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The Big(ger) Marketing Shift

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Bazaarvoice says that between 75% - 80% of all online shoppers read online customer reviews (or peer reviews). Consumers are more open than ever to engaging with companies via new media (86% vs. 78% in 2009), but it still takes a big effort on the part of the company to reach the upper echelons of the consideration set. brand loyalty.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

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But if John Doe is influenced to buy from you based a tweet—but completes the purchase through another unrelated channel—there’s no way to assign the value of that sale to Twitter. That said, there are many aspects of social media that can and should be measured, both to show results and to help guide future activities (e.g.

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Is Your Executive on Twitter?

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Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Is Your Executive on Twitter? ExecTweet has tapped the Twitter API to give you a peak into what corporate America is doing. When I put the post together on how businesses could use Twitter , something like this was unavailable. What is ExecTweets?

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

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Expand Your Social Media Mix: Twitter Alone is Not Enough by Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang. ** 5 STARS. Beyond the obvious (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube), Cara Friedman makes the case for adding social networks like Flickr , Tumblr and Meetup to your social media marketing mix. Social Media Metrics and ROI.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Is Your Executive on Twitter? ExecTweet has tapped the Twitter API to give you a peak into what corporate America is doing. When I put the post together on how businesses could use Twitter , something like this was unavailable. What is ExecTweets?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. Evan Williams’ (co-founder, Twitter) keynote was so disastrous that an anecdotally estimated 80% of those in the room left before conclusion.