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The 5 Reasons Most Companies Aren’t Measuring Social Media

Convince & Convert

Consider Nielsen ratings, which are used to determine the popularity of all TV shows and, consequently, how the dozens of billions of dollars in TV advertising is apportioned. Nielsen ratings have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. That’s not math; that’s folly. That’s the good news.

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This Week in Social Media – 8/7/2013

Social Media Marketing

Industry Social network usage rates for seniors ages 65 and older have tripled since 2009, one in every five Internet users is now on Twitter and 72% of online adults are social networking users, according to the Pew Research Center''s Internet & American Life Project''s latest report. Facebook''s new testing ground is India.

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7 Ways to Lighten Up Your Marketing and Generate Conversation

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And, according to a global Nielsen Survey of Trust in Advertising conducted in September 2013 (58 countries), almost half (47%) of respondents said that humor resonates more than any content approach. I first wrote about this video back in 2009 when it was fresh, but even five years later the idea still works.

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Do You Fear Internet Marketing & Social Media

The Social Media Incubator

scan or click the QR code to see the packages we offer Do You Fear Internet Marketing & Social Media by admin on September 1, 2009 Social media is getting as hot as a high-efficiency furnace, blowing steady streams of information everywhere. Copyright © 2009-2011. Public Relations Small Business Mavericks Loading Quotes.

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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

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While we’re on the topic of crimes against math, let’s examine Nielsen ratings, which are used to set prices for billions of dollars of television advertising in this country. The research I did for The NOW Revolution found that in 2009 there were 1,147,910 households with a TV in metropolitan Charlotte.

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4 Ways the Twitter You Know is Changing Forever

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” Once Oprah gave Twitter her imprimatur, the service crossed the chasm (6 million members before she joined in April, 2009 and 105 million a year later). And in a less than shocking twist, rumors abound that Twitter will enable advertisers to purchase “high” categorization. Twitter as a Ratings Service.

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Why Google is Going to Dominate TV Ads

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Image via BigStockPhoto.com Google wants to transform television advertising once and for all. A really fascinating announcement from Google recently about their move into television advertising. TV relies on Nielsen ratings saying, “You know what? They shut it down in 2009. ” Google’s like, “No.

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