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Why Looking in the Mirror Make an Ass Out of U and Me

Convince & Convert

Tweet Believing your customers are just like you – or homogenous in any way – is a psychological bear trap that is difficult for even the savviest marketer or executive to escape. This reliance on our marketing gut is often held up as evidence of wisdom and finely honed instinct. However, research from Forrester, Inc.

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Why You’re Pissing Off Half Your Facebook Fans

Convince & Convert

The bigger gauntlet for marketers on Facebook is sociological. New research from ExactTarget and CoTweet (clients) called “The Social Break-up&# studied why consumers turn their backs on social and email connections with brands. see previous posts about this research and customer burnout here). Special offers?

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Why I’m Competing With You. And You. And You. And You.

Convince & Convert

This concept was brought into sharp focus for me recently by the new “ Social Break-Up&# research from ExactTarget and CoTweet (clients) that examined why consumer stop engaging with brands in email, Facebook, and Twitter. Are you spending enough on digital marketing? Your Success Breeds My Success. And Vice-Versa.

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Invitation Avalanches, Attention Infidelity, and the Science of the Social Break-Up

Convince & Convert

That’s one of my main takeaways from fascinating new research from ExactTarget and CoTweet (clients) called “ The Social Break-Up &# that studies why customers call it quits like Kim Kardashian and boyfriend du jour. And that’s the other part of this research that really shook me up. Attention Infidelity.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Organizations have used it for developing programs, marketing efforts, research, and education. Delicious Social bookmarking is a great way to share interesting links that could aid in the development of an idea, education, and/or marketing efforts. Then again, not everyone is familiar with net marketing except Net Marketers.

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Why You’re Pissing Off Half Your Facebook Fans

Convince & Convert

One of several posts I based on the outstanding research from my clients and friends at ExactTarget on how we REALLY use social media. The bigger gauntlet for marketers on Facebook is sociological. see previous posts about this research and customer burnout here). This is #4. – Jay). A Downright Scary WTF? Special offers?

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The 10 Social Media Thoughts You Liked Best

Convince & Convert

There’s a LOT of places you could go to get you social media and digital marketing fix, an d I’m incredibly honored that you choose to spend time here. This was one of my favorites this year, as it was one of the first times I analyzed and interpreted research findings. No frills, no flourishes. Just thanks. She nailed it.