Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. But, I’m not.

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM MySpace 122

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

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., Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. That’s where the Pitch™ comes in. Why Am I sharing This? Im Jay Baer.

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SEO Social Media Consultant Social CRM 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

“Twitter users talking about marketing and brands far exceeds the usage on the other social networks,&# said Tom Webster , the VP of Strategy & Marketing at Edison (and the study author), when I interviewed him for this post. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 41% provide opinions about products/services.

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Social Media Statistics Strategy Research 160

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.

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Disqus Social CRM Patterns Consultant 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s my list for 2008.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. online population access the Internet from a mobile device. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free.

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Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 149

Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member.

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Social Networking Tweetdeck Forums Questions 90

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. JF : Hyper-targeting.

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Social CRM Influencer Klout Social Media 134

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? People who… [link] #marketing [link] Innovate AZ The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life: Who Influenced You?All Alright, your turn. 10 books are up for grabs.

Social Media 113

Social Media Strategy Influencer Education 113

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

For anyone in marketing or PR being asked to make “data-driven&# decisions “based on the numbers&# (and doesn’t that include pretty much everyone in marketing and PR these days?), How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Social Media Facts and Stats.

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Research Social Media B2B Marketing 212

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Content creation and content marketing will continue to allow companies to capitalize on the fact that every customer is now a reporter. link] [link] Hot In Marketing 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media | Blogging and Content Creation | Social Media Consulting – Convi.

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Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 135

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

I know us Hoosiers in the social media/marketing world are excited to have you in Indiana! Fully virtual, fully mobile. Another great marketing talent arrives. link] Marketing 150 Via @jaybaer [link] 7 Reasons I'm Moving to Bloomington Indiana [link] iatraveler Welcome to the Midwest! Herve Good Luck Jay!

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Social Media Strategy Travel Team 116

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Marketers, we’re told, need to think like publishers. How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? How are B2B marketers using social media differently from their B2C counterparts? How are marketers measuring social media success? We’re all hungry for data.

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 191

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc. 85% of Inc.

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Social Media Tools Tips ROI 199

Oktopost

AUGUST 15, 2022

In 2003, Myspace launched and took off across the web. While younger people were agonizing over their top 8 on Myspace, LinkedIn slowly grew, acquiring just 20 signups per day. Over 2008 and 2009, Facebook and Myspace continued to soar, earning millions of unique users across the world. Social Media Today.

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Social Media MySpace Tweetdeck B2B 174

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

crowdSPRING is the latest entry into the increasingly crowded crowdsourced graphic design service market. With how flooded the market is with graphic designers it can be tough to get a foot in the door. For example, a b2b company has a great product and you have sales/production already started. mobile web. RECENT JOBS.

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Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

The Way of the Web

OCTOBER 7, 2011

But I do think he overestimates the brilliance of the leadership versus the problems of a traditional media company faced with the age of digital disruption that has seen the internet, mobile and tablets appear alongside a number of major digital properties which now command the attention economy.

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Paper.li MySpace Flipboard Company 40

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. Would it work as a marketing and/or presentation device? The drawing apps I’ve played with are simply incredible, but that’s not really my line of work – and probably not yours either.

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iPad Content iPhone Wireless 137

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).

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. How are marketers planning to allocate budgets this year? How do B2B social media marketing practices differ from B2C companies?

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Research Social Media B2B Statistics 192

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Now, authenticity and acknowledgement of shortcomings is an incredibly effective marketing and communications approach ( see Dominos, as I wrote about here ). All I saw at their site is a lot of marketing about their survey and how it impacts you and “OMG&# hire us to help you keep from loosing everyone's trust.

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Survey Social CRM 119

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. Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter. Check ( Facebook Lite ). Retweet-style sharing tools?

Social Media 125

Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 125

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

With the amount of helpful content about social media marketing growing faster than Facebook’s user base or Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances, it’s tough to keep up. Social Media Marketing Tips, Tactics and Guides. HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace by Mashable.

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Social Media Tools Strategy Tips 202

Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

There are three primary benefits: awareness via virality and social proof; loyalty and rewards; and market research. 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.

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Foursquare Analysis Consultant Mobile 152

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

Starbucks is not only offering free Wi-Fi in all stores come this fall, but also unveiling their Starbucks Digital Network that all in-store web and mobile users will have the opportunity to enjoy (it’s a partnership with Yahoo!). We’re willing accomplices in our own marketing funnel. What’s Next (Potentially)?

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Facebook Yahoo Collaboration Social CRM 144

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it. It is Mobile on the radar? The area of “metrics integration&# is especially interesting.

CoTweet 117

CoTweet CoTweet Analysis Consultant 117

Kikolani

JUNE 11, 2010

7 brand building tips for you b2b blog – if you have trouble making your b2 blog standout, try these tips. 45 mobile web designs to show future trends – great designs to view on your smartphones. Making Money Online / Online Marketing. Are you being seduced into affiliate marketing ?

Resources 129

Resources Mashup WordPress Affiliate marketing 129

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

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. That’s what attracted me to online marketing initially, and why I made the jump to that career in the mid-90s. Life is so boring under those conditions. The rich got richer.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Social CRM 155

Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Yet, it seems to be a stagnant mode of gathering feedback.

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. Create Demand, Not Messages Success with “social” marketing is becoming less about creating desire, positive sentiment or aspiration among customers. Whether B2B or B2C, customers are buying based on what they need.

Social Media 120

Social Media Strategy Mobile Consultant 120

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

companies now use social media for marketing (though the figure varies widely based on size of company)? ” Or that49% of B2B journalists write blogs, and 84% are on Twiter? companies now use social media for marketing. Or that 73% of U.S. Social Media Stats, Facts and Research Does Facebook Need To Build A Search Engine?

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 222