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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

link] Lauren Faith Great post that can be summarized as the old comparison of shotgun approaches and rifle approaches. I especially like your comparison of social media to digital bumper stickers and an expression of passion for something, as opposed to permission to market to them. that I love when you blog about email marketing.

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Is Social Media A Fad?

Justin Levy

They think about the numerous news stories about pedophiles on MySpace ; don’t understand why you should tell people that you had pizza for dinner on Twitter ; and think that Facebook is only for high school and college students. In order to turn these groups of people into believers, they need stats and case studies.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy 6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace Driving Sales with Relevancy and Utility [link] Innovate AZ 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. Interesting read and comparison. Interesting read and comparison. Taking in too many late night 1960s Godzilla?

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In comparison, here’s another anomaly (for its time). These are the users who are familiar with networking on Digg (finding friends with similar interests) and checking not only the front page of Digg but the Upcoming page as well (which is far more important). My feelings are that Digg shouldn’t punish the top users.

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

Convince & Convert

Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I’ve started a comparison chart, based only on my own experience and opinion, for you to use and update as you see fit. Also, thanks for having Sysomos in your comparison. However, I couldn't disagree with you more on your solution provider comparison matrix. From your comparison, it looks like you don't favor Spiral 16.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I think the banks/financial institutions should be included in your comparison. A sorry WOULD help but at this point, BP is way too ahead in terms of bad PR for it to make any difference. Fawn Thanks Jay. You are exactly on point here. Where is humanity in the corporate world today? What BP Can Learn From the Umpire. How can I help you?