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Why You're the Key to Social Media Success

Convince & Convert

Too many companies are “experimenting&# with social media because they feel they have to, not because they want to do so. Unlike every other form of marketing and communication ever devised, you can’t treat social media like taking medicine – something that you do when you have to, and only because someone told you so.

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Marketing Marvels – How to Find Influencers with Little Bird

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This is episode one of my new show: Marketing Marvels. There is A LOT of marketing technology out there, and it’s difficult to know what all the platforms and packages do, whether it makes sense for your business, how it stacks up to competitors, and a bunch of other key questions. To subscribe to the show go to [link] ).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

One of the greatest benefits in the emergence of social media communication and marketing is that now every consumer has a voice that can be heard. It's not like the “old days&# where TV/radios advertisements and marketing campaigns had to appeal to broadly defined targets markets. Well…duh!

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Yet, it seems to be a stagnant mode of gathering feedback.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

On today’s Web, buying decisions are influenced less by the grand, sweeping programs that take old marketing and put a fresh coat of social paint on them. There are two strategic ramifications for this new era of content marketing. Targeted at marketing directors. But, it’s still important.