Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. That’s not a “wave the magic wand&# scenario. It’s about humanization.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Facebook fan pages are email newsletters 2.0 That's all.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!) I think that is more powerful than targeting by city, state or region.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Many companies that jumped early onto the KM bandwagon have all but abandoned it, while many organizations that waited are now repeating the mistakes of the pioneers. The quote at right is what one executive told me when I suggested his company make such an investment.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

Ultimately, this will make for stronger companies. 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ [link] Chuck Reynolds Interesting you post this as we have a small Arizona business owner Yelp disaster on our hands. Listening to your customers and understanding their needs can really develop your company in the end.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Flickr Creative Commons Search This is my go-to source for photos for the blog and presentations. Using Flickr’s advanced search, you can browse photos that are specifically made available under a Creative Commons license , allowing you to use them with attribution in blog posts, etc. Thanks for the Radian6 shout-out!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Track things like audience/community sentiment (positive/negative) if you want to map effort to results. Get a Flickr account for photo sharing. Use social networks respectfully to share the best of your content, in a community-appropriate setting. Remember that community and marketplace are two different things.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. Where Did My Facebook Page Go? Whose fault was it? I can’t!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 30, 2010

Infraction #1 : Digg’s FAQ (Submitting Section, Question #3) says that duplicate submissions are bannable violations. Both wanted to create a Facebook community to connect users to each other. However, it’s sadly not the case and clearly your fan base is clouding your judgment. Sometimes mods make mistakes.

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