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Why Social Media Has Ruined Your Advantage

Convince & Convert

Your speed in answering the social media telephone is no different. Social media is unique in that businesses are using the exact same tools and playbook that customers are using in their own lives. This creates a problem even bigger than speed. Shared Tools Equals Less Patience.

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Are We Making Our Fans Work Too Hard?

Convince & Convert

Tweet Just because you CAN do something in social media, doesn’t mean you SHOULD. First of all, every fast food location with a FourSquare Mayor reward is combining location-based technology with tangible rewards. and Hardees) launching their own mobile loyalty cards via iPhone and Android app.

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Link Love Monthly: Best of September 2010

SocialFish

The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse. American Family Insurance’s Troy Janisch on leaving boring behind with social media (SmartBlog on Social Media).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

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. utilize whether they have an existing social media strategy or not. Jay, I'm impressed!

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Social Media Is Growing Up: You Can Stop Copying the Cool Kids Now

Bare Feet Studios

My partner @Shane sent me a link today “ Why They Stopped Using Foursquare &# by David Berkowitz. It summarizes a number of my social media friends and peers who have weaned themselves off this geo-location social network also known as a check-in service. On a larger note, social media is reaching a tipping point.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

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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14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media

Convince & Convert

What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy. First, figure out how you’re going to be social, and then worry about how you’re going to do social. Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Stelzner on Vimeo.