Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Most media companies either have legacy systems in print or (I can’t believe I’m saying this) digital. Yes, digital, as in desktop publishing, is becoming a legacy system. Joe: For low-tech businesses, an excel spreadsheet, a content management system like WordPress (for your blog) and a solid email provider is really all you need.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 30, 2015

The truth is that I spend way more on these systems now than I did then. An example? All of my landing pages are created with Shortstack, but here’s an example. Disqus Comment System : I’ve used Disqus pretty much from the jump. I’m perfectly happy with Disqus.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2009

You can also try out the service by clicking on the Small Rivers button below and taking a look at an example network.

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Justin Levy

JULY 3, 2010

Go ahead, chuckle and get it out of your system. Their system is even classifying Chris Brogan’s website as a Usenet and is blocking it. For example, what questions would you ask of a foreign hotel the next time you are making a reservation for a business trip. I know this may sound trite.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 13, 2010

For example, I was commenting on a post on whether to go with comment moderation or closing comments , and when I saw my comment was not just sentences but paragraphs, I turned it into a post on whether closing blog comments is a good idea. The JSkit comment system. The Disqus commenting system.

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Justin Levy

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

As Google explains : For now, Google OS is not designed to be your main operating system. It’s just a fast way to get online, a simplified operating system that removes unnecessary software and opens the browser in a few seconds. Initially, the target will be netbooks and will change the way we think of the typical desktop.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While many bloggers prefer to stick with their native comments system, whether it’s WordPress, Blogger or any other of the popular platforms, others are preferring to use third-party systems like Disqus , IntenseDebate and Livefyre , amongst others. Native Comments. You can use CommentLuv. Easier buy-in for commenters.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 3, 2017

– Use Disqus / FB comments. I’ll be recommending it as part of your own planning system in a moment.). A great example is Michael Hyatt’s blog post template, which he details in Anatomy of an Effective Blog Post. . – Close comments on old posts. Now this is a very bare-bones plan. Step #3: Type an Outline.

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The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I want to start by establishing something – there is no ethical or moral argument against the owner of a website or blog making the decision to turn off a commenting system. The usual example is Fred Wilson’s community at avc.com. Is it ‘right’ to turn off the comments?

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 13, 2014

I’ve heard Gmail has a new filter system, could it hurt my open rates? Some feel like this filtering system will not affect their open rates because Gmail isn’t the largest email provider. By adhering to the Gmail’s filter system, it could raise your open rates. Excluding sites like Paypal and Disqus).

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Josh S Peters

APRIL 8, 2009

In the example I used above we saw that 50% of the front page of Google were links to my social media profiles. Create a system and keep your keywords in mind when using any form of social media. Search engines can’t see pictures so make sure your alt tags are properly used for putting keywords into your content.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 6, 2011

The latest comes in the form of Facebook’s newly launched comments plug-in, a powerful system that is bound to re-define how users comment on Blogs and other social media sites. Let’s look at this all new plug-in and what makes it vastly different from already available commenting systems like Disqus, Intense Debate etc.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

A collaboration between RESMARK Systems (a provider of hospitality software), Western River Expeditions (an adventure tour company), Compendium (provider of corporate content creation software), and ExactTarget (provider of enterprise messaging software) shows how this can be done day-to-day. Awesome post!!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Your suggestions are great for newcomers to the social media field, but what do you do when experienced users try to use their expertise to take advantage of the system? For example: the apache server, since its code is open any attacker can analyze it, search for loopholes and devise an attack.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The numbers would be a lot more representative if this approach was implemented, and the incentive to have users gaming these systems would be substantially diminished. The examples you gave of people copying full text of a story somewhere else is in the very slim minority from my experience. FriendFeed specifically is troubling.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 14, 2012

Some examples of blogs run on this platform include: [link]. Disqus integration for commenting. CushyCMS is available from Stateless Systems and comes in two forms: free. If you upgrade to the pro package, you get all that, plus direct email support from Stateless Systems. in-built news system. support for tagging.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer. When I was having some issues adding the commenting system to my web site, I was able to quickly get a response from the JS-Kit team and their users. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

For example, someone will come in and deliver a talk on getting rid of fear-based systems based on writing people up and reporting and instead go to best-practices, such as doing better casework out in the field. They THINK in terms of hierarchies, numbers, accountability, punitive systems. Summit site ( [link] ). The Whole. :

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The Way of the Web

MAY 2, 2010

But as they grew from relatively humble beginnings, they’ve tackled it as they’ve grown without having to worry about legacy systems and overheads. Compare that to the epic lists of staff at most magazines, for example, and you can see a big contrast. All it takes is one bad example to put brands off.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

As an example, let’s take a look at Robert Scoble’s FriendFeed (click the image for a larger view): In this screenshot, Robert utilized both Google Reader and Twitter, and the comments spread to his feed where an ongoing discussion ensued. It’s a great system … in theory.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 5, 2010

For example, the wristwatch has been coming under attack from the fact so many people use their mobile phone for checking the time (and a lot more). And past ideas to include digital information in a watch have generally been a bit, well, rubbish, as they’ve tended to look like a reject from the 1980s vision of the future.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

Hopefully Digg will start addressing the aforementioned issue in addition to the other usability issues that plague the system. I don’t want anyone but the intended recipient to see shouts, for example. What you really are asking for is a private messaging system, which was never the intent of shouts.

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The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Particularly as Google tested the system internally, where everyone had a Gmail account and several of the public problems just never arose. Take Wikileaks as an example of the positives that can come from anonymity. blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners:

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 29, 2010

Incidentally, Michael has been on a bit of a roll with his blog posts recently – some great writing about the usage of APIs for example. And I’m also flattered by the fact Michael Leis credited me with inspiring his latest post on the iPad. Well worth reading/subscribing to). But I really miss the social side of online gaming.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Frank Lee shares a Free Gift to guide you step-by-step to “Breakthrough Article Marketing&# – simply visit his site today and discover how you too can generate loads of free buying traffic using a simple 5 step unique article writing method in his Internet Marketing Systems. What’s a good example of this?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

And if you are, I hope you have a disaster recovery system in place!) Don’t you think, however, that the more consumers use social media for customer service, the more it floods the system? When enough people got it, the thieves developed a system to get through it in 10 seconds. It’s like THE CLUB.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A Social Anthropologist, Hidden In Your Keyboard Flowtown enables you to enter any email address, and the system instantly reports back where and how that address is connected on the social Web. But, the current system is just the beginning. The more email addresses a person uses across the social Web, the less ideal the results.

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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. Well, I’ll try to keep the answer short because complete answer is a long one. Is the same true in adoption of new technologies? Great question.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 6, 2011

The latest comes in the form of Facebook’s newly launched comments plug-in, a powerful system that is bound to re-define how users comment on Blogs and other social media sites. Let’s look at this all new plug-in and what makes it vastly different from already available commenting systems like Disqus, Intense Debate etc.

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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. jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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Josh S Peters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

This can take the form of a discount card, some kind of point system, or keeping a list of your best customers and having an event in their honor. For example, the ads on Glam.com say “Born to Set Trends,&# and the ads on PopSugar say “Born to Strategize.&# The Gap experience, as mentioned above is a good example.

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Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2010

The measuring process works just like any other profit and loss system however the parameters are very very different. On the other side of the debate I heard a great example given during an evening get together at Media140 in Bristol a couple of months ago. It could be qualitative and / or quantitative.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Halo is the flagship title which could justify revitalisation after this long leading the way and a few initial forays into spin-offs (Halo Wars for example). Tags: Digital Culture · Videogames · xbox 360 blog comments powered by Disqus Blog Partners:

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

“All “official&# government systems must be hosted on.gov domains per FISMA (law). link] Andrea Baker In all my talks either I bring it up or someone else, but the TSA Blog is a great example of Government 2.0, .&# How did you determine whether to host the blog on a.gov or a.com server? Thanks for the article.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

link] [link] Natalie Stanczyk Great example of an online community: [link] [link] Russ Henneberry RT @jaybaer: An Online Community with a Purpose, and a Plan. link] via… [link] MarketResearch.com Fresh twist on conventional mkt system – RT @jaybaer: Research+brand community+marketing to women=social media success.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

Reddit and Mixx , on the other hand, live on a karma system. Social media isn’t going away, but this example shows that some systems just happen to work better than others. Everything about Digg is a competition, the comment system, the submission system, the user-base.

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