6 Project Management Skills Every Marketer Needs to Know [Webinar of the Week]
Project management. Two relatively benign words that when put together create headache and heartache for marketers worldwide. Join this webinar to learn the right way to manage marketing projects.
Social Media ROI’s Missing Ingredient
You can’t calculate social media ROI without spending time figuring out your true costs. Here’s an easy to know what it’s really costing you to send that Facebook update.
The Virtuous Circle of Mentorship and Its Impact on Your Career
My friend Marcus Sheridan wrote a very forthright blog post (as is his custom) recently called “8 People That Dramatically Impacted My Life in 2013.” I was amazed and gratified to have been mentioned in that post. Here’s what Marcus wrote: I’m going to be very honest here and say there have been times I’ve […]
Are Brands Overvaluing Facebook and Twitter? Let’s Find Out
As I announced recently, I’m partnering with global market analysis firm Edison Research on The Social Habit, a comprehensive, quarterly study of how Americans use social media, why, and to what end. Edison (who is the exclusive provider of exit polling data for Presidential elections, among other things) is handling the research, and is using […]
The Power of Authenticity
When you’re authentic, you’re true to yourself. When your brand is authentic, it is true to its mission and purpose. The power in authenticity, whether in your brand or person, is that it leaves no questions unanswered. People know where you stand, what you’re made of and what is important to you. Authenticity helps you […]
Klout and the Reality of Return on Influence
Video production by my friends at Candidio. Fast, inexpensive, great service. (Abbreviated transcript below. Please watch video for entire interview.) Jay: Welcome, everybody. It’s Jay Baer at Convince & Convert, joined today by a very special guest, my good friend Mark W. Schaefer. Mr. Schaefer, how are you, good sir? Mark: I could not be […]
10 Social Media Pros Pick Their Favorite iPad Case
Given the extraordinary buffet of technology and tech-related options and alternatives available to us, it fascinates me to learn what people I know and trust use on a day-to-day basis. In this, the debut edition of What The Pros Use, I polled a group of social business and content geniuses to determine what they use […]
No B.S. Social Media Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway
Video transcipt: Hey everybody, it’s Jay Baer from Convince & Convert. Hope you are doing great. Today we’re going to talk about things that are no bullshit. First thing that’s no bullshit is it is a Saturday here in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana. Going to go to the IU game with the kids. Go Hoosiers. However, […]
Social Media, Pretend Friends, and the Lie of False Intimacy
Subscribe to our new Definitive newsletter: High grade digital marketing guidance, topically sorted, and curated to the max. You pick the categories, we deliver the content. The best content from around the web, on topics you care about and need to be an expert in. It’s not an illusion. We really are doing more with […]
Jason Falls – The Twitter 20 Interview about Social Media and Public Relations
Featuring Jason Falls, the head of social media at branding agency Doe-Anderson, author of the Social Media Explorer blog, and all-around social media nice guy genius. Jason submitted himself to the rigors of the Twitter 20 interview (20 questions live on Twitter) on November 14, 2008. Excellent questions and comments from viewers throughout, too. Thanks to […]