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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009. Related posts: Facebook advertising facts.

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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

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). We’re now long past the days of having to “sell” business executives on the value of social media for marketing.

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Gartner: fake social media reviews

Sherrilynne Starkie

In 2009 in the USA, the FTC determined that paying for positive reviews without disclosing that the reviewer had been compensated equates to deceptive advertising and would be prosecuted as such. Social Media Reviews: 10 percent to be paid for by companies in 2014. Map your LinkedIn contacts. Down a new path?

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Facebook Advertising for Dummies (Wiley)

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Whether you’re on the Facebook home page, reading comments on a friends’ Walls, or playing your favorite Facebook game, you have probably noticed at least one advertisement running on the right hand side on the page. These ads are available to anyone with an advertising budget, from $1 to $1 billion. Email this to a friend?

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The Challenge – And Risk – Of Ad Agencies’ Growing Interest In Social Media

Dave Fleet

Too much has already been written about the recent Old Spice foray into social media. Not a PR agency, or a social media agency. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal ran an interesting story on the growing interest of ad agencies in the social media space. An ad agency.

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Social Media Chat Tuesday, July 21st

Adam Cohen

Marc Meyer and Jason Breed have done an amazing job over the last year plus bringing in some highly respected and social-media-knowledgeable folks like Chris Brogan , Amber Naslund , Beth Harte and Jason Falls. When combining social media with other interactive marketing practices, the results can magnify both.

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The Absolute Guide to B2B Advertising on Quora

Oktopost

B2B buyers are increasingly using social media and user generated content to research their major purchases. The reason being, that industry publications are rife with advertisement, which makes it hard to judge a real review from one a vendor paid for. 60% of advertisers on Quora are B2B.

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