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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

(click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare). There’s no question that the social media ROI question continues to befuddle business – 41% of respondents to an eConsultancy survey of 1,000 companies and agencies in late 2011 had absolutely no idea of social media’s financial impact.

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Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Testimonials are a huge part of the infomercial world, as they are for effective social media. Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. Maybe sampling and demos on location will fit better.

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Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Convince & Convert

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. 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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The Eight Best Social CRM Tools

Webbiquity SMM

Social customer relationship management (CRM) was being written about as a distinct product category as far back as 2008, but market interest really began to take off the following year. How does social CRM differ from traditional CRM? Sample review: “Infusionsoft is a CRM designed to cater to small businesses.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less? Social media is about people, not logos. If you’re a small company, congratulations, this should be pretty easy. If you’re a big company, how can you act small again? Social media strategy consulting details here. What’s the Point?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

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.