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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s what makes UnMarketing an unusual, yet worthy use of your marketing education time: UNpretentious Unlike so many marketing books, Stratten doesn’t overcomplicate the subject matter. There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics.

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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. Wonderful community-building strategy!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts.

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MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail? Note that I didn’t include Web design.

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JULY 27, 2010

Before Permission Marketing , how much audience did Seth Godin have? I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing. Chris Brogan started with zero posts and zero readers.

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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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MAY 13, 2010

I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media allows big companies to act small again. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. It’s not viral unless it is.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. If you’re feeling particularly frisky, I’d love for you to vote for my other two panels while you’re in the mood.

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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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JUNE 29, 2010

link] Hot In Marketing Cognitive Surplus – Use Social Connectivity to Change the World | Book Reviews | Social Media Consulting – Con. 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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JUNE 17, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? Roberts @njmirolo Always fun!

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MAY 4, 2010

link] [link] Hot In Marketing Social Media's Internal Impact – An Interview with Phil Simon | Internal Social Media | Social Media Consultin. link] [link] Hot In Technology Social Media's Internal Impact – An Interview with Phil Simon | Internal Social Media | Social Media Consultin.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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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. because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. Now, he tweeted it to his 1.6

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Social Integration in an Instant One of the outstanding new add-on features of NutshellMail is their Facebook app, which enables Facebook fan page managers to easily add an email newsletter tab to the page. Subscribers then receive a digest of all the content posted to the fan page. This, I'll try. This, I'll try.

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JULY 26, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts Why D.I.S. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. More Work Upfront, Less Ongoing What I love about this program (in addition to the eye-popping results): It’s rooted in helpfulness, not marketing.

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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.

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MARCH 4, 2010

After your webinar yesterday my department spent an hour or so asking ourselves, “What IS the goal of our blog?&# Metrics would include the number of times a post is mentioned in other blogs or media, references, RT's, etc. Very helpful post, Jay. Jury's still out.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Social Conversation a Myth? link] [link] Jerry Freeman Have you scored a free copy of @jaybaer's Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of #Twitter 20?

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MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection.

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FEBRUARY 5, 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.

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JULY 21, 2010

A recent presentation at the PRSA Counselors Academy, by Michael Lasky , Partner and Chair of the Public Relations Law Practice at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert in NY, provided a wake up call to those in attendance about how the law is slowly creeping into the social landscape and why responsible marketers had better pay attention.

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JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. Testimonials are a huge part of the infomercial world, as they are for effective social media. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Why D.I.S.

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MARCH 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 A Social Media Scoreboard That Works March 25th, 2010 |Written (..)

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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?

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MAY 27, 2010

Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? agencies, you should be experimenting with this too).

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APRIL 6, 2010

Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. When creating and promoting social content, include specific, relevant keywords and search phrases wherever possible. What do you think? Worth a try?

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JUNE 7, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: The Best Advice Has No Shelf Life It’s Time for Real-Time Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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APRIL 20, 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.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. link] [link] WebPro360 And, it's not just about businesses 'tooting' their own horn.

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JULY 15, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse?

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MARCH 3, 2010

An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers. Think Different Here’s 6 ways to differentiate agency social media services: 1.

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JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

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MAY 26, 2010

Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Content creation and content marketing will continue to allow companies to capitalize on the fact that every customer is now a reporter.

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JUNE 3, 2010

We may be the least… [link] #marketing [link] Wissensauslese RT @jaybaer: What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce: We don’t ask for much, really. We may be the least… [link] #marketing [link] Wissensauslese RT @jaybaer: What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce: We don’t ask for much, really. " Kudos Joyce. Pathetic BP.

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MAY 11, 2010

And if possible, I’d recommend having employees closest to the product (designers, engineers, product marketing, customer service) be the stars of the show, not executives or marketers. Digital Dandelion Take your written and video content, and spread it as widely as possible on the social Web. Give this a try will you?

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