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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. Wouldn’t you want to leverage that insight to avoid a misdirection in using social media? More about this blog here. Thanks for dropping by.

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Finding Keywords: The First Step to Blogging Success

Waxing UnLyrical

Having built my first web site ( DVD Verdict ) in April 1999 and managed one of the larger SEO teams in the country from 2006 to 2009, it’s safe to say I’ve seen many changes in web marketing over time. Send them a survey asking for feedback and input. I’ve been a web marketer for a long, long time.

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Cyber Monday Is Here!

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Networking Meets Game Consoles | Main | Social Media Marketing Checklist from SES Chicago » November 30, 2009 Cyber Monday Is Here! Nearly 80% of online retailers say their sales went way up last year on Cyber Monday. What is Cyber Monday ?

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Email or RSS: Which Do You Prefer

Justin Levy

In a recent survey of their customers HubSpot found that their customers preferred to subscribe to blogs via email subscription nearly 12 times more than their preference for RSS. If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Social Media Adoption Up – Engagement Still Lacking

Proactive Report

That’s up from 35% in 2009. In 2009 40% of the companies with an active account were in the F100. In 2009 40% of the companies with an active account were in the F100. specialty retail (23 companies). Not quite what I would call an active Twitter account, being that it is a real-time microblogging service.)

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Marketers weave web of loyalty

Social Media Network Marketing

These retailers are also delving further into the connection between online customer experience and customer loyalty. While most areas are being cut, and online efforts are not immune, retailers see the online experience as an investment which can increase sales through better conversion rates and decrease costly customer service calls.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Good Samples While it does require a bit of a time investment on your part, you have potential to get some decent free samples from product surveys. At the beginning of May (the event was held on the 5th this year) you can head into your local comic book retailer and pick up some free comics. 3088 February 7th, 2009 at 10:37 pm [.]

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