Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2011

Social media is growing up fast. No longer a niche plaything of the digerati, social media is firmly entrenched as a societal game changer of historical importance. For many, social media and social networking are so ubiquitous and pervasive that we presume we have it figured out, that we have a finger firmly on the pulse.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 7, 2014

A new survey shows that the internet is edging out doctors as people’s primary source of information on clinical trials. Further surveys have shown that 80% of these e-patients would be interested in participating in a clinical trial. Drive more pre-qualified patient referrals. Reduce overall costs.

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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Six years ago, we were talking about the growth of blogging and MySpace. In 2006, Radian6 was founded by Chris Newton (@ cdnewt ) and Chris Ramsey (@ chrisramsey ) Back then monitoring and listening were a novel concept, but they knew that social wasn’t a fluke. Consider this blurb from 10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 22, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Social networks don’t make students dumb Summer iPadwatch → Users dissatisfied with social networks – are you surprised? Facebook scored 64 out of 100, Myspace scored 63 out of 100, and by comparison Google scored 80 (A drop of 7 points on last year’s score). (h/t

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Social networking sites (SNS). 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. The survey also showed that teens are significantly less likely that Gen Y and adults to use Twitter. Where did they go?

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Integrating Social Media in Email Marketing Campaigns by Meghan on July 9, 2009 Online marketers are increasingly seeing the benefits of integrating social media into their e-mail marketing campaigns, a recent study by StrongMail Systems Inc.

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 5, 2013

The Platforms Television programs are often discussed widely on social networks. News Corporation (which owns MySpace) is expanding the Wall Street Journal site into a platform for users to network in addition to read news. LinkedIn may have some competition. Vine (think Twitter video) is now available as an Android app.

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Kikolani

JULY 30, 2012

Just as the “dot com” revolution is still being talked about, many believe that the social network revolution may provide companies with an opportunity to grow as never before. By taking full advantage of all the benefits social media has to offer, a company can expect to achieve three things. Why is this so important?

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Networking Meets Game Consoles | Main | Social Media Marketing Checklist from SES Chicago » November 30, 2009 Cyber Monday Is Here! A recent survey shows that 43 percent of online retailers plan to offer special promotions and discounts on Cyber Monday.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

If you’re still figuring out your marketing plan for 2010, consider the following 10 reasons why a social media strategy may be well worth the effort. surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. Answers Yahoo!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

The study culminates a great deal of analysis including a survey of more than 1000 e-mail managers (mostly IT managers and executives, and records and document management specialists). If managed properly, the use of social media tools such as blogs and wikis can reduce e-mail volumes by as much as 30%. Other study findings: Ã?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Tiger Woods photo by Shutterstock.

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Diva Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

With a passion for all things social media, she recognizes the power and opportunity that the new media platform presents. Follow Dede on Twitter @clutchmagazine Facebook MySpace Angela Benton is the Founder and Publisher of BlackWeb 2.0. Her focus for the past three years has been social networking. BlackWeb20.com

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking sites, mash up technology, etcâ??but Last year we surveyed the use of a range of Web 2.0 technologies for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education: an online survey Sandars J, Schroter S. Google, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook are all incredibly young organisations.

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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. Note that the survey population was 12 and up, including a representative portion of seniors). 42% learn about products and services via Twitter.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. 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. Setting the bar very high for agencies indeed.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline. About a year ago, I wrote a guest post here titled “ Use Online Listening for Competitive Research.

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ProBlogger

JULY 21, 2016

How to Decide if a New Social Network or Medium is Right for You. Today I’m going to help you decide if you should start on that new social network or that new medium like a podcast or a YouTube channel. People are wondering if they should get on different social networks or take advantage of new mediums.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If we take a look at what’s happened over those 15 years, to frame this in the context of the larger timeline going on in the world, MySpace launched in 2003. Ignite Social Media launched in 2007, just a few months before the first iPhone came out. They’re not really mapping the social network.

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Socialized

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The merger of our personal and business lives in a single social networking “presence” has its problems, too. Social media adoption has certainly been fraught with “innumerable confusions” and despair. The median age of the social networker is rising slowly, however. The language of social networking is misleading.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. Have them document EVERY question they receive. When you find a pattern, create content to address it. Ask your customers directly.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach. Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

You can survey your customers, although that’s not always the best approach because the questions are not fresh in their minds – they’ve already made their buying decision. Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time. You can use a few methods to determine which questions to answer.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Will Facebook continue to grow and dominate the web, or is it headed for a fall like AOL and MySpace before it? Attempts to “humanize” the brand through off-topic surveys, questions, and recommendations don’t increase “likes” or grow a brand’s following.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Which social media platforms are most effective at influencing buyer behavior? How do the audiences differ across various social networks? What Americans Do Online: Social Media And Games Dominate Activity by Nielsen Wire.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

About Damn Time Great idea to do the survey, makes it easier to see early on that people are feeling it for the water theme suzyoge 1. About Damn Time Great idea to do the survey, makes it easier to see early on that people are feeling it for the water theme suzyoge 1. Time for Real Time or 2. Time for Real Time or 2.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Consumers are using social media (especially Twitter) as a 1-800 line, and agencies should be helping their clients answer the social telephone by setting up listening posts and protocols, and trying marketing to customer service in real-time.

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Firebelly

JUNE 18, 2010

If your business is already on the social web, you will need something to help you improve on your campaigns. Firebelly Memo: You can also take Firebellys Social Sophistication Survey. You will need an audit. It takes 10 minutes and your score with suggested next steps for improvement will be emailed to you within 48 hours.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it).

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

The one that hit home for me personally was: “Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it.&#

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In order to avoid in particular the “mistrust&# and “ridicule&# noted above, social media programs should be designed to be perpetual, or to last at least until they no longer make sense (e.g. a particular platform loses favor; MySpace comes to mind). Open, public social networks (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook).

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Reports, surveys, studies and infographics are among the most popular content posted and shared across social networks. But which networks are most effective for spreading the content produced? How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? We’re all hungry for data. hours to 6.3

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Success = Find a Way to Remove Friction Start today by conducting a Helpfulness Audit for your company. Talk to your customer service department, or survey your customers and document the top 10 problems that customers have with your product or service. That’s what you should be doing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Two Sides of the Same Coin A remarkable recent study by MarketingProfs, however, pokes a hole in even that notion of B2B and B2C social media divergence. I believe it to be the most complete picture yet painted of how marketers are thinking about and deploying social media. Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-.

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