Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Because tools will change.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

SocialFish

APRIL 1, 2011

The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse. The State and Future of the Social Media Management System Space (Jeremiah Owyang). The Art of Social. Social Media Explorer).

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Sysomos Vimeo Social CRM Analysis 162

Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed.

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Social Media Policies Consultant Social CRM 155

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. You might want to test this. • What about you?

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Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 157

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

I will continue to have the same clients, and perform the same social media strategic planning and coaching services that I do today. In social media, and in life you have to embrace a simple concept: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. But for now, I want greener, quieter pastures with suffocating humidity. Definitely.

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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. Why ignore it?

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Social Media Strategy Metrics Organization 136

Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

When it comes to creating a social media strategy , there is one, often overlooked piece of the puzzle that falls through the cracks. I work with clients to create communication plans and digital strategies that usually include some form of social media. The who is doing what piece of the puzzle.

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Social Media Consultant Strategy Organization 141

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. How can we convince our clients that we’re good at social media?

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Questions Social Media Consultant Education 161

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.

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Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 135

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Incidentally, these internal links are also a SEO positive) 4. RT @jaybaer: 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Social Media Mktg. RT @jaybaer: 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Social Media Mktg. That would be a fun discussion, right?

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Social Media Strategy Consultant RSS 120

Jeff Esposito

APRIL 4, 2011

Last week, the social media world was rocked about the acquisition of social media monitoring company Radian6 by CRM vendor Salesforce.com to the tune of $326 million. On one hand, I am extremely happy for folks like Amber Naslund and Lauren Vargas who work at the company.

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Radian6 Social Media Social CRM Company 52

Pixlee

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Social media influencers do not need to have a huge follower base to be effective. You can ask influencers to employ the in-app shopping features of social media apps, including the “Swipe Up” feature and product tags on Instagram. The survey also revealed that social media influencers have the highest reach and impact.

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Influencer Discount Upcoming Affiliate marketing 52

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

The “ROI of social media&# (or lack thereof) is a hot, and still hotly contested, topic. I summarized arguments from both sides a few months ago in The Social Media ROI Debate. It can influence your prospects to buy from you, but doesn’t normally lead straight to a purchase.

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ROI Case Study Bazaarvoice Klout 191

Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

I have recruited a posse of incredibly smart social media, digital marketing, and public relations thinkers to entertain and inform you while I’m learning how to pay with colored money, and my son attends hockey camp. I’ll be back in a couple weeks.

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Community building Social CRM Consultant Posterous 116

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

Other instructors include the awesome Mari Smith , Brian Solis , Paul Dunay , my brilliant pal Jeff Widman from BrandGlue , Darren Rowse from ProBlogger , my friend MIke Stelzner (founder of Social Media Examiner ), and a bunch of other great folks, including a lot of specific case studies (even B2B!).

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Facebook Social CRM Consultant MySpace 122

Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 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 Would You Try It With a Fox?

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Consultant Social CRM MySpace Social Media 121

Pixlee

JANUARY 19, 2017

74% of consumers rely on social media to inform their purchasing decisions. 65% of social media users from ages 18 - 24 evaluate information that is shared on social networks when making a purchasing decision. 84% of millennials report that UGC on company websites has influence on what they buy.

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UGC Content Loyalty Travel 41

Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen. Indra Gardiner covered social media law in a way that I cannot.

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Social CRM Consultant Blogger MySpace 117

Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

This session included much of what Indra and her partner Jon Bailey have been able to accomplish in the last two years, moving from a primarily traditional agency to a new media powerhouse. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail?

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Marketing Social CRM Conference Social Media 124

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

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. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. How can I help you?

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Twitter Metrics Social CRM Consultant 126

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). shorten Social Media Consulting & Coaching to just “Consulting & Coaching&# ) and add Search to the end of the nav bar? We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system.

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Disqus Social CRM Patterns Consultant 109

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

The most popular search phrase – “ social media strategy &# brought 837 visits, and 2,654 search terms were used by just one visitor during the month. 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.

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Hitwise Content Blogger Consultant 117

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. This is especially misplaced with group written blogs, where the broad content focus and inconsistent tonality makes RSS subscription less likely.

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Metrics Strategy How To Tourism 132

Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. Naturally, I asked about his interest in mastering social media for his clients. His answer? I don’t believe in a “digital divide.”

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Social Media Strategy Consultant SEO 140

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

At one point we discussed headline writing and what draws clicks within the social media content universe. How to Create a Share of Voice Report Get Shorty – The Elevator Pitch is Dead Finding Your Mass Influencers Among Your Customers 4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse?

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM Consultant 142

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 25, 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 Know Your Customers Enough to be a Social Media Hit?

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Social Media Case Study Strategy Study 117

Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

While many businesses are excited about opportunities to reach their customers on the social web, few actually believe they have done so successfully. Lion Brand’s Lion Brand Notebook: Lion Brand is a yarn company that has been in business for over a century.

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Social Media Strategy Influencer Case Study 129

Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

It includes a dozen letters written to C-level executives (in general) about what they need to do to take social media to the next level. Sure, social media differs from the marketing we’re used to in that it puts the company and our customers on the same – rather than opposing – teams.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Publishing 119

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily.

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 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 Why D.I.S.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Social CRM 139

Convince & Convert

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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Social Media Strategy YouTube LinkedIn 135

Oktopost

JULY 27, 2021

By marketing through search engine results and paid search advertising, a company can capture high-quality leads with intent to buy. Search Marketing combines two disciplines: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing). SEO is optimizing your website to be more attractive to the algorithms of search engines.

B2B 118

B2B Marketing SEO Engineering 118

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The top two social networks for B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies are LinkedIn and Twitter. Unfortunately, almost 30% of those companies have abandoned their Twitter accounts, just suddenly going silent despite having tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of followers. Category: SEO Rank Tracker Tools.

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Company Twitter Content B2B 38

Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 12, 2010

Yesterday consisted of a killer pitch for a very large SEO project in which the client said afterward that they had never received such a detailed proposal before, and yet… that’s the way all of my proposals are. 3) I came across this post of 35 Great Social Media Infographics and I like it for 2 reasons. Kinda fun.

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Sites Social CRM Social Media Proposal 182

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 4, 2010

But it’s not like social media created negativity, it just puts a magnifying glass to it. The public and immediate nature of getting slammed via social is what stings. 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.

Social Media 132

Social Media Strategy Comments Course 132

Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 6, 2017

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? Market interest has remained fairly strong since then. 1) Infusionsoft. .

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Social CRM Tools Sample Samples 196

Convince & Convert

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.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Marketing Consultant 167