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MAY 26, 2010

Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Place making social media (Foursquare, Gowalla, et al) will continue to gain traction over the next 18 months. Im Jay Baer.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Think Different Here’s 6 ways to differentiate agency social media services: 1. Social is an Ingredient, not an Entree Help clients find ways to add social components to existing marketing (print, outdoor, broadcast, direct mail, email, search, live events) – rather than viewing social media as a freestanding silo.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Now, I’m not suggesting Foursquare will ever approach Twitter’s level of ubiquity, much less Facebook’s. Because Foursquare makes very little sense unless you’re in a physical location like a store, restaurant, etc. At least it is for me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

These posts are not in response to newsworthy events, nor are they displayed in any particular order. The article has examples of how social media worked too. The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Government 2.0 , Prof. The 9 traits of a successful social-media manager [.] Government 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Meanwhile, however, I do very much like Facebook Lite , which strips down a lot of the shiny distractions, and gives you a threaded News Feed, birthdays, and events – and that’s about it. Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert.

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MARCH 22, 2010

This program is being produced by Mike Stelzner, who runs the successful Social Media Examiner site (where I write monthly).

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JULY 22, 2010

Let’s look at a few examples of companies that have done this successfully: Yelp’s Elite Squad: Yelp operates a social networking, user review, and local search website for members to post reviews and get user feedback on local businesses and restaurants. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Opportunities Via Geography Recently, I was in downtown Flagstaff (where I live) and used Foursquare to check-in at a local restaurant. That type of rifle shot, competitive marketing would be unthinkable in the “real world&# , but it happens every minute of every day on Foursquare. That’s the Opportunity Economy at work.

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MARCH 16, 2010

FourSquare and Gowalla go Back to the Future The new location-based darlings FourSquare and Gowalla are stealing a lot of the place-based intimacy that originally propelled Twitter. link] larrythewineguy Seems to me you wouldn't put all your eggs into any one basket, Twitter, Facebook, FourSquare or any of them.

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JUNE 3, 2010

It’s making social content sharing more fun. Ask a newly-minted Foursquare mayor how they feel about it. Of these trends, the biggest is the embedding of services into online infrastructure, because the line of demarcation between your website and our social networks is going to get very fuzzy over the next few years.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

Some said we lost our innocence in the Kaycee Nicole scandal, but there still exists a vast network of potential support out here in the social networks, and from time to time scammers succeed in tapping into this resource. Reply dangrsmind July 21, 2008 at 11:38 am Nice summary of the plurk events and the Kaycee Nicole story.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. On multiple occasions, I noticed an overlay during their episodes that encouraged users to follow them on Foursquare with a link to a Facebook.com address. I posted to Flickr and tried my best to bring it to their attention.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

2) Kara is right, social media is still relatively new. Companies are getting that they need to listen and engage with customers on social networks. I've learned exponentially from the honest and frank comments about a brand that are often only revealed in online forums and social networks. That’s step 1.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Social PR & Influencer Outreach Using social connectivity to introduce your company or products to influencers. In either event, your job in this circumstance is to create conversation. link] [link] Carrie Bond RT @markwschaefer: RT @jaybaer: Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches? How can I help you? Im Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

and its restricted access, people had no need to use any other names on the Mark Zuckerberg-created social network. It’s how social networks are intended to be used. Contributions on a Facebook event wall that come from a social media aficionado whose name clearly isn’t on his (her?)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The Conference Isn’t That Good Whether it was their fourth time or first, every person I spoke to within my social media bubble (and I asked about 50) said the same thing – “I was surprised by how bad some of the sessions were.&# More so than any other event I attend, SXSW is conference roulette.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

link] ivanhernandez Nobody Said Social Media Was Easy [link] – via @jaybaer blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Just a humorous metaphor. link] jaybaer I totally understand. Just a humorous metaphor. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 16, 2010

It's a new way to use social media from a sales standpoint that is being overlooked. link] #marketing #online #socialmedia blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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