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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

But, if email marketers don’t actually use the data they have at their disposal to increase message relevancy, then the email versus social debate become more viable. Unify Your Team The first step is for companies to devise a coordinated strategy that uses email and social communication synergistically.

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MARCH 28, 2012

What if we took it to another level and gamified customers’ live call interactions with CSRs (customer service reps) to help palliate customers’ on hold experience, as well as allow companies to benefit and receive a cost savings? We Might Hate the Players, But We Don’t Hate the Game. Rewards for Waiting on Hold.

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MARCH 28, 2012

What if we took it to another level and gamified customers’ live call interactions with CSRs (customer service reps) to help palliate customers’ on hold experience, as well as allow companies to benefit and receive a cost savings? We Might Hate the Players, But We Don’t Hate the Game. Rewards for Waiting on Hold.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Tip of the Iceberg Unlike enterprise-class social anthropology services like Rapleaf , Flowtown is incredibly easy-to-use, and is tuned for the do-it-yourself marketer. “We want to be the mint.com of social marketing,&# says Ethan Bloch , co-founder of the San Francisco based company. Just a thought.

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JULY 26, 2010

Which brings up the whole “viral&# aspect of the platform. PitchEngine provided a platform for people to get their word out. Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch. The new PitchEngine platform (launched about three weeks ago), takes things to the next level.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Yet before a crisis erupts, no matter what the root of the issue, companies should cushion themselves by leveraging the good work they’re already doing. Don’t be Shy.

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JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies.

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JULY 14, 2010

No new metrics, measures or key indicators – we have simply created an additional platform from which to further engage stakeholders in our work and achieve existing goals. Social media exists and organizations are in it whether they choose to be or not. webby2001: NEW on BrandSavant: Is Social Media Monitoring Worth The Trouble?

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APRIL 20, 2010

While this is important for a blog like mine, it’s flat-out critical for e-commerce companies, and others that are blogging for business. We're starting to drill down on targeted terms for the work blog, but I'm pretty much using my personal blog as a test platform right now.

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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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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

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APRIL 1, 2010

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? I have grown increasingly critical (but not cynical) of big brands failing at social media.

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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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APRIL 13, 2010

link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. Thanks Jay for the awakening and thought provoking exercise.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But if you’re engaged in a social media program in an effort to go “viral&# you’re not really engaged in social media at all. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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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!) Like you say, it depends on what your metrics and goals are.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

it’s really not possible for a company (or even an individual like me) to have true conversations within social media – and certainly not with any real scale or breadth. Remember, social media makes big companies seem small again. Remember, social media makes big companies seem small again.

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JUNE 15, 2010

A major component of answering those questions effectively is understanding in which social outposts your customers are concentrated. A major component of answering those questions effectively is understanding in which social outposts your customers are concentrated. Rapleaf is better for larger companies.

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MARCH 9, 2010

March 9th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Are you treating social media like a checklist? 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.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

But, one of greatest benefits of social media is that it puts the shortcomings of your operations department in marketing’s lap, and vice-versa. Ultimately, this will make for stronger companies. The customers that take you to task in social media aren’t the ones you need to worry about.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. But, figuring out what you want to do on Twitter is not your “social media strategy” – it’s just a short-term, tactical plan for a platform that survives despite its shortcomings.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

If the standard unit of publication becomes something other than the page, but rather smaller social objects like status updates and photos being published and ranked in real-time, Google’s role in that equation is diminished. That’s becoming less true by the second.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

If the standard unit of publication becomes something other than the page, but rather smaller social objects like status updates and photos being published and ranked in real-time, Google’s role in that equation is diminished. That’s becoming less true by the second.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I believe Kurrently has the potential to make Facebook a much larger player in the social CRM world, as companies can now instantly see just how much they are being mentioned on that platform. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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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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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Google Alerts Like most marketing professionals, I have several Google Alerts set up for my name, my company name, and topics of interest to me. Disclaimer: I tweet and blog for the company. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Type any domain and scan the site.

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JUNE 30, 2010

If we’re not using the available data (made even richer by the coming ubiquity of “like&# ) to boost relevancy of our social and email communication, our fans will gravitate toward companies that are. It’s time to start thinking about social media the same way. Because relevancy = respect.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Starbucks could use their SDN to reinvent themselves as a key member of any local community, and not as a coffeehouse, but as the best-possible advertising platform available in every city and town in the country. link] jaybaer It’s a risk that a lot of successful companies run. I myself give them credit for the effort.

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MARCH 2, 2010

That’s been ExactTarget’s territory for a long time, and extending that concept of message-centric, platform-agnostic to social media is a natural fit. And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. Metrics Integration Due to its online nature, social media is inherently measurable.

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APRIL 7, 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: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Is it scalable to give every single mayor or person who checks in 20 times something for free?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Succeeding on the social Web requires daily participation. Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time. But video blog posts?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams. Social Data Firehosing In contrast to the conference at large, I was delighted by the exhibition this year. Larger space, more interesting companies, and better production overall.

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