Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

For example, the markers for a jump to cloud computing for a declining retail company are quite different than the markers for a growing startup to embrace a business intelligence application. There is of course relentless chatter about social media ROI and success metrics. Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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Keyhole.co

JULY 9, 2023

Onboard influencers and track each influencer’s ROI to the overall campaign and other KPIs. It has made evaluating the ROI of different campaigns and tactics much easier. Jena A I like the ability to set it and forget it on the evergreen social media posting by far the most.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

That’s like finding a better way to punch people in the face&# is one of the more memorable examples of his outlook. His “Pull and Stay&# advice; segmenting customers into barrels; platforming; social currency, and other concepts are instantly applicable to real world marketing challenges fitting a wide variety of circumstances.

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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

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. You’ll be able to easier understand how these events drive social success using Swix.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Too often, we try to wield these case studies as a crude evidentiary weapon, trying to persuade ourselves or our superiors that our belief system around social media, social business, social CRM and all that jazz is in fact correct. Social Media Case Studies – The Crack of the Stat. Afterwards, it was 7,049.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. How are you integrating social media into other programs? Sound off in the comments, and maybe we’ll put together another post with great examples.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

First of all, tremendous thanks to the incredible team of guest bloggers who did an amazing job keeping the content fresh, and the conversation lively. Great example right from his blog [link] [link] Mike Ellis RT @ginidietrich: Does your blog offer enough voices asks @jaybaer? Retweets are up. RSS subscriptions are up.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

.&# Features being considered for inclusion in new releases include CRM integration; deep analysis of customers’ social graph and content they’ve produced (keyword analysis of your Tweets, for example); and even semi-automated social media response mechanisms. Just a thought.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

Says Lisa Beatty, “We want to bring women into the conversation, but also into the solution. John & Partners can have conversations with major brands that perhaps wouldn’t put the mid-sized agency on their radar otherwise. That only happens if they have a real, ongoing relationship with brands.&# With JaneNation, St.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

From what I've seen anywhere from 5-10% is a pretty decent (example: listed 500 times and have 10,000 followers) number to aim for. Personally, I've always been a fan of looking at the # of lists to # of followers ratio as to how valuable someone's time is on Twitter.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

A good example of a company’s CSR successes is Target® with its long-standing commitment to schools and education. Silberberg RT @jaybaer: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility [link] danperez Laura, you've made several good points, especially with the Target & P&G examples.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I’ve been talking a lot about the integration of email and social media , and this is another example of using cross-functional technology to build content creation and deployment synergies. Subscribers then receive a digest of all the content posted to the fan page.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Conversely, many blogs are too community-oriented, taking an overly insider approach, given that new research from my friends and clients Compendium Blogware shows that search drives 60%+ of total traffic on 80%+ of corporate blogs. link] > @jaybaer [link] Stephanie Wonderlin Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

If your team uses social media at work, particularly for clients, you’ve got to have a policy. Todd Defren and Dell have both shared excellent examples to build from. The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed. I found myself facing a room full of blank stares. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs. Can those results be tied back directly to sales, and therefore ROI? Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I suspect they could have annotated thue video with a URL and phone number and tracking code to close the conversion loop, but I fear that selling that is entirely overt within social content of that type could be viewed with a jaundiced eye by consumers. Maybe you guys have other examples where that is not so. That part is key.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Taxi Mike is Here to Help During my recent vacation in Canada, I stumbled upon a fantastic example of marketing via helpfulness, from Taxi Mike in Banff, Alberta. It’s Coffee In another example of Canadian excellence in creating marketing success through helpfulness, a Starbucks in Richmond, B.C. It’s a Bird.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

I must have used the Edelman WalMart 'flog' example 20 times in pitches and workshops! I must have used the Edelam WalMart 'Flog' example 30 times in presentations and workshops! link] Glen Walker RT @jaybaer: Get Your Social Media Story Straight [link] (great piece on the importance of followup, too) [link] ???

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

In their efforts to avoid fads or invest resources into areas they do not understand, CEOs will operate from the mindset that if it remains untouched they or their organization is off the social media grid. That can be no further from the truth — the conversation is occurring and they're essentially not at the table.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

While the merits of this particular implementation of Facebook-fueled connectivity can be debated, it’s a good example of the increasing frequency and intensity of “friend&# involvement we’re going to see in the next 12-18 months. How Much Friendship Do We Need? We sure as hell don’t lack for information at this point.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

We are a good example of a media outsider coming in with some fresh thought and making a splash. I need to be better at identifying and implementing new and relevant strategies so that we are not just “doing a bunch of stuff they could do for themselves.&# I am reading your work voraciously and going thru last years posts as well.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

It’s an example of an industry with poor understanding of taxonomy – the words and phrases used to describe products and services. Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. And great example about the eyeglasses.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

I can't think of many examples of that type of guts on the player side. They fail to take notes on good PR and instead take notes from GM b/c “they've always been a good example.&# jefflogden You are so right, Jay. link] jaybaer Weird, isn't it? Maybe golf, where people routinely penalize themselves.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Anyway, I just got off the phone with a new client out of Canada, and we had nearly the same conversation that this post covers. Anyway, I just got off the phone with a new client out of Canada, and we had nearly the same conversation that this post covers. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

What a great example to set for your children. I was struck by what a great example & experience you're providing for your children. Like most things I do, it will either be a great example for my children, or a disastrous cautionary tale. Here's to fresh starts and growing new roots in good soil!

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example. There are many more examples, but you get my point. There are many more examples, but you get my point. link] jaybaer Excellent example. link] jaybaer Socrates would have sucked at social media. link] Janna Wemmer My parents were early influencers.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Compare that ratio to Facebook, where 88% have heard of it, and 41% have a profile (a conversion rate approaching 50%). I believe Twitter will ultimately be the way that we interact with brands, and will power the social CRM movement. Twitter Sucks at Converting Awareness to Usage Known by 87%, just 7% of Americans use Twitter.

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Oktopost

JULY 27, 2021

Your content becomes an engine for conversions. Customers found through SEM via PPC ads have been shown to have a High Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and increased ROI – so why not go after more valuable leads where you can get them? In our example, lead nurturing is a pain point for someone who uses a CRM for B2B lead generation.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. Its great to see this conversation so relevant active! link] Rebecca Shaffer PR firms are asking 8 questions about social media — and they’re all wrong!: What do you think? Thanks for the kind words.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

You should know if first-time visitors are disproportionately likely to visit your Ebook page, for example. Example: Subscribe to our RSS Feed cos next weeks post will be just like this one – but TWICE as awesome. Pay attention to your statistics with regard to calls to actions. You see where I'm going here.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I looked at Meltwater Buzz a couple of months back and thought it offered a better platform than Radian6 (which is a good option in itself and often used as the industry example). That is only a one way target…what about the fans being able to submit content to a local conversation with other local people to see?

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

What under-utilized site has been called a “social media powerhouse,” and which highly popular social bookmarking site is frequently overlooked by marketers? How can you measure (or can you measure) social media ROI ? Social Media Marketing Guides and Tips. Social Media ROI Measurement Guides.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

In my social media consulting, I often emphasize with my clients the importance of using powerful, unexpected and unusual words and turns of phrase in headlines – to break through the content clutter. This appears to have worked in the case of #2, #4, #6, #11, #14, #17, #19, #23. I’m sure there’s patterns I’ve missed.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

While the willingness to invest indicates that businesses recognize the potential to develop deeper connections with their consumers in the social sphere, many are still uncertain as to how to best join the conversation. Are Gardening Forums social media? One way they do it is to have regional sub forums.

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