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AUGUST 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking About Email jay@convinceandconvert.com Ear +1 602.616.1895 Book Me to Speak to Your Group About Social Media Upcoming Social Media Speaking Gigs ExactTarget Connections - September 14-16 - Indianapolis Coastal Social - September 29 - Baton Rouge American Automobile Association - October 6 - Orlando Facebook Success Summit - October (..)

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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.

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MAY 12, 2010

You Just Might Like Green Eggs and Ham (in fact, ironically, you can click here to “like it&# on Facebook ) More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Are You A Shaq or A Penelope Are You Cherishing the Wrong Trophy Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… (..)

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Won’t we soon see forms that ask us to choose one or all of these contact methods: Email newsletter Blog (via RSS or email) Twitter Facebook Remember, social media is an ingredient, not an entree. Will you spend some time thinking about how to integrate your social messaging, not building a throne for it?

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JULY 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking About Email jay@convinceandconvert.com Ear +1 602.616.1895 Book Me to Speak to Your Group About Social Media Upcoming Social Media Speaking Gigs ExactTarget Connections - September 14-16 - Indianapolis Coastal Social - September 29 - Baton Rouge American Automobile Association - October 6 - Orlando Facebook Success Summit - October (..)

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JUNE 17, 2010

Whatever your Twitter objectives might be, I suggest you spend some time with yourself figuring out what they are, and how to measure whether you’re accomplishing your goals. link] EllisTweet Given the volume of yammering about how to measure social networking success, I must say that this post, Jay, stands out.

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MAY 4, 2010

Each chapter in the book provides, at high level, detail about when, why, and how to implement each technology. My friend Amber Naslund writes a lot of the need to “ manage up &# in social media—making sure the folks doing the work are communicating effectively to the C-Suite.

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JUNE 29, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 7 Ways to Use Social Media to Build Stunning Brands The Wisdom of Social Media X-Rays Marketing Sideways to Win at Social Media Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) How Not To Use Social Media (The Arkayne (..)

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Consulting Speaking About Email jay@convinceandconvert.com Ear +1 602.616.1895 Book Me to Speak to Your Group About Social Media Upcoming Social Media Speaking Gigs ExactTarget Connections - September 14-16 - Indianapolis Coastal Social - September 29 - Baton Rouge American Automobile Association - October 6 - Orlando Facebook Success Summit - October (..)

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MAY 13, 2010

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. Social media doesn’t create negativity, it uncovers it. Social media is the ultimate canary in the coal mine. Social media is an ingredient, not an entree.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Consulting Speaking About Email jay@convinceandconvert.com Ear +1 602.616.1895 Book Me to Speak to Your Group About Social Media Upcoming Social Media Speaking Gigs ExactTarget Connections - September 14-16 - Indianapolis Coastal Social - September 29 - Baton Rouge American Automobile Association - October 6 - Orlando Facebook Success Summit - October (..)

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

If you take Flowtown for a spin (they have a free trial), will you please tell us all how it goes in the comments? To know how an audience is using a platform woudl allow us to know how to direct our clients to engage their audience. Just a thought. link] ethan Hi Josh, Great feedback will share with the team.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Simon RT @JamieCrager: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing by @jaybaer [link] RT @HowellMarketing: @MarisaCorser @cargillcreative [link] Abbi Siler RT @dscweb: Story of small biz helping customers share experiences thru soc media from @jaybaer Very cool [link] #smallbiz [link] Joel Book RT @jaybaer: The 3 Amigos: Email, Blogging, Social Sharing.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media Social Media Makes Everything Marketing The Wisdom of Social Media X-Rays Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne Blog) How Not To Use Social Media (The Arkayne Blog) Tagged as: accidental (..)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

How can you make use of NutshellMail to simplify your social media chores? Thanks for tip, try to get to sleep now… Regards, Mark van Horik SYNERGY4 @synergy4 [link] Carlos Enrique Ortiz How to see diferent accounts (twitter, facebook, emails) in just one email account.

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JULY 26, 2010

Consulting Speaking About Email jay@convinceandconvert.com Ear +1 602.616.1895 Book Me to Speak to Your Group About Social Media Upcoming Social Media Speaking Gigs ExactTarget Connections - September 14-16 - Indianapolis Coastal Social - September 29 - Baton Rouge American Automobile Association - October 6 - Orlando Facebook Success Summit - October (..)

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MAY 25, 2010

link] [link] Ken Burbary Good stuff for traditional agencies trying to go Digital RT @jaybaer: Agencies: How to Add Digital Services to Your Mix. link] [link] Ken Burbary Good stuff for traditional agencies trying to go Digital RT @jaybaer: Agencies: How to Add Digital Services to Your Mix. link] [link] Gini Dietrich This is excellent!

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JULY 20, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 7 Secrets to Successful Social Media Farming The Conflicting Faces of Social Media 5 Rules for Awesome Email Marketing Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne (..)

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JULY 21, 2010

link] Alirio Pirela How to avoid a social-media lawsuit [link] [link] Grapevine Marketing RT @jaybaer: Protecting Yourself From Social Media Lawsuits [link] [link] Lee J Hopkinson Interesting article on things to consider about your IP (intellectual property) on social networks. Will they pursue you? Generally not.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

But, figuring out which of these is the primary reason you’re active in social media, and how to allocate resources accordingly is going to be a major issue, as norms, software, and staffing around each approach are starting to diverge. Many consultants over look this, and worry about what to say and how to say it.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

(click to enlarge) Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 More from Convince and Convert Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ 9 Blog Failures and Remedies Convince and Convert Recommends WordPress For Business (The Arkayne Blog) How to SEO your Blog Titles (The Arkayne Blog) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect (..)

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

Nevertheless, social media activity consumes resources and therefore must produce business results–or those resources will be spent somewhere else. The core of social media marketing efforts should be the corporate blog. Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. What should they promote?

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JUNE 24, 2010

What social media marketers can learn from infomercials (besides, of course, how to cook an egg or dehydrate food) [link] [link] cegeland Excellent post by @jaybaer on 3 ways informercials can inspire your social media: [link] [link] Vincent Veenstra Nice post. For me, all three of your subtitles seem to fall under this idea.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

Stelzner How to use FAQs to drive social sales (great tips!) link] via @JayBaer [link] Cascade Fresh RT @jaybaer: 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ [link] [link] Tyler Jorgenson RT @Mike_Stelzner: How to use FAQs to drive social sales (great tips!) link] via @JayBaer [link] deb v.-eschinger

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

(disclaimer: I do some consulting for SJP, but was not involved in JaneNation) More from Convince and Convert Teach and then Reap Wow Online Influencers With An In-Person Experience Social Media Excellence and a Side of Fries Convince and Convert Recommends Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) How to Introduce Social Media to (..)

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MAY 27, 2010

More from Convince and Convert The Wisdom of Social Media X-Rays The Consequences of Social Media Silence Why Twitter Is the Anchor of the Social Media Team Convince and Convert Recommends Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) The Hilarity of Working From Home (The (..)

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APRIL 20, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 5 Ways to be a Social Networking Smash How to Create a Share of Voice Report Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? I am sure a lot of people would like to know how to do this. That would be a interesting exercise, wouldn’t it? if you could please help I would be very greatful.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. population: [link] (via @prsarahevans) [link] Joseph Ruiz Great stuff.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If you have complementary resources like an Ebook, email newsletter, events or otherwise, make sure those are easy for first-time visitors to find as well. You should know if first-time visitors are disproportionately likely to visit your Ebook page, for example. Pay attention to your statistics with regard to calls to actions.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

A Lot of Lessons in Delivering Happiness There are some excellent takeaways in Delivering Happiness , especially around the thin line between success and failure, how to treat business partners and vendors, and ways in which Zappos continues to build a family-like culture among hundreds (perhaps thousands) of employees.

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APRIL 6, 2010

The Arkayne Blog) Tagged as: content creation , content ladder , social content , social media , social media strategy Did you enjoy this blog post? Best, Social Steve SocialSteve Jay - Nice job simplifying social media. Best, Social Steve [link] Mike Stenger Stop reinventing the content wheel.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

From raising awareness, to connecting with consumers in the way they want to engage and fostering positive action, leveraging CSR in the social media world can strengthen consumer trust and loyalty, encourage followers (and their friends) to take action and participate, and put a halo over the brand that dives in.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 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 Social Media Monitoring Tools – How to Pick The Right One (..)

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MARCH 25, 2010

Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments, won’t-cha?

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JUNE 3, 2010

I'm just not sure they know how to. I'm just not sure they know how to. Made an insanely bad call, but is a model for how to handle yourself. Made an insanely bad call, but is a model for how to handle yourself. How can you not know how to care? link] jaybaer I don't think that's it Bob.

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JULY 15, 2010

But often in bigger corporations things get messy because there's simply not a clearly defined position for “creative blogger, social media engager, etc&# because the C-suite, although they pay lip service to social media – don't really get it yet. link] Gemini Lo RT @JasonFalls: Think of yr social media operation.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

And, unlike the aloofness that AZ bloggers kind of are, in Indiana they seem to be much more cohesive and supportive and so maybe you'll be able to share how to do that so your AZ bloggy brethren can do that as well. I'm connected with quite a few Indiana bloggers and they are all terrific. Best of luck! And enjoy the experience.

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