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12 things I thought I knew About Social Media in 2011

Direct Marketing Observations

As 2011 winds down, it’s time for me to reflect on the state of my social media world in 2011. Things that I thought I knew about social media in 2011: 1) That I knew what I was talking about. 2) That the whole ROI thing would have sorted itself out by now. 8) That FB would get to 1billion users in 2011.

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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity SMM

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. The categories with the largest percentage of marketers reporting plans to reduce spending next year were high-cost offline tactics: direct mail, trade shows and print advertising. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

From February 2009 to May of 2011, researchers monitored participation in an AIR MILES social community website where members share tips on the best ways to collect and use miles, and share redemption experiences with the brand. Related posts: Facebook advertising facts. ROI in social media. Social media in call centres.

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True Social Media ROI is All About Integration

The Social Media Incubator

scan or click the QR code to see the packages we offer True Social Media ROI is All About Integration by admin on November 16, 2009 Not long ago, a client came and asked if we could “help her business go viral” by launching social media for her company. Copyright © 2009-2011. Public Relations and Small Business Mavericks C.E.L.

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The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. She spends her time exploring the future of advertising, social media, and emerging technologies and just being pretty cool. Eve Mayer Orsburn.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. Time spent reading newspapers is down 75 per cent since 2011. per cent since 2011. Canadian Media Consumption Trends.

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Bad PR Measurement Gets a Smackdown

Waxing UnLyrical

for the last few days, speaking on measurement at the 2011 Oregon Governor's Conference on Tourism. whether ROI can be anything other than a quantitative term. [Ed: measurepr -12:07 PM Apr 12th, 2011. CommAMMO Q2: ROI is a financial term. CommAMMO Q2: ROI is a financial term. measurepr -12:29 PM Apr 12th, 2011.

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