Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

(The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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JULY 14, 2010

Most of us don't look in our GA stats daily either way. I think it's a good approach to enter social media metrics. link] Martin Seibert I definitely like your approach and I fully agree, that strategy comes first and social media and tracking follow. That means: a. It's simple and easy to understand.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Recall that MySpace was the logical heir to the online profile/social network world pioneered by Geocities, Tripod, and Angelfire. Facebook is the Model T of social networks.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Yelp and Forums When you get beyond social networks, the heaviest concentration of influential impressions is on ratings and reviews sites (32%), followed by discussion boards/forums at 29%. At the same time, word of mouth marketing IS important, and effective. That’s a good starter list for Mass Influencers.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

I realize number of friends/followers/likes isn't an important statistic, but if you don't have a few, it's hard to get the stats that do matter. So I think there's a bit of relevance to tracking those stats. There is not a one-to-one dollar for dollar spent per lead or sale.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Free Download: 2010 Online Marketing Blueprint. Email Marketing Tips, Trends and Techniques with Return Path’s Stephanie Miller - Modern B2B Marketing , July 7, 2010 For our latest B2B Thought Leader Interview , we had the chance to talk to Stephanie Miller, Return Path’s email marketing expert. Media Plan (5).

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