Convince & Convert

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. Myspace also. Yahoo, too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. As a social media marketer, you might be ill-prepared for these unpleasant experiences.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. 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.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

When I discuss this concept with companies, however, too often I hear something in the realm of “we don’t know what to provide our customers that would be helpful.&# Try to return something to your own company. Make it a habit within your organization to “shop&# yourself. Buy your own product.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. The RSS feed is: [link]. “Social media is not always about what happens digitally; it happens in real life, too.” Social Media Stat of the Week: 927,500 tweets about the Emmys. Listen Now.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Jason Miller , Social Content Manager at Beam Global , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the complex legal issues of running an alcohol-related brand’s social media operations, the off-limits social channels, and how important storytelling is in the face of the visual takeover of social.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Sure, you can centralize some of your social media chores (great post by Chris Brogan), by using Tweetdeck or Seesmic. For normal humans that check social media a couple times a day, NutshellMail may become your new favorite social companion. You run over to check your Twitter account. Then Linkedin.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is Episode 30 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Eric Schwartzman , online social media training provider, entrepreneur and the best-selling co-author of Social Marketing to the Business Customer. The RSS feed is: [link]. Listen Now.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. 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. You might want to test this. • What about you?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? Social Media? Most B2B companies have fewer customers, so the opinions of each are magnified.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. That said, if you are a large company, it could take you 3-4 months just to coordinate calendars to get all the right people gathered!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

LinkedIn is so much more than social networking for businesses and business people – it can totally change how you run your business as a whole. Remember, you’re not on Facebook, Google+, or MySpace here – this is a social network for business professionals. Find Investors. Like this post?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 11, 2011

A few days ago Crystal Vilkaitis , Director of Social Media for SnapRetail, asked her Twitter followers how everyone liked Google+. Since I use social media to market my company, and myself, I personally am struggling with this feature. This is Google’s best attempt at social yet, but it may be too little too late.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Everyone knows that more often then not that marketing dollars are often the first to go, most of us also know that the companies that make smart use of their marketing dollars in economic downturns often can gain considerable market share. Featuring the Thesis Wufoo Skin WordPress Admin

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Firebelly Work: J.C. Facebook Secures Patent for News Feed By Ben Parr A new patent awarded to Facebook this week could have some big implications for the entire social media industry. The world’s largest social network now own the patent for the news feed.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) By Gina Trapani Googles new social media service Google Buzz will show up in your Gmail account this week. Social Media Marketing Best Practices By Debra Aho Williamson eMarketer forecasts that social network ad spending will reach $2.5

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

In a sea of “me too&# books about social media, Cognitive Surplus stands out as about so much more. link] Hot In Marketing Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Con. Who we are. Who we want to be. link] < possibly.

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 25, 2013

Would you read something about a 2012 political election, or best practices for using MySpace? The only thing quicker than Google’s capacity for crawling and indexing content is Twitter, one of the world’s fastest-moving social media networks. Your content is really only as good as its context. Probably not. Unfortunately, no.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I love thinking about the potential that social media has in fundamentally changing the way our government operates. I also love telling my clients that they’re not ready for social media.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. This was an item requested by approximately 125% of Swix’ customers, and the company was finally able to pull it off. I’m psyched about the Kurrently search engine ). Comment away!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

This is Episode 25 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). The RSS feed is: [link].

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

RSS subscriptions are up. I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen. Indra Gardiner covered social media law in a way that I cannot. Visits are up.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 22, 2010

July 22nd, 2010 · View Comments Apparently American consumers surveyed in the 2010 American Customer Survey Index ranked Facebook lower than any other business in its category, but it still managed to beat Myspace by a point. The question is whether anyone is surprised: a) That social networks can lead to dissatisfaction?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

4 Jobs I’ve Had Right after college, I worked for a few months in tech support at a forex company in the Empire State Building. You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Welcome to Social Media U. AltSearchEngines.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

I once calculated time spent blogging vs. number of RSS subscribers. 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. link] jaybaer Seriously, you are missing the boat on the Double Down.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Or will they overthrow the computational and communicational status quo with MySpace, MyBlog, and MyWiki?â?? s companies can use technology to place users in control of information, and is home to ongoing discussion about the user revolution and Enterprise 2.0 Japanese Business Culture & Social Computing. Social Computing.

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Diva Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

1 topic about social media marketing. However, with the onset of social media your favorite author may not be a staff writer but a reader. With a passion for all things social media, she recognizes the power and opportunity that the new media platform presents. 30 minutes. 2 maybe 3 guests.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 15, 2008

But first I would like to answer some of the questions I have been receiving about our upcoming events, Social Media Workshop Hawaii and Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawai. Charlene Li What is Social Media? What is the Social Media Workshop Hawaii? What is the Hawaii Chapter of the Social Media Club?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Is Social Media Becoming Boring? Is Social Media Becoming Boring? by Tamar Weinberg on April 14, 2010 Share For most, social media is new and fun.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Stop the Posturing About Government 2.0 Development , Social Media Stand Out and Do Something! Time to step out of the echo chamber of the social media blogosphere.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system.

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