Pixlee

JUNE 6, 2017

Social proof is when someone else validates your opinion. Social proof marketing is when brands leverage social influence to persuade potential customers that their product or service is the best one to purchase. Social proof marketing is heavily integrated into many of today’s marketing messages.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 29, 2012

Last week, Susan Etlinger from Altimeter Group published the Social Media ROI Cookbook. It contains significant quantities of solid thinking, and provides a useful framework of six primary ways to measure social media effectiveness. click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2011

When the Cluetrain Manifesto was published in 1999, it signaled a paradigm shift: markets are conversations. Given my observations, both in the “canned response&# department and the company’s engagement with other customers and prospects, they’ve got it all wrong. What’s your social media policy?

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Twist Image

APRIL 17, 2012

I'm no longer bullish on this notion of conversation within social media. On March 30th, 2012, Marketing Charts published a news item titled, Social Shares Drive 1 in 4 Online Shoppers to Purchase. Scaling your social media efforts back is the best way to scale them for true growth. Can you make money sharing?

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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. The core of social media marketing efforts should be the corporate blog. What should they promote? Here are 20 ideas.

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ROI Case Study Bazaarvoice Klout 191

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form. UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form. A tall order, to be certain.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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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. Unported License. Unported License.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. “I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&# Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

If you’re signed up to receive Convince & Convert blog posts via email, or if you’re a subscriber to The Social Media Messenger – my other email publication – you should be receiving the 3-2-1. I’ll continue publishing the Social Media Messenger after a short hiatus.

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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. Because the real advantage email has over social is data. But, it's not all conversational.

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM Newsletter 114

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Turning your customers into advocates and marketers on behalf of your brand pays off a lot more when you’re selling $10,000 pieces of manufacturing equipment, than it does when you’re selling $3 cans of Pringles.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2011

For social media, one hand giveth (instant spread of the Bin Laden news) while the other hand taketh away (seemingly daily stories about a company or person doing it “wrong&# ). The belief in decentralized social media and every employee being in marketing is taking root in America. Trust Is Not a Four Letter Word.

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agora pulse

JUNE 22, 2020

Instead, a social media dashboard is a must for saving time, collaborating with teams, and tracking results. But with so many social media management tools on the market, how do you choose the best app for your company or agency? A Quick Look at Social Media Dashboard Basics. Social media post scheduler.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 31, 2011

It is a long-standing aspect of our company. As big a splash as Groupon made in the market and all the talk about extravagant valuations and their turning down a $6B offer from Google less than year ago, it turns out they may not have a sustainable business model. On a larger note, social media is reaching a tipping point.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Not one social media app works best for every organization. Factors like your publishing schedule, the size of your client roster, your marketing goals, the platforms you use, and your marketing budget all determine the best social media scheduling tool for your team. The Top 10 Social Media Management Tools.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). While this is important for a blog like mine, it’s flat-out critical for e-commerce companies, and others that are blogging for business.

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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.

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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. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. Nobody appreciates keyword spam on the social Web.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

We also have an outstanding publisher ( Wiley & Sons ), and a fortuitously patient, experienced editor ( Shannon Vargo ) guiding us through the obstacle course. We have some other craziness planned, too, and we’ll want to bounce ideas off of you, solicit your genius for marketing the book, and all that stuff.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Facebook fan pages are email newsletters 2.0

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Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 136

Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

To succeed in a social media, you need the right skills, the right knowledge, the right training — and the right social media marketing tools. Each social media platform operates as a silo. The right social media marketing stack quite simply makes you a better marketer. Social media scheduling tools.

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Visually SM

JULY 27, 2020

Social media tools are essential for a smart business to manage important channels in their Digital Marketing routine. Hootsuite allows you to manage multiple social content streams from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. It is one of the most famous social media tools in the market.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How can we find the existing customers that are already passionate about our client, and turn them into a volunteer marketing army? Of course, there are a ton of outstanding PR firms doing excellent work in social media, including all the folks I have the great privilege to work with every day here at Convince & Convert.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Jason Never underestimate how far showing a little humanity instead of towing the company line can go towards setting things right. From a PR standpoint, I see companies and people time and again fail to embrace the cardinal rule of admitting mistakes to the highest degree possible. Billions of dollars.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

On The Road Again If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, me and my family are somewhere between Albuquerque and Oklahoma City , with cars full of kids, the dog, the cat, the snake, the lizard, and 8 cases of wine. All these pine trees are starting to look the same. And my laptop. So, Bloomington it is.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

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agora pulse

APRIL 7, 2020

Shopping for your company’s first social media tool or needing to upgrade to a new social media management app? Finding the right social marketing tool is essential for everything from building your brand and driving sales to optimizing your digital strategy and maximizing your budget. Agorapulse. e-clincher.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Because my agency manages several social media profiles and depends on team collaboration, I find that using a single dashboard is more efficient and helps eliminate mistakes. Read on to discover how a social media dashboard can help your team do more, from scheduling and engagement to listening and reporting. Facebook Marketing.

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agora pulse

JUNE 26, 2019

So, how can you optimize your customer relationship management (CRM) strategy and cultivate a community around your brand? Find out how to build an engaged audience with the help of a social media CRM. As a social media manager , you’re always aiming to publish posts that prompt comments and likes.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

A digital marketing success story. Now, the move is toward “social objects&# which are invariably smaller, more directed pieces of content. And Facebook fan pages are often easier for marketers to update than your corporate website, not requiring you to call Gill from IT for his famous “assistance with a smirk&#.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Last week, I was on a content marketing discussion panel (moderated by Jeff Rohrs ) at the ExactTarget Connections conference. I was joined by Joe Pulizzi from Junta42 , Ann Handley from MarketingProfs , and Brad Kleinman from Online Marketing Connect. co-authored with Clinton Bonner ) Is Your Company More Interesting Than My Wife?

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Keyhole.co

JULY 9, 2023

Even home bakers can click snaps of their delicious treats, be a famous face on social media, and run a full-fledged business. Social media marketing is an indispensable tool for both elite and common businesses and individuals. Using this social media analytics tool to its full potential might take a while.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

It includes a dozen letters written to C-level executives (in general) about what they need to do to take social media to the next level. Sure, social media differs from the marketing we’re used to in that it puts the company and our customers on the same – rather than opposing – teams.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Publishing 119

agora pulse

JULY 14, 2020

While virtually every social media app lets you schedule single posts in advance, you can get even more out of a Twitter management tool with options like: Bulk publishing. Bulk publishing can save you tons of time, especially if you have a full calendar of Twitter content to schedule. Publishing queues. Content labels.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

it’s really not possible for a company (or even an individual like me) to have true conversations within social media – and certainly not with any real scale or breadth. Remember, social media makes big companies seem small again. Remember, social media makes big companies seem small again.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

The point of tracking software isn’t to determine how many tweets were sent mentioning a company, it’s to figure out what those tweets say, and what the business ramifications are. I interviewed Adam Schoenfeld , President and Co-founder of RowFeeder to learn more about the company and its plans.

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