Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. People are the fuel behind social media, which is really just tools and tactics. Do they use social platforms and if so, how often and why?

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 17, 2010

I will look futher into that… Its hype among social media users is one thing, but for marketers it is more interesting to explore how geolocation can be used from a marketing perspective. See it here: Geolocation Based Social Media for Brands View more documents from DOUGLAS LIN.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? But those differences are at the tactics layer, not the strategy layer.

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Justin Levy

MAY 10, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking The Joint Chiefs of Staff 2010 Social Media Strategy Written on May 10, 2010 by Justin Levy in military , social media , social media strategy 16 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Convince & Convert

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. Take a look at the company’s philanthropic endeavors and cause-related initiatives, especially in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Don’t be Shy.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 25, 2010

Follow George on Twitter @GeorgieC and catch her own social media thoughts at: What’s a Girl to Do? So you are getting excited about your social media strategy, you have your creative execution standing by and are ready to start counting fans and followers.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

It punches a hole in the theory that social media and content creation success has to be a huge time commitment. As I’ve written several times, the people in your company responsible for email, and the people responsible for social media should be the same people.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. However, for marketers, a social media address is insufficient to manage that channel.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You [link] Howie at Sky Pulse Media This is what Sky Pulse Media is built on. Have them document EVERY question they receive. Ask your customers directly.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. You might want to test this. • What about you?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Do you see social media participation as one of the hurdles businesses now need to successfully clear? Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been thinking lately about why I got involved in social media. But as I pondered this connection, I realized that there was a portion of the advertising world that shared a lot of elements with social media – infomercials. The same is true in social media. But, I’m not.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

His ramblings can be found at www.membershipjedi.com This post is a compilation of ideas born out of Jay’s post “ Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success ” in which he succinctly describes one of the biggest obstacles facing organization’s pursuit of social media effectiveness – corporate culture. Why ignore it?

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Jason Yormark

JULY 27, 2010

Hell, even I’m guilty of over saturating my twitter feed with social media tweets. I’ve always tried to be fairly grounded and transparent about my knowledge of social media marketing. Below are some of these tools/strategies that I’ve used that may be useful to you in your quest to become social media relevant.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. What would you do?

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 2, 2010

This blog post does not address the conversation or strategy for approach, but suggests a head’s up towards allowing your business to build a more integrated presence for customers. So here’s a short checklist of how you can use social media to compliment your marketing activities.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts.

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM Newsletter 114

Mindjumpers

OCTOBER 1, 2010

» What You Can Learn From H&M’s Use Of Social Media Posted by Sara Hansson Oct 1st, 2010 Tweet H&M is one of the businesses that has done some great work in using social media for marketing. Take advantage of other social media channels to let other people see what is written and shown about your business.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 1, 2010

Although it has no use to see this as a novelty and certainly not as yet another silo when we want to have a cross-channel, data-driven and customer-centric holistic marketing strategy, it is worth taking a look at what experts in the area of B2B content marketing advice. What is often missing in B2B content marketing is a strategy.

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Josh S Peters

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I’ve been giving the traditional AIDA and it’s relation to social media some thought lately and the post is a summary of those thought. However, there is a trick to get it. The post isn’t here on my blog, it’s up on Mashable. Hope you enjoy it.

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Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. You can connect with him on Twitter @Conversionation A seemingly minor aspect of the social media marketing plan is drafting a social media policy and training your employees.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. The full 49-page study is full of interesting graphs and data morsels, but these are the 7 findings that I didn’t anticipate: 1. 19% seek customer support.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Elise Duplin What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce | PR 2.0 | Social Media Consulting – Convince &Convert [link]. RT @intersection1: RT @jaybaer: The power of "I'm Sorry." " What BP Should Learn From Umpire Jim Joyce. 2 little word mean so much. link] sietsema Truth, or Consequences?

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Jason Yormark

JULY 27, 2010

Hell, even I’m guilty of over saturating my twitter feed with social media tweets. I’ve always tried to be fairly grounded and transparent about my knowledge of social media marketing. Below are some of these tools/strategies that I’ve used that may be useful to you in your quest to become social media relevant.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

“The women of JaneNation have to see value in their participation, and that requires that we have a different strategy than just trying to make a quick buck,&# says Lisa. How’s that for eating your own dog food? From a business standpoint, it’s brilliant. With JaneNation, St.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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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. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 30, 2010

As mentioned in Part 1, we at Mindjumpers have integrated the social media platform Hoist as a mean for managing social knowledge sharing and project management. The platform sort of resembles the ‘next generation’ of the traditional Intranet, however with a communication feature that is similar to popular social media networks.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

The Best of Twitter 20 From the forward: I’m sitting in a ballroom in Indianapolis in September, 2008 watching Joseph Jaffe give a masterful presentation on social media transforming corporations, when I come upon the idea to interview him on Twitter. Also, thank you to the supremely talented Tzeyee Goh, who designed this eBook.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 27, 2010

Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. You can connect with him on Twitter @Conversionation Alterian has launched a series of white papers earlier this year under the name ‘social Media ROI’. The first one is called “ Four ways to take your Search Marketing to a new level with Social Media Monitoring ”.

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Engineering Social Media Alterian Tag Cloud 171

Mindjumpers

JULY 23, 2010

By engaging in social media and the possibilities that are available through Web 2.0, By engaging in social media and the possibilities that are available through Web 2.0, The blogpost on WorldClass Hotel Marketing News presents four potential strategic initiatives for social media engagement.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

With social media — or quite frankly, the existence of the Internet, any misstep you make in your personal dealings with others can become public. Social media is social. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines.

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