Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

To be fair, I’ve only included those I’ve actually used (Radian6, Sysomos, Spiral 16) or tested (Meltwater, SM2). She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve started a comparison chart, based only on my own experience and opinion, for you to use and update as you see fit.

Social Media 158

Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 158

Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Summary : Co-founder and partner at Bonsai Interactive, offering smart marketing and social media business solutions, as well as mobile applications and social education. Spoken at TEDx and regularly quoted in publications and news media, including Marketing Magazine, Canadian Marketing Association and City News Toronto.

LinkedIn 89

LinkedIn Radian6 Education Consultant 89

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain.

Brands 146

Brands Content Social Media Consultant 146

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Today, marketing your business for free may seem to be an unattainable process. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. Thankfully, you don’t have to go at social media marketing alone.

Brands 139

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

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.

Social Media 117

Social Media Strategy Statistics Metrics 117

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Turning your customers into advocates and marketers on behalf of your brand pays off a lot more when you’re selling $10,000 pieces of manufacturing equipment, than it does when you’re selling $3 cans of Pringles. What this means is that in reality, B2C and B2B marketers are largely using the same social tactics.

Social Media 150

Social Media B2B Strategy Consultant 150

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How can we find the existing customers that are already passionate about our client, and turn them into a volunteer marketing army? In my local area, most PR firms are still firmly entrenched in the old paradigm of marketing. How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client?

Questions 162

Questions Social Media Consultant Education 162

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. You’ll find the answers to these questions and many more here in 50 of the best Twitter tools, posts, how-to guides and rants of 2010 so far. Twitter Strategy.

Tools 207

Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 207

Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too. I want to talk to you about marketing and PR, too. Seriously, thank you.

Upcoming 126

Upcoming Project News Social Media 126

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Objective Marketer This power-user Twitter app is the preferred vehicle for Guy Kawasaki. I use Objective Marketer for all of my in-advance Tweets, and when I want to engage in some headline and/or time of day testing. Disclosure: Objective Marketer gave me a free account) Note: There are thousands of Twitter apps (literally).

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter. The point is to understand social media as part of an overall marketing strategy, understand individual apps, and be nimble and adaptable. It allows a sniper vs. shotgun approach to marketing.

Social Media 125

Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 125

Convince & Convert

JUNE 21, 2012

I am your host, Jay Baer, joined today again for the second week in a row, here on episode number 21, the official reaching drinking age episode, the marketing manager for Argyle Social, Ms. Jay : Yeah, and even insofar as Salesforce is developing a robust social marketing platform, there are other people trying to create similar platforms.

Radian6 119

Radian6 Social Media Company Statistics 119