Dave Fleet

JULY 18, 2011

Online customer support is one of the key trends confronting companies as they embrace social business and look to interact with their consumers online. As social support grows in reach and popularity, companies are facing the conundrum of how to successfully scale. Shift from reactive to proactive + reactive.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 28, 2022

Communications tools are make-or-break for modern companies. Because every missed deadline, bottleneck and minor misunderstanding trickles down to impact your team’s productivity. But the bigger your company, the faster these issues tend to snowball out of control. Team chat tools. PR and media tools.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Social CRM (customer relationship management) is becoming the expected standard for businesses of all sizes. Brands can no longer afford to use social media in isolation. The valuable insights gleaned from social interactions need to be available to all departments. What is social CRM?

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Visually SM

JULY 27, 2020

Social media tools are essential for a smart business to manage important channels in their Digital Marketing routine. Automation is fundamental in this work, making these tools a must. The good news is that as social media has grown up, so have the tools available to help you master it. Sprout Social.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. We have many good tools at our disposal right now we could be putting to use. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. and hope for a.02 through a new channel.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 14, 2013

Social networks open up an entirely new game for you to play and it’s a very profitable one. The early adopters were laughed at and even discouraged from using social media as a tool for driving sales. If I ever ran a sales team that would be the directive. Technology has become a necessity in sales.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Even more telling were the 70% of consumers who cited that they were more likely to buy a brand’s product or services when that company responded or interacted with them on social. Sprout supplies businesses with Instagram management tools to foster and grow those relationships. Accessing the Instagram Contact View in Sprout.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Shopping for social media management tools? Or need to upgrade to a new social media scheduling app? To make an educated decision, take time to get the details on the top tools out there. But with dozens of available options, how do you know which is the best social media tool? Social CRM.

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agora pulse

APRIL 7, 2020

Shopping for your company’s first social media tool or needing to upgrade to a new social media management app? To make an educated decision, take time to get the details on the top tools out there. But with dozens of available options, how do you know which is the best social media tool? Agorapulse.

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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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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

To succeed in a social media, you need the right skills, the right knowledge, the right training — and the right social media marketing tools. Each social media platform operates as a silo. The right social media marketing stack quite simply makes you a better marketer. Social media scheduling tools.

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Proactive Report

JUNE 4, 2010

On Wednesday morning a group of people interested enough in social media to brave the LA traffic gathered at the W in Westwood for the Visible Technologies Social Media Readiness breaskfast. Kolsky was a Gartner analyst and now does work on social CRM and strategy. Form social media teams.

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Laurel Papworth

MAY 23, 2010

This session will demonstrate how to build an Analytics solution with SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft BI to offer a unique platform that delivers: - Improved decision making with the enhanced insight from powerful analytic tools. - AND one of the panellists was pushed in last minute by the company.

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Koka Sexton

MARCH 2, 2011

After joining and getting waist deep in building strategies around engaging our customers and prospects using social media, a few things became very clear to me. One was that this company has hit on something very hot, giving sales people actionable trigger events to drive business conversations and decisions. Who should attend SSU?

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agora pulse

JUNE 22, 2020

Whether you’re shopping for your first social media management tool or you’re ready to upgrade an underperforming tool, you need to make sure that your preferred social media dashboard has these nine essential features. A Quick Look at Social Media Dashboard Basics. A Quick Look at Social Media Dashboard Basics.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

This week I’ve been writing about speed and response expectations for business on the social Web. The companies that engage customers on Twitter and Facebook within minutes are making a none-too-subtle statement about their embrace of the social telephone and the primacy of the customer. Ultimately, speed wins.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

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. I’ve worked with this team before on the Social Media Success Summit earlier this year. It will change the way you think about Facebook for business.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As my friend Jeff Rohrs from ExactTarget (client) says: “How can social media kill email, when you have to have an email address to belong to a social media site?&# And that’s the premise behind Flowtown , one of the most exciting new social media tools I’ve seen in months. I just gave Flowtown a spin.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

In that spirit, here are some interesting updates from companies and tools I’ve written about previously here at Convince & Convert. This was an item requested by approximately 125% of Swix’ customers, and the company was finally able to pull it off. agencies, you should be experimenting with this too).

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

First of all, tremendous thanks to the incredible team of guest bloggers who did an amazing job keeping the content fresh, and the conversation lively. I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. All of this is happening to companies (maybe yours) every minute of every day. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 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 It Curtains for the App Store?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 28, 2011

Social media is unique in that it is the only medium yet conceived where companies are playing in the exact same sandbox as we’re playing personally. I recognize that marketers are challenged with feeding leads and opportunities to the sales team like a mama bird regurgitating worms. Which Side Are You On?

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Using native tools well enough but intrigued by a social media management solution? Read on for solid reasons why it might be time to ditch the native tools and go with a social media scheduling tool. Whether you handle Facebook Pages or Facebook Groups, you need a tool that can manage them all.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. How can you instruct your team to implement and operate something that has so much potential to immediately win (or lose) customer hearts and minds, if you’ve never used it yourself?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

They're bots and goofballs who followed you using one of the tools you alluded to. 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

MARCH 25, 2010

Events & ROI The Swix team understands that to understand social media’s true impact, you must track over a lengthy period, while simultaneously accounting for external factors that could skew results disproportionately. You’ll be able to easier understand how these events drive social success using Swix.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

A collaboration between RESMARK Systems (a provider of hospitality software), Western River Expeditions (an adventure tour company), Compendium (provider of corporate content creation software), and ExactTarget (provider of enterprise messaging software) shows how this can be done day-to-day. That’s it. It makes sharing simple.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. But, it’s widely disparate content usage across social outposts that’s the real mystery.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

Want to cheer for a historically mediocre college football team. The Science of Cities We used the online filtering tool Find Your Spot to narrow down our relocation options. No idea what a Hoosier is. Decided to find out first-hand. Living near Sedona, AZ for 6 years is giving me vortex poisoning.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline. – Thanks Mike!

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

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. You’re thinking that I’m crazy.

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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. Are you working with a team or collaborating with a client? •

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

We hear how twitter and the other SM tools will help to get you on top, blah, blah but that only happens so few times. A blog can serve many functions, depending on whether or not the blog is the business (revenue stream) or a tool (for commerce, community, etc.). Blogging is a commitment to yourself and anyone reading.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The 7 Steps to Creating a Social Media Strategy Before you begin, commit to worrying about social media tools last, not first. Because tools will change. If you fall in love with tools, you’ll constantly be changing directions, with no real plan to guide your way. Social media is about people, not logos.

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