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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

You still need to know how you are going to use these platforms. Note to Flowtown if you are reading this: If you added another level of insight as to how people are using these platforms, that would be a real benefit. To know how an audience is using a platform woudl allow us to know how to direct our clients to engage their audience.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Compendium is a uniquely powerful blogging platform because it creates separate, “compended&# blogs for each keyword. Social Media in a silo can be a business driver, as can eMail. Thus, Western River doesn’t really have one blog, it has hundreds of keyword-focused blogs.

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APRIL 20, 2010

We're starting to drill down on targeted terms for the work blog, but I'm pretty much using my personal blog as a test platform right now. Looking forward to reading your white paper on this! link] Guillermo Idanez Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JULY 6, 2010

All in the spirit of sharing good news, companies have a huge opportunity to ride the high wave of CSR through social media, spread the word, amplify their cause(s) and galvanize powerful network of friends. By transparent, I mean keep it real and no lip service. All rights reserved.

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APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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APRIL 6, 2017

Social customer relationship management (CRM) was being written about as a distinct product category as far back as 2008, but market interest really began to take off the following year. How does social CRM differ from traditional CRM? 6) Base CRM. Market interest has remained fairly strong since then.

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MAY 11, 2010

(illustration by HiddenLoop ) More from Convince and Convert Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success A Social Media Gun to the Head 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 (..)

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MAY 26, 2010

This article really helps to give the guidance so that SM platforms are not a strategy but the tools. This article really helps to give the guidance so that SM platforms are not a strategy but the tools. If you are saying Twitter isn't a platform for auto-pilot tools and auto link building tools than I can agree with you.

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JUNE 2, 2010

In addition to their desire to be the hub of the Web, and create the greatest analytics-driven advertising platform imaginable, Facebook wants to enable our relationships to curate the world for us. There are something like 150 million blogs. 500+ TV channels. 2 million tweets per hour. Or not enough to convince you?

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APRIL 13, 2010

[link] Lee Riley The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life #li [link] [link] Yael Davidowitz-Neu As always, I enjoy your perspective on how the principles of building brand loyalty/customer engagement remain the same despite significant changes in technology. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JUNE 22, 2010

[link] Whats Up Interactive Why You're the Key to Social Media Success [link] via @jaybaer [link] membershipjedi An old, wise CEO once shared his feeling regarding innovation: “pioneers bleed&#. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

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JULY 14, 2010

No new metrics, measures or key indicators – we have simply created an additional platform from which to further engage stakeholders in our work and achieve existing goals. Social media exists and organizations are in it whether they choose to be or not.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. As a PR professional in India and with Social Media gradually gaining ground in the country these questions offer the right guidance on how firms should be taking things forward. What do you think?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But if you’re engaged in a social media program in an effort to go “viral&# you’re not really engaged in social media at all. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

The platforms we have are mainly asynchronous – and that’s OK. But by God, I want quality reporting, creative content, advanced technology platforms and expert advice. Maybe the platforms themselves could create better conversations if they were adapted to do so. Bret [link] Steve Woodruff Jay, you’re spot-on.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

That way employees can take advantage of the benefits of these powerful platforms, while risky or counterproductive features can be selectively blocked! I looked at Meltwater Buzz a couple of months back and thought it offered a better platform than Radian6 (which is a good option in itself and often used as the industry example).

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JUNE 15, 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: Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter [link] Danny Brown Great tips, Mr Baer.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. 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).

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AUGUST 4, 2010

The most important one is that customers who complain, whether it is directly to you or indirectly via a public platform are your best friends. The most important one is that customers who complain, whether it is directly to you or indirectly via a public platform are your best friends. My Xterra remains sticker free.

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MARCH 9, 2010

There are more than two million specialty communities on the Ning platform alone, giving you ample opportunities to find your fans and customers. It's my experience that not every kind of organisation gels nicely with social media, certainly in the standardised, more-popular forms. But, what about photographers or digital cameras?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I believe Kurrently has the potential to make Facebook a much larger player in the social CRM world, as companies can now instantly see just how much they are being mentioned on that platform. Either way, the implications for Kurrently and the real-time Web are profound. I checked it out, and tweeted it.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Interesting post from @jaybaer today w/@ExactTarget research: [link] [link] Kwan Morrow Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble | social crm | Convince & Convert [link] [link] Bret Simmons RT @jaybaer: Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? You certainly covered some great reasons to that point. twitter????twitter??????????Is

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The increasing use of Facebook as an e-commerce platform (see excellent, elegant solutions from ShopTab ), demonstrate that Facebook can make you money, not just friends. Without Facebook, blogs, Twitter, and other social platforms, the average website was more like a barren ghost town than a digital success story.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The increasing use of Facebook as an e-commerce platform (see excellent, elegant solutions from ShopTab ), demonstrate that Facebook can make you money, not just friends. Without Facebook, blogs, Twitter, and other social platforms, the average website was more like a barren ghost town than a digital success story.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Radian6 For advanced social media listening, I often recommend my friends at Radian6 , who have – in my opinion – the most robust feature set and product development roadmap of all the widely available social listening platforms. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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JUNE 30, 2010

The tools have been there to do things like this in email for awhile now, but social media is slightly behind the curve. Facebook makes targeting updates a cinch (choosing a specific group to send to), but most other platforms (namely Twitter) don't offer anything even close. All rights reserved.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Starbucks could use their SDN to reinvent themselves as a key member of any local community, and not as a coffeehouse, but as the best-possible advertising platform available in every city and town in the country. link] [link] LBS chat Q3 How can Starbucks' new content delivery network leverage location platforms? Great concept!

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MARCH 2, 2010

That’s been ExactTarget’s territory for a long time, and extending that concept of message-centric, platform-agnostic to social media is a natural fit. And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. Metrics Integration Due to its online nature, social media is inherently measurable. (A

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APRIL 7, 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: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Many thanks for this good info.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Besides, what if there was no online platform to network? Before social networks existed, I am sure people will not introduce themselves as “Andrew Expert Chef&# or “Valentines Day Gifts&#. That’s what Social CRM systems are trying to solve. ‘Real’ Introductions are more acceptable. .&#

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Succeeding on the social Web requires daily participation. Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months. There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace.

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