Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You run over to check your Twitter account. Sure, you can centralize some of your social media chores (great post by Chris Brogan), by using Tweetdeck or Seesmic. For normal humans that check social media a couple times a day, NutshellMail may become your new favorite social companion. Then Linkedin.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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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. I know the economy remains tight.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Elise Duplin What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce | PR 2.0 | Social Media Consulting – Convince &Convert [link]. RT @intersection1: RT @jaybaer: The power of "I'm Sorry." " What BP Should Learn From Umpire Jim Joyce. 2 little word mean so much. link] sietsema Truth, or Consequences?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

Social Media 117

Social Media Strategy Statistics Metrics 117

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2011

I asked a big brand on Twitter for help and they gave me a canned response. I miss the days when social media was more personalized. A big US brand with over 100,000 Twitter followers has run into the problem that I tweeted about above. What’s your social media policy? Again, this is a big brand.

Findability 201

Findability Domain Name Policies Social CRM 201

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. You can find her on Twitter or, if you’re lucky, behind a rolling pin making a fresh pie. Have you read the Terms link provided by Facebook, Twitter or YouTube?

Social Media 155

Social Media Policies Consultant Social CRM 155

Convince & Convert

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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Social Media Strategy Curation Privacy 134

Visually SM

JULY 27, 2020

Social media tools are essential for a smart business to manage important channels in their Digital Marketing routine. In this day-to-day task, a social media manager has a million balls to juggle at once, so using that direct line of communication effectively can be a major achievement. Sprout Social.

Social Media Management 246

Social Media Management Social Media Tools Domain Name 246

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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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. You might want to test this. • What about you?

Social Media 157

Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 157

SocialFish

OCTOBER 1, 2010

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. American Family Insurance’s Troy Janisch on leaving boring behind with social media (SmartBlog on Social Media).

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Analysis Social CRM Construction Foursquare 165

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 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 Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

Social Media 118

Social Media Strategy Social CRM Company 118

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant RSS 120

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page.

SEO 115

SEO Social Media Consultant Social CRM 115

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy. I don’t believe Twitter and Facebook will always dominate. First, figure out how you’re going to be social, and then worry about how you’re going to do social. Stelzner on Vimeo.

Social Media 135

Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 135

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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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

But, the team does reference a series of social media outposts via a tiny murderers row of icons (my favorite is “Linkedin.coming soon&#. But, facebook.com/mntimberwolves appears to be available, and their Twitter handle is @mntimberwolves. The Twitter background includes zero evidence of any other outpost.

Social Media 120

Social Media Content Analysis Sports 120

Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Why can’t your social media program do that? The best – and most effective – social media programs aren’t based on promotions and message distribution. That’s understanding that social media success is a long putt, not a tap-in. That’s understanding the difference between selling and helping.

Social Media 129

Social Media Consultant Health Care Questions 129

Twist Image

APRIL 17, 2012

What makes media a social media? If you ask someone what social media is, they will inevitably say that it's all about the conversation. I'm no longer bullish on this notion of conversation within social media. Scaling your social media efforts back is the best way to scale them for true growth.

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Wiki Hotels Social CRM Retail 102

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. But most social media types aren’t Paul Gillin.

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Klout Nielsen Influencer Social CRM 161

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. Social media post scheduler.

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Features Social Media Social CRM Social Media Management 147

agora pulse

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Shopping for social media management tools? Or need to upgrade to a new social media scheduling app? Finding the right social media management tool is essential for everything from building your brand and driving sales to optimizing your digital strategy and maximizing your budget. Social CRM.

Social Media Management 138

Social Media Management Social Media Tools Social CRM 138

Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Swix Adds Facebook Tracking Speaking of Facebook, our friends at Swix , the incredibly nifty Canadian social media tracking and reporting service, have managed to wade through the ever-shifting tides and add Facebook fan page metrics. What have you seen in the social media world lately that’s excited you? (I’m

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Consultant Metrics Social Media Social CRM 123

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? Finding the right social marketing tool is essential for everything from building your brand and driving sales to optimizing your digital strategy and maximizing your budget. Agorapulse.

Social Media Management 208

Social Media Management Social Media Tools Collaboration 208

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. 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. Blogging is a commitment to yourself and anyone reading.

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Metrics Strategy How To Tourism 132

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). I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system.

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Disqus Social CRM Patterns Consultant 109

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. So, you can do basic social media management using native apps. Social media dashboard vs. native tools.

Social Media Management 105

Social Media Management Tools Social Media Aggregator 105

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 13, 2010

Naturally, I asked about his interest in mastering social media for his clients. Well, I got to start a Twitter feed for one client, but we no longer work for them. That’s the essence of a good social media strategy , anyway. His answer? I don’t believe in a “digital divide.”

Social Media 140

Social Media Strategy Consultant SEO 140

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.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

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.

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Consultant Publishing 119

Convince & Convert

APRIL 12, 2012

This is Episode 11 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Vanessa Sain-Dieguez who is the Social Media Director at Hilton Worldwide. The RSS feed is: [link]. It’s been kind of a crazy day in social media, right? Listen Now.

Hotels 118

Hotels Instagram Authentication Social Media 118

agora pulse

JULY 14, 2020

Shopping for Twitter management tools? With a gazillion Twitter management tools out there, how do you find the perfect match for you and your business? As a social media manager, you don’t have time to try out each one you hear about! Either way, you probably don’t plan or create Twitter content independently.

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Tools Twitter Social Media Management Team 97

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook took a major (yet curiously underreported) move in this direction last week, when they enabled companies to publish to Facebook members’ news feeds for anyone that has “liked&# a Web page. Your Party is Lame The third front of Facebook’s war on websites is in the area of push versus pull.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Marketing Consultant 167

Convince & Convert

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, it’s the online equivalent of HBO – important more because of who uses it and the media’s infatuation with it, rather than the actual size and impact of its audience.

Social Media 125

Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 125

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). The tools of social media always change.

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