Almost Savvy

MARCH 25, 2010

Brand new laptops, mobile devices, and cameras of every variety. Whatever your style, know that there are options and do what feels right. Have a Gadget Plan As you might expect in a tech crowd, the number of shiny objects was overwhelming. Amidst the chaos, some gadgets are bound to become separated from their owners.

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Hotels Conference Transportation Eventful 160

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In my Internet & Mobile Strategy Lab class at Johns Hopkins University , my final group project for the semester was to create a “viral video&# about the JHU M.A. in Communication program. That expensive shopping impulse soon turned into a forgotten, dust-covered box that sat in my room unused. Until three weeks ago.

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Video Class iPad Film 218

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Join the Grymm & Epic community for creative entrepreneurs, or read her heavy metal blog on Steff Metal. When I was writing todays post on Facebook turning your "likes" into ads, I was reminded of the whole Flickr/Virgin Mobile deal from a few years ago. Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0 Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Class Policies Flickr Comments 215

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Perhaps when I suggested that all AT&T mobile plans would now include free antidepressants & rage therapy kits. On August 30th AT&T had Twitter shut down my account saying that I was “using a trademark in a way that could be confusing or misleading.&# I’m not sure what pushed them over the edge. Read All About It!

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Wireless Class Feed Feedly 185

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

As mobile browsers become more powerful, Google and its partners decided to do things their own way. I believe the mobile Web will eventually win, and that apps are here as a transitionary measure until we can sort out browsers that are good enough to emulate the Web experience on mobile.”

Social Media 114

Social Media Strategy Apple iPhone 114

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. Founder of the 12for12k Challenge, a community-driven social media charity initiative to connect globally and help locally. Top Marketing and Social Media Blog 2009.

LinkedIn 89

LinkedIn Radian6 Education Consultant 89

Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

link] marionguthrie I read a forecast about the huge growth in mobile advertising in just 5 years, by 2015. [link] by @Jenn_ex (A little Dr. Seuss reference is always nice) [link] Brian Bergen RT @jaybaer: Would You Try It With a Fox? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

Consultant 121

Consultant Social CRM MySpace Social Media 121

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tom Webster theorizes this may be due to Twitter’s functional similarity to text messaging, as several studies have shown Black Americans use the mobile Web at rates roughly double that to non-Hispanic Whites. johnheaney The other important takeaway was the proportion of Twitter users (85%) who access the web from mobile devices.

Social Media 160

Social Media Statistics Strategy Research 160

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Doesn’t it call to mind the Flickr-Virgin Mobile brouhaha from a few years ago? Cheers, Sheldon, community manager for Sysomos ([link] Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" You read that right. You cannot opt out of your activity being turned into advertisements. Read All About It!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc., Why Am I sharing This?

SEO 115

SEO Social Media Consultant Social CRM 115

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

This is the newest data since 2009. Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. Here are 99 ways, from giveaways to community building to media connections to offering discounts and so much more. Community Management. This data is compiled here.

Marketing 264

Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Also, since you’re in the process of fixing up your blog I wanted to remind you that Mofuse is not doing justice to your mobile site – [link] I tried switching to Disqus but had lots of trouble importing my comments from WordPress, did you have any trouble with that? link] Adam Q. All rights reserved.

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Disqus Social CRM Patterns Consultant 109

Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I just ditched AT&T for T-Mobile. That mission, to add value to the communities they reach, is the heart beat of social. They'll have a rep respond to you right away, get your email addy, and do their best to resolve it. Next, go onto Twitter and bitch about AT&T. I just want to send Twitpics and talk to people.

Social Media 122

Social Media Strategy Social CRM MySpace 122

Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. It’s a journey that’s similar to my own when I merged my digital agency (Mighty Interactive) to Off Madison Ave in 2005.

Marketing 124

Marketing Social CRM Conference Social Media 124

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. online population access the Internet from a mobile device. population. Among influentials?

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Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 149

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Combine that with location and mobile data, and you get real-time smart agents that tell you whom you should approach in a restaurant to buy a drink. Cheers, Sheldon, community manager for Sysomos [link] 40deuce I agree that influence mining will definitely be a huge thing in the next year or so. JF : Hyper-targeting.

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Social CRM Influencer Klout Social Media 134

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

.&# But, I’m excited by the possibilities, eager to get our kids set up in what I think will be a terrific situation, fired up about our new home, and eager to get integrated into the Indiana social media community. Fully virtual, fully mobile. Will there be bumps along the way? Definitely. link] [link] jaybaer Thanks Linda.

Social Media 116

Social Media Strategy Travel Team 116

ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

I’ll talk about evolving your engagement with your readers, how to build community on your blog, how to find new readers for your blog, and then, how to monetize your blog. . Chris Garrett, who wrote the ProBlogger book with me, came up with this in 2009. The second pillar is community. The first one is content.

Blogger 24

Blogger Eventful eBook Adsense 24

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Mater of fact that gets a standing ovation… But now I want to share it… Feel my pain… I have to leave my email to a browser… on a mobile device that could well spell a don't bother. By the way your post looks GREAT on a mobile device. This was another excellent post. link] jaybaer Thanks. I appreciate that.

Social Media 150

Social Media Strategy Consultant B2B 150

Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? I do all my home-based Webinars on my feet. Alright, your turn. Who influenced you, and why? 10 books are up for grabs. link] jaybaer Great advice!

Social Media 113

Social Media Strategy Influencer Education 113

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Are You Growing Enough Voices Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? Your grasp of the entire landscape (including email) is refreshing. That's all.

Social Media 135

Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 135

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Mobile is Critical MySpace was slow to adopt mobile technology, and the lack of MySpace in your pocket was part of what killed them. Further, mobile users actually spend more time on Facebook, not less. They recognize that the future is not in dot coms at all, but in deconstructing content and making it mobile and portable.

MySpace 137

MySpace Facebook Social CRM Consultant 137

Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

For now, I think it’s a highly mobile DVD player, game machine, Kindle, iPod, email appliance, and Web surfing device. But, iPad HD screen, color, and zoom make it better for magazines – and I can absolutely see education ( and mobile medicine) potential. What is it? I find Kindle to be easier and better as a book device.

iPad 137

iPad Content iPhone Wireless 137

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Mobile access to the social Web is a virtual requirement to do it well. Facebook The original Facebook app on iPhone was just okay, but it’s been massively improved, to the point that Facebook access via mobile might actually be easier than on a computer. 100 million people use Facebook mobile every month, by the way).

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Growth Is Slowing The true size of the Twitter audience is a bit tricky to pin down because 55% of its users do so via third party and mobile applications. According to these numbers, the audience using Twitter actually declined from August to December, 2009 (during the same period, Facebook went from 250 million to 350 million members).

Social Media 125

Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 125

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved. 4463 Forest Hill Drive -- Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (602) 616-1895 jason@convinceandconvert.com

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Survey Social CRM 119

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

August 25th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Today’s post is a collaboration with Clinton Bonner , community connectivity expert, futurist, and blogger at Everything to Everything. A text coupon arrives in your mobile inbox and you are offered $5 off a wine purchase of $20 or more from a local wine purveyor.

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Facebook Yahoo Collaboration Social CRM 144

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

It takes a community to build a community. So much of building a community requires understanding people and engaging with them. Now you may wonder, “ How do we build a community? Senior Analyst at Forrester ( @TomGrantForr ) “You don’t build a community. According to Tom Grant , Ph.D, You expand it.”

Twitter 198

Twitter B2B Crowdsourcing Hubspot 198

Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

Arm your manager with a mobile device and an email alert system: For the final question of the #socialmedia chat, we talked about tips for businesses looking to take advantage of Foursquare. If connecting with customers via mobile (Foursquare or otherwise) generates word of mouth that brings customers through the door, businesses will use it.

Foursquare 152

Foursquare Analysis Consultant Mobile 152

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

The social media community is starving for a viable way to track customer behavior throughout all social outposts (as evidenced by the massive number of retweets for this post I mentioned recently about a new way to tie Google Analytics to your Facebook fan page ). It is Mobile on the radar? link] caitlinmc RT @jaybaer Wow!

CoTweet 117

CoTweet CoTweet Analysis Consultant 117

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The ability to make or consume social media from an array of mobile devices increases the convenience factor (and the pressure on my wi-fi router) immensely. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Marjorie Clayman You can sleep easy, Jay. Life is so boring under those conditions. THAT makes me happy.

Social Media 155

Social Media Strategy Consultant Social CRM 155

Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

As the ability to deliver these tasks via mobile meshes with geo-location technologies and intelligent advertising, this ‘C’ of the three C’s will truly blossom and become powerful for the brands that get it right. Next-generation crowdsourcing always recognizes effort via reward, social status, and incentives that are meaningful to the user.

Crowdsourcing 122

Crowdsourcing Social Media Strategy Construction 122

Convince & Convert

JUNE 16, 2010

And exceptional businesses are realizing tangible, meaningful outcomes using social media & mobile marketing. Whole Foods does this similarly with its mobile application when it suggests meals/shopping lists based on health needs — and even suggests meals for ingredients you already have.

Social Media 120

Social Media Strategy Mobile Consultant 120

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

by Edelman Digital Noting that “a blog is a focal point and acts as a base of operations for communications,” Jonny Bentwood details the benefits of business blogging as well as the growth stats: 39% of U.S. companies are currently using blogs for marketing purposes, up from 29% in 2009 and just 16% in 2007. And much more.

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 222