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APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Labeled “Mass Influencers&# this army of 29 million opinionated chatterboxes may very well be the key to your social media success. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. population.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wonder how Stratten feels about companies servicing customers differently , based on their online influence? link] UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert | Glenn Friesen [.] His self-deprecation adds a hilarious, warm tone throughout. A tall order, to be certain.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Marketers believe the highest consumer priorities on social media are insights for buying decisions (59%) and customer service (58%). Social CRM is still confusing. Only 16% of companies say they currently have a social CRM system in place. SEO drives traffic, but email drives conversions.

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APRIL 13, 2010

All of us have influences. Tell me in the comments who influenced you and why, and you could win a copy of the uber-classic book “ How to Win Friends and Influence People. Sounds like the playbook for successful brand/customer relationships on the social Web, does it not? Who influenced you, and why?

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JUNE 17, 2010

Certainly, it’s not a comprehensive influence formula like Klout , or other Twitter-influence arbiters ( interesting study this week from Sysomos ), but it’s easy to calculate, and I think it makes sense. So, I’ve started to look at followers per tweet as a metric that focuses on the efficiency of time spent.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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JULY 5, 2010

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Export your email subscriber or customer database to Flowtown, and you’ll know in minutes what percentage of your audience is on Facebook or some other social outpost. They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person.

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JULY 20, 2010

While alterations to search algorithms are helping to bring this to fruition, social media has been the real game-changer, placing the power of relevance distinction in the hands of the consumers. All you need is a keyword research tool and access to about any social media monitoring tool to listen and improve your content creation efforts.

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MAY 13, 2010

Bowen RT @jaybaer: 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say [link] [link] Socially Influence RT @jaybaer: 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say [link] [link] TweepTips 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say [link] [link] Lee Johnson ???

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FEBRUARY 24, 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: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility 5 Steps to Winning Fans with Content Strategy Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy? Now that it is so easy for Joe Q.

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JUNE 24, 2010

One of the local Twitterati here had Chris Brogan up to Maine for a social media conference, and I caught it on UStream. I'd buy a book from him. Heck, I'd even buy a lithium powered weed whacker from him if he endorsed it. Here’s your chance to get to know it and learn about 3 ways it can influence your social media!

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

thanks, Kathy [link] jaybaer Although it's my usual practice, I'm not going to reply to each comment, since this isn't a very conversational blog post. I am new at blogging, but tend to notice that I get many more comments when I include an engaging headline that gets people interested in the topic. But seriously, THANK YOU.

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JULY 14, 2010

Losing in social media can be akin to the experiences of companies like Kraft, Nestle, and BP in the social media realm. At the very least those companies are engaged in the conversation and have a strong awareness of the perceptions of their brand. On occasion, each has even taken action related to the “conversations”.

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MAY 25, 2010

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Thus, one of the first questions I recommend you ask about your social program is whether it’s true mission is to gain customers, or retain the ones you have. If you’re trying to gain customers, your social program is more about content creation, influencer identification, and virality.

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MAY 5, 2010

Says Lisa Beatty, “We want to bring women into the conversation, but also into the solution. John & Partners can have conversations with major brands that perhaps wouldn’t put the mid-sized agency on their radar otherwise. That only happens if they have a real, ongoing relationship with brands.&# With JaneNation, St.

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MARCH 25, 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: The More Things Change, The More Things Change Why You Should Use a Content Rationale Report Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush [link] janet I've been a fan since you mentioned them in your list (..)

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. Big List: 13 B2B Social Media Prediction Blog Posts For 2010 =-.

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MAY 11, 2010

You can survey your customers, although that’s not always the best approach because the questions are not fresh in their minds – they’ve already made their buying decision. And by using a coupon BK tracked redemption, up-sell conversion – actual profit of the Facebook campaign. To really do so. That part is key.

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JULY 28, 2010

.&# Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. Buy your own product.

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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. I especially like your last point — if social media has changed anything, it's changed the definition of influence. What do you think? Thanks for the kind words. Means a lot to me.

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JULY 6, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 7 Secrets to Successful Social Media Farming The Conflicting Faces of Social Media 18 Social Media Quotes Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne Blog) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) Tagged (..)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Anyway, I just got off the phone with a new client out of Canada, and we had nearly the same conversation that this post covers. Anyway, I just got off the phone with a new client out of Canada, and we had nearly the same conversation that this post covers. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-.

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APRIL 14, 2010

I find it really annoying to see a stream of tweets that contain nothing but the message “buy my stuff&#. I try to add value, have conversations, RT good info, and occasionally promote an event or blog of my own. I've often wondered how many of those buy-my-stuff Tweets are confusion rather than laziness.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.

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JULY 22, 2010

While the willingness to invest indicates that businesses recognize the potential to develop deeper connections with their consumers in the social sphere, many are still uncertain as to how to best join the conversation.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Remember however, that many factors influence popularity at the individual content piece level. Don’t make assumptions – test them. Vary time of day, day of week, phrasing, link placement, and other options, and thoroughly document your results.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Research: How do people talk about your industry and who are the influencers? Another couple of points that readers may want to consider in the second section would be the ability to sort content by influence, engagement, comment count, followers etc… Often helps to surface the posts/tweets that may need the most attention first.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Also, many B2B purchases are heavily researched, providing a real success path for content creation and socially-derived thought leadership. You often are buying in part because of the service and personnel of the company in question. For whom is it more important to have a humanizing social media presence?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Compare that ratio to Facebook, where 88% have heard of it, and 41% have a profile (a conversion rate approaching 50%). I believe Twitter will ultimately be the way that we interact with brands, and will power the social CRM movement. Twitter Sucks at Converting Awareness to Usage Known by 87%, just 7% of Americans use Twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

How to Create a Share of Voice Report Get Shorty – The Elevator Pitch is Dead Finding Your Mass Influencers Among Your Customers 4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? What content lessons do you take away from these results?

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Conversation Driver Analysis – Examination of words, phrases, themes Location Analysis – Where conversations about you are occurring in the “real&# world People Analysis – Who’s talking about you? The standard charts and graphs are entirely useful.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

While the drive to push sales on whatever platform available is admirable, social media (as most of us have realized by now) plays by different rules. It’s not like broadcast television, where you buy spots on primetime, talk about your brand, and see sales walking in the door. Learn How Fans See Your Brand. You should, too.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

While the drive to push sales on whatever platform available is admirable, social media (as most of us have realized by now) plays by different rules. It’s not like broadcast television, where you buy spots on primetime, talk about your brand, and see sales walking in the door. Discover Where You Stand. You should, too.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Second, the social media tools and destinations will inevitably change, but considering 83% of online Americans are active in social media, and there are 425 million people with Facebook accounts, I think we’re past the lava lamp stage. In other cases, they are the new influencers, bloggers and taste-makers.

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MARCH 9, 2010

link] Ben LaMothe Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts? link] KatFrench We've been having this same conversation with clients quite a bit lately. With niche publications/sites you're often reaching the “core&# group of users who are more passionate and often influence the larger group. Find a niche and engage.

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