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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009. Photo credit: Wikipedia). It’s proof that smart social media marketing can deliver a significant, lasting and measurable increase in customer engagement and transactions. Wikipedia rules the waves. Related posts: Facebook advertising facts. Related articles.

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Gartner: fake social media reviews

Sherrilynne Starkie

Photo credit: Wikipedia). Many marketers have turned to paying for positive reviews with cash, coupons and promotions.” 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.

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

English: CBC Radio personality Nora Young at the Northern Voice 2009 conference in Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Big data matters to you as humans and a community and as a marketer,” Young told the audience of senior marketing strategists. Successful social media marketing to moms.

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A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

You’ll get exposure to case studies of companies that do this well and review cases of companies where listening severe impacted the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. Is MySpace marketing really worth it? How can I market effectively with Flickr ? How can I get changes made to my company’s Wikipedia page?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s 2007.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Tamar Weinberg July 21, 2009 at 9:21 am In a way, Nick, they certainly could have. Reply Matthew Chamberlin July 21, 2009 at 12:25 pm Even some companies that might not be trumpeting their use of SocMed are in there. I don’t they had much of a choice though. The openness of the Internet has shifted the power.

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The Most Exciting Thing Happening In Digital Right Now

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I fell madly, deeply in love with Kickstarter when I first heard about it back in 2009 (you can read more about my love for it here: Kickstart Your Own Economy ). Kickstarter is a New York startup that was founded in April 2009. It's not Twitter. It's not Facebook. It's not YouTube. It's Kickstarter. What is Kickstarter? creativity.

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