Have You Been Social Selling All Along?
Many salespeople think of social selling as a new and intimidating discipline. The truth? They’re likely social selling pros already.
6 Ways Content Marketers Can Supercharge Their LinkedIn Profiles
LinkedIn is an often overlooked tool for building your own personal brand. Here are six of LinkedIn’s best brand-building features.
Why Investors Need to Use Social Media
Social media provides today’s investors a quicker, more efficient way to predict market movements and evaluate trade decisions.
Which Social Network is Your Pro Sports League [infographic]
Each of the major pro sports leagues has its equivalent social network. It’s a remarkable coincidence, as you’ll see in this infographic and post.
9 New Social Media Statistics and What They Really Mean
Jay Baer analyzes new social media statistics from Social Media Examiner including new data on social media tools and social media usage.
Why Linkedin is Using Math to Help You Improve Your Content Marketing
In this March Madness edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about my Arizona Wildcats and the new Content Marketing Score announced by Linkedin. Big companies are going to start spending more ad dollars on Linkedin. The company – in just the latest of several smart recent moves – announced last week the debut […]
Wake Up – Why It’s Now About the Media not the Social
The tools and technologies that have aided and abetted the social era have grown up and forsaken us. The big social players have all rolled out features and functions that position them squarely as media platforms that maintain comments functionality, rather than their original roles as social networks. Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter aren’t the new […]
7 Reasons Your LinkedIn Profile is a Hot Mess
In the age of personal brand marketing, it’s just not okay to let your LinkedIn profile sit collecting Internet dust until you’re ready to look for your next job. If your profile isn’t current, or if it communicates indifference, not only are you likely missing career-transforming opportunities, but you could also be giving people the […]
Are You IN? L’Oréal Celebrates Unique Qualities of Its LinkedIn Community
In celebration of reaching 300,000 followers on LinkedIn, L’Oréal is taking a unique approach to activating its community with a new, “Are You IN?” campaign. With the goal of positioning L’Oréal as a top place to work, the company has created visual way for its community to share an “IN word and “IN moment” that […]
The Best Social Media Advice I Learned in Kindergarten
In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about LinkedIn’s recent marketing program whereby they sent emails to members announcing their profiles were in the top 10%, 5%, or 1% of all profiles viewed. (excellent coverage about it from LinkedIn consultant Andy Foote) As Andy and others pointed out, […]
5 Reasons Linkedin is Boring in a Good Way
Anthony Juliano is the Vice President of Marketing and Social Media Strategy at Asher Agency, a Midwest-based digital marketing strategy firm. Anthony speaks and writes about a variety of social media and marketing topics, with a specific focus on LinkedIn. Connect with him at AnthonyJuliano.com. LinkedIn has a reputation for being… well, a little dorky. […]
9 Social Media Hacks I Use Every Day
Do you have your copy of Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help not Hype? Visit Amazon or Barnes & Noble to get your copy now! Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s just different expensive. To do it well requires a tremendous time commitment, and regardless of what your life and lifestyle entails, the time you […]
What Do You Know? Examining the Big 4 Online Answer Sites
Arnie Kuenn is the president of Vertical Measures, a search, social & content marketing company . He is author of Accelerate! Moving Your Business Forward Through the Convergence of Search, Social & Content Marketing. An ideal connection between social media and search might just be “Answer” sites. The essential concept behind an answer site is that […]
6 Newfangled Social Media Tools Worth Discovering
I’m not really sure how all of these guys are going to make a living, but there sure as hell is no shortage of innovation in social media. The torrent of new digital tools and gadgets makes Sharper Image, SkyMall, and Hammacher Schlemmer look like an Amish electronics store. Just in OneForty alone (the unofficial […]
Build Thought Leadership Through Social Networking
Remember, social media is about people, not logos. That’s why the most powerful form of social capital is personal, not corporate. That was the theme of my day-long workshop for the Association of Management Consulting Firms last week in New York. My friend and client Elizabeth Sosnow of BlissPR co-presented with me. Titled “You’re a […]
5 Ways to be a Social Networking Smash
1. Be Helpful Distribute what you know. Make people smarter. 2. Share It’s not all about you. For every time you talk about your own stuff, talk about other people’s great content 8 times. 3. Be Personal People gravitate toward people, not robots. Show what you’re really like. Just don’t be a freak. 4. Ask […]