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MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail? Note that I didn’t include Web design. Embrace Math.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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JULY 5, 2010

I have recruited a posse of incredibly smart social media, digital marketing, and public relations thinkers to entertain and inform you while I’m learning how to pay with colored money, and my son attends hockey camp. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form. UNderstandable One of the most commendable aspects of this book is Stratten’s gift for boiling down a marketing principle to its simplest form.

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JULY 27, 2010

Before Permission Marketing , how much audience did Seth Godin have? I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen. It will pay off. link] [link] John D.

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MAY 12, 2010

link] #SMM [link] Doktor Marketing Would You Try It With a Fox? Holding a semi-annual niche affiliate marketing conference, it is quite common for me to find folks who want nothing to do with social media. marketing [link] Lisa Diomede Would You Try It With a Fox? marketing [link] Randy Kemp Would You Try It With a Fox?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

“The mainstream gaming market will always be native. It’s generally easier for marketers to garner excitement for a native app, though this will change over time. link] blur Marketing [link] Is It Curtains for the App Store? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Everything.

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JUNE 29, 2010

link] Hot In Marketing Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Con. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc., “ Your Content Stinks!

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MAY 4, 2010

link] [link] Hot In Marketing Social Media's Internal Impact – An Interview with Phil Simon | Internal Social Media | Social Media Consultin. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? Roberts @njmirolo Always fun! Im Jay Baer.

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MAY 13, 2010

I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. (I I use this a lot. Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards. It’s not viral unless it is.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social Media is Email Without the Database Because social communication feels more authentic and timely in most cases, email marketers must fully embrace testing, personalization and optimization to boost relevancy for recipients. Follow/fan/friend is just opt-in – and all you've done is agreed to be sent direct marketing.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. To paraphrase Tina Turner , we don’t need another acronym.

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JULY 26, 2010

Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I think PitchEngine has the potential to change the way we publish – maybe even the way we think of our blogs and websites. Im Jay Baer. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. It’s Time to Put Content Strategy First, Shiny Objects Second Until recently, interactive marketing tactics and techniques, bells and whistles, and new online tools often outshone smart, targeted messaging.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Randy Kemp: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) topsy_top20k RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail: Keeping tabs on your social media connec… [link] #marketing [link] Focus Communications interesting. This, I'll try. This, I'll try.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. Southwest Airlines has to coordinate its marketing and customer service response, in real-time, create its own content on its blog and Twitter account, while also dealing with the media jackals.

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MARCH 4, 2010

After your webinar yesterday my department spent an hour or so asking ourselves, “What IS the goal of our blog?&# Metrics would include the number of times a post is mentioned in other blogs or media, references, RT's, etc. Very helpful post, Jay. Jury's still out.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Download it: [link] [link] Marketing Cloud RT @jerrykfreeman: Have you scored a free copy of @jaybaer's Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of #Twitter 20? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Download it: [link] [link] Lucy Railton Hope to read this if/when MC naps.

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JULY 21, 2010

A recent presentation at the PRSA Counselors Academy, by Michael Lasky , Partner and Chair of the Public Relations Law Practice at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert in NY, provided a wake up call to those in attendance about how the law is slowly creeping into the social landscape and why responsible marketers had better pay attention.

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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. More Work Upfront, Less Ongoing What I love about this program (in addition to the eye-popping results): It’s rooted in helpfulness, not marketing.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not.

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. This 40-something Florida Mom found he… [link] [link] I Marketing Exposed Online Community With Purpose and a Plan: Lisa Beatty was at a cross-roads.

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MARCH 25, 2010

I'll be checking this out tonight: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] [link] ATI Attraction Mktg A #SocialMedia Scoreboard That Works [link] [link] Kopano Media RT @BenySchonfeld: No kidding, this is awesome!

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. The More Things Change, The More Things Change | Social Media Marketing | [link] [link] Tena Hartwig great post featuring @bulbstorm! agencies, you should be experimenting with this too). These are exciting times at Bulb HQ!

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JUNE 11, 2010

We have some other craziness planned, too, and we’ll want to bounce ideas off of you, solicit your genius for marketing the book, and all that stuff. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Facebook Marketing: Now Available! I’m proud to announce that my first book, Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign (affiliate link), is now available for purchase.

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JUNE 7, 2010

This is the overarch… [link] #marketing [link] Jim Weldon Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed: Yes, nice guys can finish first. link] [link] Hot In Marketing Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert [link] [link] LoriBurke I want to win this book too.

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APRIL 20, 2010

link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Is your social media program about asking, … [link] #marketing [link] Evo Terra Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

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JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. link] [link] WebPro360 And, it's not just about businesses 'tooting' their own horn. Great thoughts, Laura!

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APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? People who… [link] #marketing [link] Innovate AZ The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life: Who Influenced You?All Who influenced you, and why? link] Scott R.

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JULY 15, 2010

I have seen far too many organizations fail, from the outset, for not having had a clear understanding of the discipline and rigor needed to keep their social media marketing efforts on the tracks. I have been the one man show for social media marketing for [link] Tourism website for the area, and have gotten accounts to 5000 within 9 months.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Also, see amazing stuff from Olivier Blanchard , and a killer Webinar from Beth Harte. Sessions start October 5. Go to [link] to save 50% for a limited time.

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MARCH 3, 2010

An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers. Learn the Science of Social Like any other online marketing program, social media is widely measurable – and testable.

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