Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Danny Brown) Tagged as: brand communities , facebook , facebook strategy , facebook success summit , Speaking Engagements Did you enjoy this blog post? How can I help you?

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MAY 13, 2010

Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. (I I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards. Social media allows big companies to act small again.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 31, 2011

90% of active podcast listeners have taken an action (40% made a purchase) subsequent to podcast advertising #podstudy via Tom Webster. The really interesting apps these days are the ones that are integrating into CRM services , directly enabling a deeper understanding of what the customer wants and when and how to deliver it.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Online consumers are savvy and being open and communicative is vital to reputation management. Highlight the company’s long-term commitment and that of its supporters and partners.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

If you’re trying to retain customers, your social program is more about listening, problem resolution, and turning customers into advocates. Brand communities, contests, most social listening, and non-promotional tweeting fits into this category. – [link] (via @jaybaer) randyx123 I like your post Jay.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Power, Risk & Accountability Today, I gave a presentation to LEAD San Diego, a group of Southern California business leaders. I developed 6 new requirements that all social media savvy, marketing-centric organizations need to have. Why Social Media Makes Everything About Marketing View more presentations from Jay Baer.

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MAY 27, 2010

Flowtown Just Keeps on Getting Better Flowtown , the uber-awesome social anthropology tool that allows you to enter customers’ email addresses, and find out where they’re active on the social Web, has rolled out an amazing new integration with Wufo0 – the easy-to-use online form builder. How can I help you?

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APRIL 1, 2010

In the team’s defense, they do have a nicely executed Events tab, and the Wall seems to be pretty active, with a variety of contests for fans. But, it’s widely disparate content usage across social outposts that’s the real mystery. They need to snap up that Facebook name pronto. So, I peeked at YouTube.

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APRIL 6, 2010

You may have some overlap (especially with Facebook and Twitter), but consumption of status updates and consumption of blog posts and email newsletters are meaningfully different activities, and attract different groups of fans. What do you think? Worth a try?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Seems to me the better bet would be to get people to tell you if they are Facebook/Twitter users and if they want to hear from you there, rather than using a tool like this to essentially spy on people to see where they're active and then message them. link] Michael A. How can I help you?

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JULY 15, 2010

As Jay preaches, social media is not about collecting names, it is about activating your fans. It can get complex depending on the size of your social media program, but here are some tips to help make sure you’re managing social operations appropriately: If you are blogging, create an editorial calendar.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. But this looks very cool and if they're able to resolve the Facebook page thing it would be awesome and something I'd definitely use. How can I help you?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

link] Social Business Bank Option 1. What a great, active fan base ! Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Thought about putting the search box on your head, allowing users to search your brain!? No question!

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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. Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. What do you think? Does that make sense? “Right&# and “Wrong&# is probably too strident.

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JULY 27, 2020

For example, the platform gives you calculated engagement and influence scores, and if you’re using social media for customer support, it also measures your response time. You can even turn your messages into action items to create workflows or reminders around your social activity. Agorapulse.

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APRIL 12, 2012

Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week: 27% of People Try to Resolve Their Issues Another Way Before Calling Customer Service Lines. The social media stat of the week comes from… I guess it’s a management consultancy or a research group called the CFI Group. Eric : Ah yes, indeed. Call centers and whatnot.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. What would you do? How can you find them? How can you find them?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I’ve asserted that B2B social media tactics vary from B2C, in that they are typically rooted in consumer education and thought leadership, and thus require deeper layers of interaction. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Big List: 13 B2B Social Media Prediction Blog Posts For 2010 =-.

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JULY 14, 2010

Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies. I have relied on my own white knights like Jay and his peer group to weather resistance and overcome barriers (real and perceived). The change has come from how people create their perceptions.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I believe Twitter will ultimately be the way that we interact with brands, and will power the social CRM movement. I wonder if this has to do with the correlation between the black community and musicians. The huge gap between awareness (87%) and active, monthly usage (7%) was shocking. What a nice, funny, smart guy, huh?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You’re a non-profit hoping to take your social media engagement to the next level? link] Jason Baer in Fargo « Flint Group Blog [.] On Monday and Tuesday, a huge sampling of Flintsters learned about social media strategy from Jason Baer – a social media consultant and founder of Convince & Convert.

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APRIL 13, 2010

You sound a lot more active and attentive. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Not always with sterling results, but he knows his stuff. link] jaybaer Great advice! I do all my home-based Webinars on my feet.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Nearly all the once mighty, now defunct social network or community sites unfurled and died after being purchased. The tools of social media always change. And that’s why your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic. And that’s why your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic. The goals shift.

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JULY 22, 2010

This allows Yelp to strengthen loyalty among Elite Squad members, offers an impetus for wanna-be-members to post additional reviews; and, makes the site content stronger – keeping the broader community active and engaged. Do you know of other companies that are leveraging their customers to grow their businesses exponentially?

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agora pulse

JULY 14, 2020

Our survey of community managers all over the globe returned seven universal features you must look for. As a social media manager, you don’t have time to try out each one you hear about! To get to know your followers, you need a dashboard with a built-in social media customer relationship management (CRM) tool.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

RT @kdrewien: RT @smallbiztwit: Social Media Monitoring Tools – How to Pick The Right One [link] [link] socialCRMchick Good post Katie, however what do you think about managing vs. monitoring. Again, a company needs to listen and find where the customer base is active. Each industry has its own vocabulary, its own filters and nuances.

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JULY 13, 2010

Every single person in a public relations firm should: 1) understand the impact of social media and 2) be able to activate that marketing potential for their clients. Honestly, as an employer, the idea that there can only be a select group of firm experts makes my blood boil. Don’t cheat them of that opportunity. (Oh,

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Marketing), ThinkGeek is “all about serving our community. Our social media activities live in our customer retention sphere, not customer acquisition – because the minute it’s in customer acquisition, it changes the nature of the conversation.” Jen is the real deal. A real human! Yet another way to humanize the brand, right?

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APRIL 22, 2010

During the session, an audience question got me fired up (no surprise, as the Social Fresh attendees were a very smart, engaged group). But third, and most importantly, conversations about “social media&# are amorphous, and largely pointless. Social CRM The new telephone. Whatchew Talking Bout?

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JUNE 15, 2010

Now you know that person is active on those social outposts. Gmail Stalking Twitter, Facebook and other social outposts have incorporated functionality that allows you to see whether your Gmail contacts are using the services, and invite them to connect with you. link] PaigeHolden Are you a social media detective?

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MAY 20, 2010

However, my preference is for the baby naming approach – selecting key performance indicators (KPI) before a single Tweet is sent, blog post is written, or Linkedin group is christened. This is because social media success is inherently slow , not fast. I’ve worked in both camps, and have seen both succeed.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

How your brand is abusing social networks by iMedia Connection. ** 5 STARS. The 5 Best Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic to Your Website by WindMill Networking. Social Media ROI Measurement Guides. She shares the three reasons that social media ROI measurement is rare, then presents a plan to address each obstacle.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

2nd page of this paper as proof: [link] [link] Weintraub Adv RT @jaybaer: Getting Serious About Social Media [link] [link] themaria I like it. Do you have systems in place that allow you to plug in all these new customer touchpoints and communications into enterprise-wide systems? I like your FB group as a newsletter analogy.

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JUNE 3, 2010

I think what'll likely happen is publishers will work out some kind of data-sharing deal with Facebook – the promise of increased, pervasive social sharing activity on their sites is too attractive to pass up. It will be slow, and it will be messy, though. How can I help you?

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APRIL 8, 2010

randygiusto camera support is there, it's not activated, just like multitasking support has been there in the OS but not activated. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. For a week-long trip, it might be the laptop.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Active listening required. link] [link] Flint Group Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy? Use active listening to engage users. Use active listening to engage users. link] zline media group RT @BrittHaaland: RT @jaybaer: Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy? Great stuff. It's the Opportunity Economy.

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