Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 17, 2011

In addition, 4% of all American adults use check-in apps such as Foursquare and Gowalla. Conversely, in the social media community, checking-in is a frequent behavior, and legions of blog posts are written about location-based services. I’m always curious why a particular business is actually using social media.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 13, 2017

There are a ton of different ways social proof can be used for your marketing efforts, but they all basically revolve around showing that other people like what you’re offering, so they should too. Some common tactics of establishing social proof are: Positive reviews. Growing your social media following.

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Laurel Papworth

JULY 2, 2013

Sydney social media course 2013. Walk away with a social media strategy, campaign, tools. Facebook, Twitter, Social Media Dashboards, Google Plus, Social Media Measurement. Sydney Social Media Course . 29 to 31 July – Sydney 3 Day Social Media course.

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Laurel Papworth

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Shares Hiya, I’m running my last 3 Day social media intensive for this year, in December. A very practical course with small group (about 10 people) – bring your laptop to set up tools for improving Facebook, Twitter, blogs, social media press releases, measurement, strategy, campaigns and so on.

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Diva Marketing Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

Me: So I told him the 7 Step Secret Sauce Recipe For Social Media Success. Building a personae of people you want to reach helps to go beyond traditional demographics to including digital/social behaviors. . Community Generosity - Identify your peers, influencers and greatest fans. or as marketers might say -- your goals.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials 12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program YESTERDAY 1. It’s important to claim your brand name across all the major social media platforms.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

But like the other sites, it's also a social network itself. It's a chance to connect and brainstorm with others by finding affinity groups ("Communities") within Empire Avenue. To see a really interesting conversation that Caleb Storkey had with a few influentials about this topic, check out his post. Below are some examples.

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Laurel Papworth

JUNE 7, 2016

Are you looking for an intensive social media course for advanced or professionals? On Wednesday 3rd August 2016 to Friday 5th August 2016 I am teaching a social media intensive in Sydney. This 3 Day Social Media course is a mix of lecture, group challenges and computer based exercises (bring your own laptop or use ours).

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Many corporations use gamification to encourage employee engagement , sharing of company information on social media, and meeting performance goals. Just like merit badges in the scouts, or checking in on Foursquare to earn points. Is community engagement gamification? The naysayers.

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 31, 2010

Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Social Media , Tips , Twitter on March 31, 2010 | 16 responses Hey, you! If I wanted to know these things, we’d be connected on Foursquare so I could follow along as you cruise through town going to meetings and running errands. Still, it is your choice.

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Buzzlogix

MAY 15, 2017

The way to make social media truly work for you is by monitoring audience behavior and seeing what they have to say about you, your products and services, and even your competitors. The key to gathering the data you need is using the top social media monitoring tools. Sprout Social. Twitter Counter.

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I have a lot of friends in Cairns”: which would be irrelevant except that, in social media terms, everybody knows everybody. You see, Facebook doesn’t give up those discussions easily, as the conversation is not taking place on the restaurant’s Business Page, but on my friends’ personal pages.

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Freelance Social Media

MAY 26, 2009

Non-profits see online social media as an inexpensive way to build relationships, increase involvement, and help out with publicity and education efforts. Of the 929 survey respondents, nearly three-quarters (74.1%) of non-profits reported having a presence on Facebook, with an average community size of 5,391 members.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. Hash tag conversations.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

.&# Olivier is not shy about expressing his point of view either, which often gives rise to posts as thought-provoking as they can be scathing, as when he took McDonald’s to task over their version of the results of a Foursquare campaign. RSVP here: [link] #pr [.] Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 Wanna Subscribe?

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. I would have loved to get a job in something social media related but that quest always evaded me.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You [link] Howie at Sky Pulse Media This is what Sky Pulse Media is built on. utilize whether they have an existing social media strategy or not. Jay, I'm impressed!

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SocialFish

JANUARY 8, 2011

You can evaluate answers based on who wrote them; but you can’t ignore questions based on not knowing the author (or conversely, follow the same people all the time. This echo chamber is becoming a huge issue in the social media space).). It’s about subject matter expertise. You follow specific topics in your niche.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 29, 2011

Basically Empire Avenue is a community (and I use that term loosely here) where members buy and sell virtual shares in each other in the hopes of getting rich in currency of the site, called “eaves&#. If you’re in it for community forget it. Maybe about as long as Foursquare. Discussions range from buy me!

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 31, 2011

My partner @Shane sent me a link today “ Why They Stopped Using Foursquare &# by David Berkowitz. It summarizes a number of my social media friends and peers who have weaned themselves off this geo-location social network also known as a check-in service. On a larger note, social media is reaching a tipping point.

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Laurel Papworth

MAY 8, 2010

The photo sharing social network Radar.net is shutting down and, thankfully, they have all undertaken all the key steps to do that sensitively and graciously. More in Social Media is Not An Experiment. For Radar : A warm look at history of the online community. Their shutdown process is equally commendable. Obvious stuff.

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Proactive Report

JULY 8, 2010

I had the pleasure of chatting with Maggie Fox at the Media Relations Summit in New York City last week. She spoke on the session about the future of social media and in this interview Maggie explains how branded content and the intersection paid and earned media is a growing trend she is seeing. Follow me on Twitter.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

From Janrain , a free guide to improve your conversion rates and your data quality. And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. “Social media is not always about what happens digitally; it happens in real life, too.” Listen Now. The RSS feed is: [link].

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Jeff Esposito

DECEMBER 20, 2010

A collective look at the social media landscape offers varying use types. With that said, there are three common threads that often emerge in individuals’ use of social media: self-absorption; voyeurism; and a need to be connected. The beauty of it is that no matter how you use the medium, there is no “doing IT wrong.”.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 9, 2010

you've launched your social media initiative and you did it the right way. 7 Steps To Social Media Success 1. You aligned your organization's culture with the social culture. You understood the impact the social web will bring to your enterprise. social media serves many masters. don't tell.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy. First, figure out how you’re going to be social, and then worry about how you’re going to do social. Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Stelzner on Vimeo.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Government 2.0 , Prof. Who leads the social media initiatives then?

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

One of my goals for 2010 is to attend some events / seminars / conventions pertaining to blogging and social media, and today was a great start as I attended the Social Media Arizona event in Tempe. Social Media 101. Measuring Social Media Influence. Social Media Strategy.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2008

The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their music experience into Facebook, sources familiar with the situation said, the NY Post reports.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 18, 2011

I asked five successful women if they would share their opinions and use of personal "social media" branding. In Part 1 of Social Media Can "Help" Build & Promote Your Personal Brand Amanda, Em. Facebook Linkedin Twitter Foursquare. Diva Marketing/Toby: We all have many facets to our personalities.

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Jeff Esposito

DECEMBER 8, 2010

A few years ago, social media was a niche cocktail party that was populated mostly by people who would categorize themselves as geeks. If companies were aware of the space, it was often from a communications perspective. Social media is something that no one can truly own. It’s true in my case at least.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Ignoring Social Media (or Being Ignorant of it). Making yourself known online requires building relationships with influencers as well as keeping consumers engaged with online conversations and community building. They do not use social networks to find information, especially not about consumer products.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Let Your Freak Flag Fly October 6th, 2010 Tweet This is a guest post by Narciso Tovar This past week, I gave a presentation to the Dallas IREM group about the importance of giving social media a second look.

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Mindjumpers

APRIL 5, 2011

In this relation, the founder, Bill Bguyen, has also stated that the core goal with Color is to make small communities of friends and strangers. In this way, Color should provide an easy way to foster conversation and meet new people. Similar Posts: Foursquare Gives Users a Holiday Gift. What do you think about Color? >

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 26, 2010

5 social media gifts I want from Santa , by Matt Singley. Forget Foursquare and Facebook. e-Christmas sales driven by free shipping , from Social Media Influence. Makes you rethink the whole social media shiny toy thing, doesn’t it? So this made me laugh. Why: I love these ideas! Shall We Tweet?

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

What does the future look like for social media? As part of our State of Social Media week, it feels like a great time to sit back and reflect on the social media landscape and what may be ahead. 2016 has been a period of consolidation for many of the biggest social media platforms out there.

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