Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Let’s be honest for a second here. The major “Web 2.0″

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Three cheers for them! page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Or “Throw ‘stuff’ up on the wall and see what sticks,&# versus strategy and planning and metrics analysis. Social rounds it out, helps to expand reach. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Jered I think you hit the nail on the head, here. Warm fuzzies. Im Jay Baer.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!). community?

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Jeff Esposito

JULY 22, 2010

So it baffles me when I read posts and hear people talking/positioning social media in a way that will only open it up to skepticism. Things like engagement, understanding the community, we need to be in the space and if we’re not there we lose ground with the competition, are common statements. If you are confused, let me clarify.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2010

Which pattern matches your social media success metrics? Ready, Fire, Aim There are two schools of thought regarding social media effectiveness tracking. Success metrics are established from day one, with a shared understanding among all team members of how score will be kept. We pick our baby names before the fact.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Each of these strategies requires different tactics, resources and success metrics. If you’re looking to bring some clarity to your Facebook efforts, be sure not to miss this illuminating presentation from social media strategist Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Swix Adds Facebook Tracking Speaking of Facebook, our friends at Swix , the incredibly nifty Canadian social media tracking and reporting service, have managed to wade through the ever-shifting tides and add Facebook fan page metrics. I see it as a nice play for CC, but not sure I fully get it. Need to … noodle on it a bit.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

His ramblings can be found at www.membershipjedi.com This post is a compilation of ideas born out of Jay’s post “ Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success ” in which he succinctly describes one of the biggest obstacles facing organization’s pursuit of social media effectiveness – corporate culture.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. I think your point about being involved in the community is the toughest for companies to put their arms around. And guess what? The very blog that you’re reading came out #1. Of course, content alone is not the answer.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Then came social networks that were great places to deliver and share messages – but not really that great for telling your story. Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc., Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). McCann is CEO of Gist , a provider of real-time intelligence on your network of online contacts. JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? It will be interesting to watch.

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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. link] Top 5 Inbound Marketing Articles to Start the Week: Social Media Fear » Boston Social Media [.] Im Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

As a top Digg submitter, it worked like this: at first, people noticed my heavy community involvement and my participation , and consequently, my submitted stories easily front-paged. The community had to react. There’s no real community in Digg. Most other sites you belong to probably have a bigger sense of community.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

There is of course relentless chatter about social media ROI and success metrics. Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Un #CaseStudy de una empresa de aventuras [link] [link] Elena RoBe Artículo interesante: El malentendido de las redes sociales [link] [link] robertwheatley And therein lies the great lesson: being helpful and human. Allowing for and creating communities. Engaging people in their passions all helps make the business more meaningful.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

No longer are your friends actual people that you have met in real life and had a conversation with instead friends are now a metric of popularity where many feel if they have a greater number they are superior. link] bob nunn Diesel Jeans lets you a dressing room camera to see if your social network 'like' you in those pants.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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Ari Herzog

JULY 24, 2011

Clicking the link to create a new account (which you may choose if you don’t have a social networking account), another window pops up and prompts you to fill out routine fields you’ve seen in other places for other website identification systems. Shonali elaborates with an example: Try it out. Experiment below.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Yelp and Forums When you get beyond social networks, the heaviest concentration of influential impressions is on ratings and reviews sites (32%), followed by discussion boards/forums at 29%. You may be influential in social media and your children more in “Avatar&# or &# gaming&#. Sore spot with us PR types.)

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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. Keep Score Social media metrics are widely available, but require effort and integration to be gathered and analyzed successfully.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. The contrast in social media is stark: to build a community, we shouldn't ask who we can reach with what message, but rather, who are our fans right now and how do they talk about us. Does that make sense?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. I recommend picking three solid metrics to track. tools of social media always change.

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

As mentioned in my post about blog success metrics , if you cover a very wide topical area, subscriptions are less likely). And many of us in the social media space are guilty of that particular sin. That would be a fun discussion, right? link] Adine Jay, This was timely and a great help for me. Thanks for the help. Im Jay Baer.

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Justin Levy

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Well, recently I was asked to contribute a case study to the WOMMA Metrics Guidebook. Once you’re done reading, or even before you start reading, make sure you download the WOMMA Metrics Guidebook. Developing an online presence through social networks, a blog, and a video blog.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Recall that MySpace was the logical heir to the online profile/social network world pioneered by Geocities, Tripod, and Angelfire. Facebook is the Model T of social networks.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Coming from a communications background, content calendaring (and then on the flip side, tracking metrics back to that content and program calendar) is something I've encountered a lot. Thanks for the Radian6 mention. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

Let’s look at a few examples of companies that have done this successfully: Yelp’s Elite Squad: Yelp operates a social networking, user review, and local search website for members to post reviews and get user feedback on local businesses and restaurants.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. There are some elements of Disqus I don’t like, especially that it doesn’t always play nice with other plug-ins, but it does make commenting easier and faster for most of you who already have a Disqus account.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Like you say, it depends on what your metrics and goals are. Like you say, it depends on what your metrics and goals are. Social Media Monitoring Tools – How to Pick The Right One [link] #Tools #SocialMedia [link] martin s. Historical data seemed more robust as well. link] Danny Brown Great write-up, Katie. link] martin s.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

The metrics available on Facebook are in many ways better than you can get from Google Analytics. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. That's all. Just compliments. Im Jay Baer.

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