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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

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According to Google Trends, social media marketing as a topic if search interest recently turned nine years old (or is about to turn 11 years old, depending on when you place its origin). Facebook was opened up to the public in 2006. Social media is big with marketers, but a struggle for sales. 89% of U.S. eMarketer ).

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11 Myths of Social Media Marketing

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Though social media marketing is rapidly advancing in terms of adoption and sophistication, many marketers and business executives still struggle with it. This confusion is partly due to some still-common misconceptions about social media marketing. Social media marketing is really hard. Social media is free. Not really.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

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So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? My answer is certainly–yes!

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What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

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A simple tool like Google Alerts would pick up most stray citations. If Google Alerts had been developed with a focus on social media, this would be it. Through PRWeb, which Vocus acquired in 2006 , it offers extensive news distribution and tracking capabilities. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on FriendFeed. Tweet This!

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87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012

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Though social media marketing is now used in about 90% of companies, techniques, platforms and best practices continue to evolve. Increase use of video marketing? Marketing Pilgrim ). 90% of marketers now use social networks in their marketing efforts, but growth has plateaued; the figure was 89% in 2011.

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Search and Social Lessons from the Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference

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Last month’s Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference opened with a blast of presentational energy from Neal Rodriguez. They also advised that marketers set SMART goals, and presented a selection of best practices for advertising on popular social networks: Among other key takeaways from Grant and Katy: • Use the scientific method.

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Book Review: The B2B Social Media Book

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With The B2B Social Media Book: Become a Marketing Superstar by Generating Leads with Blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Email, and More , authors Kipp Bodnar of HubSpot and Jeffrey L. Cohen of Salesforce Radian6 have literally written the book on social media best practices for B2B marketers. Depth of subject matter expertise.

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