Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. If you were going to run an ad in a magazine, you would ask about both the psychographics and demographics of the reader so you could target the call to action and message appropriately.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). We reconfigured our companies to accommodate phone. Not just the big companies, but the every companies. is my vote. is my vote.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Brand communities, contests, most social listening, and non-promotional tweeting fits into this category. Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Not sure who came up with it originally) Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

T&L magazine. They need to know how to use their knowledge and skills-by thinking critically, applying knowledge to new situations, analyzing information, comprehending new ideas, communicating, collaborating, solving problems, and making decisions.". City Council for their commitment to giving our community a voice. Curriculum.

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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. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. That’s not a “wave the magic wand&# scenario.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? JB : In addition to influencer outreach, how can companies engage in influence mining for customer service? Should companies treat customers differently? TA : Each of our companies is a “smart agent&# in some way.

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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

JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Jason Never underestimate how far showing a little humanity instead of towing the company line can go towards setting things right. From a PR standpoint, I see companies and people time and again fail to embrace the cardinal rule of admitting mistakes to the highest degree possible. What BP Can Learn From the Umpire.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 20, 2023

(@remyandarthur) Having a caption contest can help you: Encourage your followers to meaningfully interact with your content Boost the number of comments you have on a post Foster community, as entrants like and comment on other’s entries 3. Be relatable Relatable content is very sharable.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google. Agencies need to advocate for cooperation and help make it happen.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

Sean Donahue notes that, “If you’re still on the fence about the importance of a company blog, consider this trend: Many B2B marketers report that their team’s blog — not the company homepage — is now the most popular entry point for online visitors,&# then provides tips for maximizing company blog success.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 2010

A recent study by Econsultancy called “ The Value of Social Media &# shows that companies are overwhelmingly using the “Big 4″ of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Linkedin for their social media efforts. Somebody’s “strange&# social network is someone else’s potentially thriving customer community.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 31, 2012

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. Jay : I want to start off the show by thanking our kind sponsors, Eric’s company Argyle Social, data driven social media management.

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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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Hootsuite

JULY 13, 2023

Say you’re a sneaker company, and you set up your competitor’s brand name as a social-listening search. Ensure no sales lead gets lost by setting up a messenger or DM virtual assistant that can help address FAQs without requiring any human manpower. There aren’t really companies exclusively for social media lead generation.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

It’s an almost magical device that can show incredibly crisp HD video, all the audio you can handle, Web pages, books, online magazines ( Zinio is great on the iPad), newspapers, tweets, Facebook, Linkedin, and just about anything else you’d want to digest. And it sounds kind of cool to use for newspapers and magazines.

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Hootsuite

AUGUST 14, 2023

Develop a campaign slogan for an ecommerce store selling handmade jewelry that conveys the company’s sense of style, quality and values. Generate suggestions for five influencer campaigns that will help a sustainable clothing company reach their target market of Gen Z and millennial customers. Create three compelling arguments.

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Writtent Blog

MARCH 23, 2016

Prepare some questions (look through some big magazines for inspiration). Books, magazines, web resources – if they’ve helped you in any way at all, your clients will probably find the information useful too. Share Your Company Story. What are your company’s rituals? What are the great things you do as a company?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 8, 2010

But while companies are rightly trying to get their heads around the concept that every customer is now a secret shopper and a potential reporter, not enough attention is being paid to the positive ramifications of real-time business. Instead, you must first establish a protocol by which your company is CONSTANTLY listening for opportunities.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

How does social media use differ in B2B vs. B2C companies? As many companies have learned the hard way, unanswered complaints on social networks can go viral, causing real damage to a company’s brand. 90% of B2B buyers age 18-35 now make company purchases online, compared with 45% of those age 45-60 and 29% of those age 60+.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

August 25th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Today’s post is a collaboration with Clinton Bonner , community connectivity expert, futurist, and blogger at Everything to Everything. Carefully crafting and leading the consumer experience in-store and virtually, has earned the company trust and admirable loyalty.

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Later

MAY 8, 2019

A fashion-forward Instagram strategy can drive traffic, make sales, and attract a loyal community of followers. While previously we relied on fashion magazines, celebrities, and TV ads to push out styles and trends, now Instagram followers are free to engage, follow and even start a trend – and brands are paying close attention.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Nobody forced companies to get involved with their customers in this way. But yet so many companies are using Twitter as a post-modern headline news service. Startling to me, but less than 1% of the participants would use Twitter as the first way they’d contact a company when they need customer service. And for what?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

But what makes Randy exemplary is a simple lesson that every company should reconsider – he relishes the description. We have a new biscotti, terrific with coffee or Bailey’s and coffee, from a company ironically owned by Interbev, the European brewers that purchased Anheuser-Busch, which is based here in St.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 30, 2015

This is a classic for marketers, magazines, and sites like Buzzfeed. These are their own words—a form of word of mouth—that you use to inspire interest in your company, products, or services. Company News. Your company is ever-changing. Even silly, simple news can help your customers feel a connection with your company.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This is a classic for marketers, magazines, and sites like Buzzfeed. These are their own words—a form of word of mouth—that you use to inspire interest in your company, products, or services. Company News. Your company is ever-changing. Even silly, simple news can help your customers feel a connection with your company.

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