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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. Here's why: [link] [link] Alex de Carvalho 21% of US adults are online abstainers.

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JUNE 29, 2010

The internet is the new extension of our central nervous systems. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Television has become a nightmare to me in recent years, and I worry for the brain cells destroyed in my youth, bludgeoned by the theme songs of MASH and Night Court re-runs.

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MAY 4, 2010

On mid-1990s projects, for example, typically organizations defined hundreds of requirements and went through protracted RFP processes in search of the best software and system integrator. As for the ideal dynamic today, Enterprise 2.0 differs from its predecessor. Long and expensive consulting engagements often missed their mark.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Assuming, however, that you are not using some sort of @ptbarnum system to generate thousands of followers). Reminds me of @jaybear Twitter obsession article – [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. I look at it a little differently. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Test & Track Create a piece of content (remember to include your key phrases), and post it to the first rung in the ladder (Twitter, in this case) Use a tracking system (I prefer bit.ly) to determine how popular that specific piece of content was with your audience. GREAT INFO! Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 5, 2010

link] via… [link] MarketResearch.com Fresh twist on conventional mkt system – RT @jaybaer: Research+brand community+marketing to women=social media success. [link] [link] Kathryn Lukens Pinke Online Community w/ Purpose & a Plan. Research + brand community + marketing to women = social media success. Social media success.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

CRM systems help track every aspect of a customer through sales and into ongoing support. Through these systems, marketing other products and services to existing clients can create “Starburst Opportunities” that can add to the bottom line with minimal expense. Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 25, 2010

[link] Shane Jacob Like this post from @jaybaer nice advice on addin online marketing to an agency's services [link] [link] Shane Jacob Like this post from @jaybaer nice advice on addin online marketing to an agency's services [link] [link] Patrick Reyes The digital eco system can be applied to large companies too! Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 28, 2010

To gain from the social influencers , their needs need to be catered to and the system needs to be attuned to them. It might become a giant text couponing system for some businesses who don't need anything else from it in regards to pushing people to other web resources. Jamie Beckland has discussed this in detail here: [link].

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APRIL 13, 2010

For two reasons: 1) their music is part of my nervous system now and still resonates with me; 2) more importantly, theirs is the story of a lifecycle. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Seems to me Plato ended up writing anything attributed to Socrates. An App, I'm in!

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AUGUST 10, 2010

To keep the system from being gamed, it doesn’t work like that. Except for Pete Blackshaw, and Jacob Morgan to some extent, I don’t see many of them out there, but I may be wrong and am always interested in a few good feeds blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

If you wanted to create a system that replicated as best as possible the physical act of two people speaking to one another in the same place at the same time, would you build Twitter, or a WordPress comment system, or Facebook, or Linkedin? blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Companies need to get the values right, the message right and the right systems to support their customers before entering into a social media marketing program. Companies need to get the values right, the message right and the right systems to support their customers before entering into a social media marketing program. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Then, strategize ways you could make those problems disappear by providing better content (as with Geek Squad), faster response (as with Nationwide), or better access to help (as many companies are doing by launching online customer support communities using Get Satisfaction or other systems). Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Is that a recent add to the system? Very simple, these are questions that don't need the complexity of Radian6 or other tope end monitoring systems. Great point on flashy not always being better. I do have a question for you though. On your chart, you show that SM2 can get down to the state level on the geographic filter.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Do you have systems in place that allow you to plug in all these new customer touchpoints and communications into enterprise-wide systems? P.S. this is my 100th comment on Disqus, and I couldn't think of a better place to have it [link] Randy Kemp Getting Serious About Social Media [link] [link] Brett Pollard Excellent!

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AUGUST 26, 2010

RowFeeder – Raw and Ready That’s what I like so much about the new RowFeeder social data gathering system. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. I will like to try and see how good can do for my web design company. Im Jay Baer.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 18, 2011

So, I added the Facebook commenting system to the page. Email Two: The FAQ. Use something like Disqus or Facebook comments on the page and watch the discussions begin. Thankfully, a lot of people are following it. Since I have this awesome feedback from buyers, I wanted new potential customers to see that. The Result.

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JUNE 3, 2010

But this is a pretty clumsy setup, and wouldn't apply to other content publisher's various rating systems. I can see them striking a deal where, say a 3 star rating and up constitutes a 'Like', and is posted to the user's Facebook wall. Im Jay Baer.

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JULY 8, 2010

They need to have a means of communication external to their system. This allows them to tell you when the system is down or experiencing service issues. All of those Friend Request and Follower emails sent by Facebook & Twitter respectively pull you back into their system & increase usage/engagement. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Perhaps operating system has something t do with it as well? Perhaps operating system has something t do with it as well? However there is some usages in this for businesses blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. link] Ian Greenleigh Flowtown + Salesforce = data integrity. (how

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JULY 13, 2010

There needs to be system in place that fosters a hands-on learning environment for everyone. If you're tempted to take a look, feel free at: [link] [link] fury Twitter: [link] : Sharing: Why the Digital Divide is Dea… [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ [link] Chuck Reynolds Interesting you post this as we have a small Arizona business owner Yelp disaster on our hands. I'm pleased that their Twitter team member followed-up and resolved the issue by having customer service call me. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 30, 2010

How many of you reading this have been annoyed in the last week by reaching a computerized answering system instead of being allowed to speak to a customer service rep? blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. But get a real person talking back to you, then you may have a customer.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Arm your manager with a mobile device and an email alert system: For the final question of the #socialmedia chat, we talked about tips for businesses looking to take advantage of Foursquare. This is already tracked via advanced payment computer systems of today). Depends on your resources and how big these geo-apps get.

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APRIL 22, 2010

The tools may change but the system is the same. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Pet rock dude is laughing all the way to the bank while the scoffers are still pinching pennies. Capitalize on what is now while having enough foresight to catch the coming trends. Im Jay Baer.

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JUNE 23, 2010

If you can control the constraints of a system, you can influence the order within that system. In crowdsourced systems – or in self-organizing systems – control of the community from the top down by administrative decree won't work — but controlling the captology of the system just might.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 30, 2010

Infraction #1 : Digg’s FAQ (Submitting Section, Question #3) says that duplicate submissions are bannable violations. His URL is appended with a _2, which indicates that it was a duplicate submission: [link] The ironic thing is that Digg has a somewhat decent duplicate detection system. I like Digg — a lot.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Example: An educational supply company that discovered customers using their lite diffraction “rainbow glasses&# (grade school science teachers) also used them as wedding party favors (when the lights went out, glasses go on and psychedelic experiences begin w/ the DJ’s light systems). Result: A new market discovered. Im Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

The admin tools are rudimentary, and to get anything half way approaching a decent system you have to pay a considerable (I mean *really* considerable) amount to one of the few approved FB developers who are currently getting moderation suites together. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I cannot every emphasize enough to the members of my web site and those who attend my semi-annual Niche Affiliate Marketing System user conference the important of relationship building. [link] from @jaybaer [link] David Perdew Exactly, Jay! Sure: if you want to reach 1000 people to get them into your list, you can do that in a snap.

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