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JUNE 24, 2010

Interesting read and comparison. Interesting read and comparison. What social media marketers can learn from infomercials (besides, of course, how to cook an egg or dehydrate food) [link] [link] cegeland Excellent post by @jaybaer on 3 ways informercials can inspire your social media: [link] [link] Vincent Veenstra Nice post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. Love the comparison… it is SO true Reply Tamar Weinberg June 4, 2010 at 8:47 am Woohoo! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Thanks for commenting, Heather!

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 9, 2010

This is likely, because the search content is often on sites which have no focus on owning an area with quality content – which is the sort of thing which is more likely to be shared on social networks (It should have also been the sort of content more likely to be highlighted by Google – maybe in 2011?).

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

based on budget or schedule) Once you’ve answered those questions you can compare major social media monitoring tools. I’ve started a comparison chart, based only on my own experience and opinion, for you to use and update as you see fit. Also, thanks for having Sysomos in your comparison.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. When it comes to a basis of comparison, nested conversations are probably the only aspect of Plurk that has brought it much success (save for the lack of downtime, though it does suffer some quirks here and there).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

In comparison, here’s another anomaly (for its time). If you also ask me, Digg has had a lot of vocal supporters and those voices are going to be preaching about other social networks now. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 11, 2010

In the area of e-mail marketing there are naturally all so-called SWYN tools: send-to-a-friend modules, social sharing tools etc. If you measure the social interaction with your e-mails properly, you will be able to identify influencers easily. Next to the use of social network sites you can also use proprietary community platforms.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media results can’t be measured False. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Social media is hard False. Be where your customers are.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). I built my network on chicken appetizers and Bud Light. Every week.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

I think the banks/financial institutions should be included in your comparison. 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. Fawn Thanks Jay. You are exactly on point here. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Comparisons with other products in the category. 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. Previously, content about Kodak products would have been created by the media. Im Jay Baer.

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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

MAY 11, 2010

Consider the cost comparison of communicating the kind of messages, and the useful information that we can freely distribute now through the internet tools available versus the older media sources and their cost structures? #YYC Im Jay Baer.

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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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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. Im Jay Baer.

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Kikolani

JULY 23, 2010

Aliens & Avatar – a funny comparison of the similarties between the two films. 75 local SEO meetups – great networking opportunities! Calculating ROI on Internet Marketing – measurings your return on investment for PPC, organic search, and social media with Google Analytics. Link Building.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

In fact, it’s quite telling that every single social network still requires members to sign-up with an email address. One might even argue that social media isn’t email’s Van Helsing, but rather it’s Bella or Sookie. The reasons that social networks require email addresses are numerous: 1. Why is this? Im Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

But yet, companies want a step-by-step social media playbook from some other company that they can magically replicate. Excellent comparison to A/B and multivariate testing, too. Social Media expert Jay Baer just wrote a great post about organisations’ fear of failure when testing tactics. link] jaybaer I love your post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Comparison shop. Thankfully, social networking helps make these resources known — if I tweet that I’m reading XYZ, chances are I trust that content and want to share it with everyone else. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buyer beware.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

On the other hand, in Internet Marketing, you sure can, so I wonder if it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison. Reply Roger Dooley July 30, 2010 at 11:57 am It’s not a perfect comparison, Tamar, because most people wouldn’t attempt to do their own legal work, while any doofus can get on Twitter and Facebook.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I feel that once we dive down into the polling and the methodology, we'll find that the definition of “friend&# for the purposes of these surveys will have contexts different enough to render the comparisons (and thus the “trend&# ) meaningless. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2010

For example, data that shows that in comparison to last month, 15% more people went to your product pricing page after first visiting your Facebook page is a far superior KPI to number of Facebook “likes&#. link] Social media metric humor. It’s about behavior. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

I have found this to be a poor comparison. I totally get the point of the iPad as a way to make casually web browsing, social networking, and ebook-reading simpler and trendier, but in no way are these things “computers&#. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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JUNE 30, 2010

[link] [I like that interactive infograph] [link] Paula Bee Fun interactive info display, but I wish it allowed multiple side-by-side comparisons. link] [link] Paula Bee Fun interactive info display, but I wish it allowed multiple side-by-side comparisons. Are you among them? I definitely check email first, then facebook and twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2007

student Danah Boyd and covered by BBC News has determined that there is a “sharp division along class lines among the American teenagers flocking to the social network sites.&# It was a real private but promising social network. Every social network is professional, because someone can look you up at anytime.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Your comparison is apples to oranges. I get that this is all a social proof numbers game. If there’s any comparison at all that can be made of both, it’s the CONTENT itself that should be judged and valued (or not). As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

I don't fly a lot, but I've been on US Air in recent years; and that is the only airline (in comparison to American, JetBlue, and Southwest) that employs older white males as attendants and not younger women. link] Ari Herzog I laughed when I saw the picture. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

By way of comparison, that’s approximately the same size as the Asian American population, and you certainly don’t see the media coverage, software development, conferences, and general hullabaloo about marketing to Asians. Same goes for location based social networks. Social networks are for exposure.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Reply rohn smith December 16, 2009 at 7:55 am I agree with all of them seo is really easy task with comparison to social media marketing.In fact now a days social media marketing become very important so it became the essential part of seo.I I’ve come from SEO and social networking backgrounds.

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JUNE 28, 2010

If it doesn't look good in comparison to the other ideas on your chart, that's a bad sign. A simple rational and brief for every piece of content [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. It also puts bad ideas in their place. Im Jay Baer.

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