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AUGUST 19, 2010

This of course creates a mini viral effect, as trip participants invite their friends, family, and desk-bound colleagues to check out their tales of whitewater adventure, dining al fresco, and sparkling waterfalls. Allowing for and creating communities. said Brandon Lake, Vice President of Western River.

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FEBRUARY 23, 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 Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

You of course want to be responsive to your customers in social media, but disproportionately so? Are you creating a chasm, whereby you treat your social media customers better than your non-social media customers ? If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Your social media strategy should do this too. Of course, you can talk about the run-of-the-mill features and benefits of your product, but that doesn’t create any real kinship. 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: Why D.I.S.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Of course, it's purely subjective. KatFrench I like the search box placement of Option 1 best, but the pattern and overall look of Option 2 best. To me, Option 3 is a little too orange (and I like orange). link] Jan Schwartz I like the image in option 2 and the banner colors, but a little lighter, in option 3.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Of course, content alone is not the answer. Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. 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: Why D.I.S. Thanks for the homework~!

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APRIL 6, 2010

Your scenario may of course vary, but for illustration purposes let’s assume you have a Twitter account, Facebook fan page, blog, and email newsletter. If a piece of content is successful on your blog (measured by visits as determined by Google Analytics, perhaps), add it to the next rung – your email newsletter.

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APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports? So, I peeked at YouTube.

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MAY 11, 2010

Digital Dandelion Take your written and video content, and spread it as widely as possible on the social Web. Put it on YouTube of course. It just seems a little harder to me to convert folks via social media and that's where the main site comes into play. Of course, you need to have a solid site first.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Of course, there are a ton of outstanding PR firms doing excellent work in social media, including all the folks I have the great privilege to work with every day here at Convince & Convert. But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

But, I’m excited by the possibilities, eager to get our kids set up in what I think will be a terrific situation, fired up about our new home, and eager to get integrated into the Indiana social media community. The Indy tech and social media communities have been amazing, and I'm not even in the state yet!

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JUNE 22, 2010

Social Media? Never Heard Of It This is of course a situation that is most acute in B2B, where White Horse found that 60% of companies either have low executive interest in social media, or have modest interest but a lack of education. danperez Amanda, Glad to see someone agrees with my observation.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? Of course, I went around collecting autographs from then greats (and ultimately Masters Green Jacket wearers) Sam Snead and Gary Player. Thanks for reading.Dan.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 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: Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites [link] Amy Spreeman This is a terrific resource.

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JULY 28, 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: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Check out these 5 ways: [link] #contentmarketing [link] Jim Meyer, GM/VP Of course. Helpfulness = great marketing success.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. You need to determine why your company should be social, for whom your efforts are intended and where your audience is in the buying cycle, and how you’ll measure success.

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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). DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow As I wrote on Brass Tack Thinking, I have the chills. is my vote.

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JUNE 2, 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 Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

link] Social Media Strategy | Afrinnovator.com [.] link] Crushing the Myth of B2B Social Media [.] in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. I love this presentation by Jason Beer (and the corresponding blog post): [.]

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Nearly all the once mighty, now defunct social network or community sites unfurled and died after being purchased. The tools of social media always change. And that’s why your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic. And that’s why your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic. The goals shift.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

And of course thanks for including Radian6. And of course thanks for including Radian6. And of course thanks for including Radian6. And of course thanks for including Radian6. Also, the ability to tag sources and posts for later reporting or creating listening streams is often important to consider. Thanks again Katie.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Our strategies and expectations for social media are in reality a complement to what we’re doing in email and lifecycle marketing. Isn’t our Facebook page just a post-modern email newsletter? Couldn’t we use our social media outposts as targeted landing pages for our email and direct mail communications?

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JULY 13, 2010

Why not try spending time commenting in your targets’ community blogs? That’s the essence of a good social media strategy , anyway. Find teachers, identify valuable communities, volunteer time to non-profit organizations who need your energy. Pholden Great post but of course I knew it would be! Just get started.

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APRIL 22, 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 Media Too Big For Its Britches?

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MARCH 9, 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 Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts?

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AUGUST 4, 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: Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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MARCH 22, 2011

You could dedicate another email account to newsletters. Rapportive is a social CRM, giving you important information about the person who is emailing you. In fact, I use Jabber for internal communications as Community Manager of Namecheap. I have personal files saved to CrashPlan plus my Linux box, of course.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It was before the birth of social media and was heavy print, tv and billboards. It had the residents buzzing, created a “have to live there&# by those outside the community. Taking that into social media would have only increased and expanded upon this. I really don’t think you can “build community&#.

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JULY 8, 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: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends Please Help Me Support Make-A-Wish Foundation Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Thanks for sharing this.

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FEBRUARY 9, 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: Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Radian6 For advanced social media listening, I often recommend my friends at Radian6 , who have – in my opinion – the most robust feature set and product development roadmap of all the widely available social listening platforms. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post!

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. Facebook, of course | @jaybaer [link] > Is the website dead? Who killed the website?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. Facebook, of course | @jaybaer [link] > Is the website dead? Who killed the website?

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JUNE 8, 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 Are You Ready for the Opportunity Economy?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 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 Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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