondering why we chose a Facebook Group instead of a Page?

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Social Media Network Marketing

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Those organizations willing to invest the time and resources required to develop and support a strong virtual presence are gaining practically unlimited access to consumers' steady outpouring of raves and rants, toward favorite and disliked companies and products.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. The way to do this practically is to borrow a technique from social media and use tagging.

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Twist Image

MAY 15, 2011

" In 1993 they founded their own consulting company, Peppers & Rogers Group , to help brands understand the ever-changing world of the consumer, the power of data, CRM, the customer revolution and how to make Marketing more effective. facebook group. online social network. peppers and rogers group.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? The same dynamic is present on Facebook. What percentage of your status updates are seen by each of your Facebook fans? Perhaps 3-5% of the time (on average) they will.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

But most social media types aren’t Paul Gillin. “How dare a company try to put a number on influence!&# Their slam on Klout is typically rooted in the fact that Klout doesn’t account for people’s offline influence (or even digital influence that isn’t expressed in social media). they shout.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 14, 2013

Best-in-Class sales reps (reps that deployed social selling) companies saw a 16.3% average year-over-year increase in total company revenue, compared to a 4.1% decrease among Laggards “Social Selling: Best-in-Class Targeting of the Right Message, at the Right Time, for the Right Person” Aberdeen Group; 2012.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

More recently, numerous writers including Olivier Blanchard , Neil Glassman and Mark Schaefer have tried to make the case that social media ROI is real, can be measured, and must be measured. Corporate blogs can operate in a similar fashion, except that the sole sponsor or advertiser is the company itself. What should they promote?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Do you see social media participation as one of the hurdles businesses now need to successfully clear? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. That's what I mean when I say uni-directional social media.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wonder how Stratten feels about companies servicing customers differently , based on their online influence? There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

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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Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 31, 2010

Those organizations willing to invest the time and resources required to develop and support a strong virtual presence are gaining practically unlimited access to consumers' steady outpouring of raves and rants, toward favorite and disliked companies and products.

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Convince & Convert

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? Will you embrace Twitter if I can show you ROI? And guess what? He LOVES them.

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Pixlee

JUNE 6, 2017

Social proof is when someone else validates your opinion. It’s the “group” mentality that tells you, if other people are doing it, I might want to do it. Social proof marketing is when brands leverage social influence to persuade potential customers that their product or service is the best one to purchase.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

arikhanson [link] Mike Cassidy RT @jaybaer: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends [link] honored to be in such great company! link] Hot In Marketing I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends | Convince & Convert News | Social Media Consulting – Convince & C. I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

The book includes several compelling examples of groups creating and maintaining impressive online collaborations, without a profit motive in sight. His chronicle of an online study group at Ryerson University is a perfect example of the ramifications of widespread interconnectivity that society will be wrestling with into the future.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. All of this is happening to companies (maybe yours) every minute of every day. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

Some of my favs include: Books – Content Strategy for the Web (Halvorson), Letting Go of the Words (Redish) Networks – The Content Strategy LinkedIn group Blogs – Here's a great list from Catherine Ventura (@catherinventura): [link]. Very helpful as our company moves forward with our plan for Social Media.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Facebook Fan Pages are email newsletters with smaller pictures. Facebook is for people you used to know. It’s not viral unless it is.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

The good news is that with the typical exception of Facebook, most of these changes are positive, well-communicated, and understandable. In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. I’m bummed I missed that one. Great job Bulbstorm.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Then you dash to Facebook to see what’s going on there. Handy Facebook Reminders It’s pretty tough to find a credible excuse for missing people’s birthdays on Facebook. NutshellMail saves you from being labeled an ingrate by reminding you of all the birthdays of your Facebook friends this week.

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Koka Sexton

MARCH 2, 2011

After joining and getting waist deep in building strategies around engaging our customers and prospects using social media, a few things became very clear to me. One was that this company has hit on something very hot, giving sales people actionable trigger events to drive business conversations and decisions.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

“ The Black Art of Optimizing Facebook Wall Posts &# can be voted for here. We’ll have Facebook page and other promotional stuff about the book online soon – including pre-ordering capabilities. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. “ Your Content Stinks!

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. Social Mention (or a paid social media listening package like Radian6 , if you have one) Go to www.socialmention.com and search for your company or product name (in quotes), and set the pull-down to “all.&#

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

Either way, it would make me double-check how I have the privacy settings set for photos on my Facebook page. Either way, it would make me double-check how I have the privacy settings set for photos on my Facebook page. But the default view will be the opinions of your Facebook friends. Or is this just creepy?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Mike Cassidy made me (and a lot of other people) think differently about the intersection of social media strategy , and business objectives. 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.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch. The more one company shares their pitch, the more views it has, the more backlinks it provides, and so on. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Social Outposts Without the Mystery I’m often asked by corporate clients where they should engage in social media. “Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds. The fee for up to 75,000 sent emails per month is just $99.97.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

There is no real benefit to having more Twitter followers per se, just a potentially bigger group of people with whom you can interact in pursuit of a more definable goal. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. But really, there’s not much point in that.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

You’ll be able to easier understand how these events drive social success using Swix. 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&#. New YouTube video that goes viral. link] jaybaer Yes indeed. Eventually, I hope.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

Something along the line of “we tried a blog but it wasn’t a success” or “we have a Facebook page, but it isn’t doing anything for our business.” The Facebook page was a failure because they were not engaging their audience, they were just collecting names. If you have a Facebook page, know who is responsible for engagement.

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