Proactive Report

DECEMBER 27, 2010

For three years or so savvy companies and organizations have been experimenting with how to become a social brand. They’ve experimented with social media campaigns and activities, mostly in the marketing and PR arena. Some have been dragged into social CRM by their customers.

Yammer 105

Yammer Trends Training Wiki 105

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It use to be that Apple was the scrappy underdog and white knight to Microsoft's evil empire. Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? .&#

Social Media 113

Social Media Strategy Apple iPhone 113

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. An interesting little related aside.

Social Media 117

Social Media Strategy Social CRM Company 117

Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Remember all the hubbub last fall when the FTC released its Guidelines for Blogging and Social Media ? Companies must also uphold privacy laws. link] #agchat [link] Judy Kane Social Media Lawsuits are coming. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. The Lawyers R Coming.

Social Media 153

Social Media Policies Consultant Social CRM 153

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JUNE 7, 2010

The details of his somewhat haphazard education at Harvard, and his kismet kissed co-founding of LinkExchange (ultimately sold to Microsoft for $265 million) are downright fascinating. Hsieh and his co-founders’ went to truly extraordinary lengths to keep the company alive, including housing employees in their homes.

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Review Consultant 119

Oktopost

JULY 27, 2021

By marketing through search engine results and paid search advertising, a company can capture high-quality leads with intent to buy. PPC advertising allows your B2B company to pay a set fee to have text-based advertisements appear in paid search results. Bing ads through Microsoft Advertising are now even integrated with LinkedIn.

B2B 118

B2B Marketing SEO Engineering 118

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

and Canada to Microsoft’s Bing last week. Don’t Sell Too Early Many of the missteps that contributed to MySpace’s decay were based on the company not moving beyond its core proposition. In 2006, you have a veritable ATM machine, with companies begging you to put banner ads on your site. But back to MySpace.

MySpace 136

MySpace Facebook Social CRM Consultant 136

Sprout Social

JULY 17, 2023

But without a social CRM tool, that information stays isolated within marketing teams. The right social media management tool can unite teams around deep customer insights, cutting confusion and increasing collaboration. What is social CRM? This is an issue that has plagued social and service teams for years.

Social CRM 80

Social CRM Microsoft Collaboration Software 80

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. RowFeeder – Raw and Ready That’s what I like so much about the new RowFeeder social data gathering system.

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Analysis Reputation 119

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. Blogging has reached that point, and now social media is approaching it. Resources deployed.

Social Media 120

Social Media Consultant Social CRM eBook 120

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Or Microsoft. “I built Kurrently in the three weeks between the end of school and the beginning of my internship at Microsoft,&# said Kurrently’s creator Gilbert Leung in my recent Skype interview with him. It came from a Canadian computer sciences student who uses his free time pretty damn wisely.

Social Media 164

Social Media Strategy Engineering Social CRM 164

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

If the standard unit of publication becomes something other than the page, but rather smaller social objects like status updates and photos being published and ranked in real-time, Google’s role in that equation is diminished. A company rang me recently to say that Google black listed them. Build a website.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Marketing Consultant 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

If the standard unit of publication becomes something other than the page, but rather smaller social objects like status updates and photos being published and ranked in real-time, Google’s role in that equation is diminished. A company rang me recently to say that Google black listed them. Build a website.

Facebook 167

Facebook Consultant Social Media Sites 167

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Social CRM: Generate customer profiles and add relevant information to help your customer support team. Enterprise companies, mid-size brands, small businesses and agencies that want a full package of tools to make data-driven strategic decisions, build lasting relationships with customers and grow their social media presence.

Social Media 97

Social Media Tools Sentiment Small Business 97

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. mid-sized and large companies today, the email group and the social media group are not the same, and communicate infrequently. Metrics Integration Due to its online nature, social media is inherently measurable.

CoTweet 116

CoTweet CoTweet Analysis Consultant 116