Convince & Convert

MAY 2, 2016

As marketers, Peter Drucker ’s oft-repeated phrase, “What gets measured gets improved,” is more than a piece of wisdom—it’s a way of life. We know we need to measure results in order to actually get them, but all too often we’re measuring the wrong things—especially when it comes to social media metrics. Favorites!),

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials What AK Knows About Social Media Marketing I am by no means a self-proclaimed social media marketing expert, however I have learned a great deal by doing and analyzing, and would like to take this opportunity to share a little bit with you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. Let’s take a look at the similarities. Silence can hurt you.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 30, 2010

From social media cartoons and contextual advertising gone wrong to dysfunctional agency-client relationships and the best (and worst) online ads, here are some of the most amusing, creative and remarkable blog posts and videos of 2009. Social Media. Top 30 Social Media Jokes, Clips and Cartoons!

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Gleanster is a new breed of IT market research. Gleanster takes a different approach by providing market research that they have gathered: and you can get the data for free. I took a look at the Social Media Marketing research data. Well, almost. And, before downloading, you must agree to their terms.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 6, 2010

Imagine a world where B2B Marketers could target specific decision makers in specific companies using Social Media ads. Tim Kassouf the Director of Marketing at G.1440 This is the kind of innovative techniques marketers and agencies will need to be honing over the next few years. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Internet marketing strategies vary depending on the nature of the blog, brand, or business and alter with accordance to their physical and digital size and their particular niche. When it comes to marketing any organization, product, or service on the web, there tends to be three essential ways of doing so: Dominating social media platforms.

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Adam Cohen

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

What other complex marketing campaigns have you seen and liked? The marketing questions this uncovers could rival those of the plot so far…but I have to admit, I like what I see. Super 8 Viral Marketing Ramps Up (dreadcentral.com). Social Media Chat Tuesday, July 21st (1). Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 15, 2010

At its core, social media marketing is still marketing: it requires a strategy, planning, objectives, measurement, and utilization of key messages. It’s a component (an increasingly essential one) of an overall marketing and PR plan. Unlike other channels, social media is informal, interactive and personal.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? Among social media pundits, the debate rages on. Among social media pundits, the debate rages on.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 11, 2010

I have been in talks with a few companies lately about their social media efforts especially when it comes to supporting customers using social media ( the topic of my new book ). At the highest level there is really 2 ways to organize your social media efforts: Centralized or Decentralized.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 26, 2011

Anyone working with online marketing will tell you that its important to track your data. You need a social media dashboard. Unilyzer , a social media dashboard, seems to be a great fit for social media and search engine marketers like myself.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. If you’re going to engage in social media, do it!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content is Media&#. If you have been following my thoughts on the 4 C’s of Marketing – it all starts with content. Building a solid content creation engine is critical to B2B marketers today. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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B2B Content Marketing StumbleUpon 187

Idaconcpts

MARCH 7, 2011

While I don’t support his behavior, you can definitely take 3 important lessons from his social media strategy. I have stressed this point over and over in my articles about email marketing. Takeaway: Allocate a serious budget to your social media campaign. Share it on StumbleUpon. Conclusion.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social Media Monitoring Tools. Wildfire Social Media Monitor.

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Kikolani

AUGUST 2, 2011

Featured Post – Social Media ROI with Google Anlaytics 5. Reputation Monitoring for Small Businesses – Keep track of any mentions of your name, brand, or business so you can respond accordingly when someone has something to say about you on social media. Social Media.

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ROI Social Media Google iPad 126

Saying It Social

APRIL 23, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Why Social Media Marketing For Small Business Is Important “Social Media Marketing” – this is a HUGE buzzword in our industry right now. link] & http:/twitter.com/sayingitsocial.

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Small Business Social Media StumbleUpon Digg 119

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

More and more businesses are getting into social media – an umbrella term that covers various activities that help bring about social interaction on the internet. Facebook and Twitter are some of the main outlets for social media, but there are numerous types of social media like blogs, wikis, forums, chat rooms, etc.

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Cymfony Social Media Tools SM2 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study. Let the community know who you are.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Writing Around the Web is a monthly series highlighting guest posts I’ve written on blogging, business, SEO, social media, and other topics! Increase Earnings by Organizing Your Affiliate Information – Get all of your affiliate marketing information all in one place! Social Media. Related Posts.

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Affiliate marketing Organization Tools Twitter 115

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I just had to have one and it killed me that it took a week to get one when it first hit the market. There is a customer service lesson in here for all B2C and B2B Marketers – this is the type of support customers are expecting today on the social web. Share it on StumbleUpon. Bravo AT&T! Email this to a friend?

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iPhone Reputation B2B Social Networking 258

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

In a recent speech by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research at the ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum it occurred to me that customer acquisition is no longer an “end state” for marketers its somewhere in the middle. B2B Marketers need to examine and invest in this area of the spectrum – the customer retention area. Let me explain ….

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 30, 2010

I am a big fan of David Meerman Scott’s work and I am in the middle of re-reading his book the New Rules of Marketing and PR 2nd edition ! Translation – it provides a rich target for your marketing, you may even put a name or a face to it as one of his blog post detailed called How Well do you Know your Buyer Personas ? Tweet This!

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Advertising Crowdsourcing Facebook Case Study 205

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 12, 2010

Ok so what does a humpback whale have to do with marketing? Check out this campaign from Greenpeace for the answer. Advertising guru Russell Davies praised Greenpeace’s handling of the campaign as “one of the defining moments in New Media marketing.&# Share it on StumbleUpon. No related posts.

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Crowdsourcing Reddit Cause marketing Meme 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. You’ll get exposure to case studies of companies that do this well and review cases of companies where listening severe impacted the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

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Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Yes, it’s all to do with social media.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Writtent Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We’ve got some of the most useful marketing tools right here. The first tool that comes up is certainly social media. Facebook is a leader of social media platforms. Keeping that in mind, pick some interesting images and headlines for your posts on this social media platform. StumbleUpon.

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StumbleUpon Marketing RSS Reddit 78

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Twitter have opened up a self-serve ad platform which, on the surface, appears to be good news for marketers. Facebook still leads the way with StumbleUpon a clear second. I would also compare that to other social media traffic sources like Facebook, StumbleUpon and Google.

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Adwords Platform StumbleUpon Twitter 105

Kikolani

MARCH 17, 2015

Life can get crazy… Holidays, trips, family and personal life: There are lots of things that may stand in your way to being consistent with your (and your business) social media presence. Therefore making some sort of social media editorial calendar to keep yourself accountable is a great idea.

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Products Social Media HootSuite Tweetdeck 60

The Marketing Blog

JANUARY 5, 2009

Home About In the Media After Hiatus, Social Media Predictions & 2009 Indian startups need more Community Managers January 5, 2009.11:43 43 pm Social Media Mercury rising up in India Jump to Comments Let me start of by wishing everybody a very ‘Happy New Year 2009′ ! Mumbai was a trend-setter.

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Social Media Web 2.0 Startup Blogosphere 104

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Social media has fundamentally altered the practice of public relations. Of course, there’s more to (successful) blogger outreach than just pitching, and there’s more to the new practice of social PR than just blogger outreach. Will Traditional, Social Media Blend?

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Press Release Tips HootSuite Alltop 200

Bill Hartzer

MAY 18, 2010

Not only do you have to make sure your local business is listed, you need the extra marketing provided by local marketing experts like myself to make sure that your local business is at the top of the search results. Online marketing expert and Internet pioneer, Brian Combs specializes in bringing measurability to marketing.

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Engineering Conference Marketing Hotels 113

The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Home About In the Media Bloggers & Writers – What Keeps You Going? 28 am Fastrack Adopts Social Media Jump to Comments For B-School students this seems to be a perfect case study in the making. Yeah, I am talking about embracing of social media by Fastrack,a leading youth fashion brand by Titan.

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Social Media Web 2.0 Startup Flickr 100

Buffer Social

JUNE 3, 2016

It’s been an exciting month at Buffer – Tons of fun social media initiatives, experiments, and thinking ahead on innovative ideas to continue to grow on all of our channels. Ideas like: How can we best market our new Buffer CultureLab podcast ? Are we spending too little or too much on social media advertising ?

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Social Media Hosting Analytics LinkedIn 40

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

To give credit where it’s due, both the TopRank Online Marketing Blog and Robin Good have provided nice lists in the past, but as changes in the blog directory world can be challenging to keep pace with, both now include dead links and directories that have significantly changed their policies (e.g. Webbiquity B2B Marketing Blog).

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Directory RSS Sites Syndication 189

Idaconcpts

MARCH 29, 2011

While these are a totally different beast than going the advertising campaign way, there’s still something to be said for having an extremely functional and user friendly site for brand recognition. Share it on StumbleUpon. Tools in Action. First, let’s see how effective a good widget or app can be. FaceBook makes it simple.

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Sites Widget Tools Adsense 139