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Social Media

Twitter Haiku

by Bob Hazlett on January 15, 2010

Twitter, Twitter, oh!
Everyone an expert. Link.
All I got are bots.

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Social Media RFP Template

by Bob Hazlett on January 14, 2010

The Social Media Request for Proposal template is for companies to help them choose the right social media partner.  It runs through the mandatories such as strategy, reputation and monitoring as well as the almighty questions about R.O.I, metrics, project management and community.

If you’re looking for a social media agency, here’s a good jumping off point.  If you’re an agency, take a look at the questions.  How can you better position your organization to create real value for your clients?

Social Media RFP Template – Social Media Group

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Determining Social Media ROI

by Bob Hazlett on November 19, 2009

Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi

Key Takeaways

  • Social Media is not free – it takes resources such as time, people and technology
  • There are lots of non-financial items such as retweets, impressions and facebook fans that many marketers equate to ROI, but that’s not necessarily true. ROI is dependent on an actual financial impact.
  • Things like sales revenue, number of transactions and new customers are what makes an impact on the bottom line.  Make sure your transaction data measures your frequency, reach and yield (see slide 47).
  • Overlay your data to see what patterns develop.  Can you correlate your social media efforts to increase dollars per transaction, customer frequency, etc?  What trends and precursors develop?
  • Find what works, then work to make it better

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How To Add Twitter to Google Wave

by Bob Hazlett October 2, 2009

So you’ve got a Google Wave invite and your chomping at the bit to integrate twitter into your waves?  Well, Danny Sullivan has the answer for you.
Basically, you need to add Tweety-Wave as one of your contacts (tweety-wave@appspot.com) and then add them to a new wave.  The application will verify your login credentials and you’re [...]

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The Best Time To Post To Your Facebook Fan Page

by Bob Hazlett September 8, 2009

According to a recent report by ViTrue, the best time to get a response from your fans is on Tuesday.  Click through rates peaked at nearly 10% on Tuesday and actually hovered around the same percentage on both Monday and Wednesday as well.
The worst time?  Their study suggests that click-through-rates plummet on Friday and Saturday [...]

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Social Camp Memphis – Saturday, Sept 19th. Grab Your Tickets Today!

by Bob Hazlett September 7, 2009

Come out to Social Camp Memphis on Saturday, September 19th at the Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering.  Social Camp is all about social media, social networking and the community of people behind it.
They’re still looking for good people to present their ideas and knowledge. So if you’ve got some burning knowledge or something you’d [...]

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Giving Your Twitter Messages More Punch and Credibility – Tips from Jakob Nielsen

by Bob Hazlett August 25, 2009

I’m still a firm believer in developing a relationship and providing value to your user base FIRST, but once that’s accomplished and you’re ready to take your messaging to the next level here is some food for thought from web usability extraordinaire, Jakob Nielsen, on optimizing and beefing up your tweets. My synopsis:

Readers only scan [...]

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Instant Digital Campaign

by Bob Hazlett July 21, 2009

Instant Campaign, from Brazilian agency Gringo, recently created a self-promotional site poking fun at so-called social media rockstars and their digital drivel. Put in a big budget and watch Father Pop-up give you the golden treatment.  Via Adverblog.

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Razorfish Releases Social Influence Marketing Report

by Bob Hazlett July 13, 2009

Razorfish recently released their social influence marketing report. Download it, read it, give it to your boss.
Social Influence Marketing (SIM) is about employing social media and social influencers to achieve the marketing and business needs of an organization.
Social Influence Marketing is about recognizing, accounting and tapping into the fact that as your potential consumer makes [...]

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Facebook Universal Search, Visualization, 12Seconds and Landing Page Design

by Bob Hazlett July 10, 2009

Facebook let it all hang out to a select group of members to test their new search interface.  The system would allow members to search their news feed for recent updates, photos, links, videos and notes being shared on friends’ profiles and fan Pages. Users who have made their profile and content available to anyone [...]

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Non-Profits Kicking Butt, New SEO Best Practices, Web Design Checklists and Google Advertising Rumors

by Bob Hazlett July 7, 2009

Here are the interesting posts at the top of my reading list this week.
The fine folks at the Red Cross are working diligently on crafting a Social Media Policy Handbook.  They’ve got a great start and are light years ahead of even most for-profit businesses. As it should, its available online for your viewing pleasure.
Staying [...]

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What Will The Future of The Social Web Bring Us?

by Bob Hazlett May 14, 2009

Jeremiah Owyang speaks with Blake Cahill on what he sees the future of the social web is going to bring us. He theorizes that there will be 5 era’s of the social web. He believes that people will start to own the market instead of companies and that communities will continue to take [...]

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Social Media Metrics Plugin for Google Analytics

by Bob Hazlett April 19, 2009

Here is a simple Greasemonkey extension for Google Analytics that adds social media metrics right in with your web reports. The developer promises more services to come, but as of now it measures Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Yahoo inLinks.  Check it out.

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Social Media Calendar Template

by Bob Hazlett March 29, 2009

If you collaborate with others on developing and executing a social media strategy, it may be important that you keep some sort of calendar or record so that everyone is focused and headed in the same direction.  That was the main reason I created this social media calendar template last year.  I know it’s an [...]

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5 Must Haves for Developing Corporate Social Strategy – Social Camp Memphis Edition

by Bob Hazlett March 7, 2009

Hi friends and buddies, here is the presentation I gave at Social Camp Memphis on developing corporate social media strategy.  The slides are more visual, so I hope you find some value in them.  Let me know if you’d like deeper explanation.
5 Must Haves for Developing Corporate Social Media Strategy
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