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Why ROI isn’t everything with social media

Socialmedia.biz

In 2011, 60% of consumers with purchasing intent were using various social media platforms for researching products, learning more about a specific retailer and reading product reviews. Why should you go beyond the conventional ROI metrics of success? How should you define measurements that matter?

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47 Books For Your 2011 Reading List

Dave Fleet

Tweet Looking for books to populate your reading list for 2011? I was so pleased with the results that I’m doing the same in 2011. I was so pleased with the results that I’m doing the same in 2011. Once again, I reached out for suggestions – this time to people on Twitter. Here are a few to think about.

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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. Though fairly new to Twitter, Amber is active and highly engaging, and her following is likely to grow quickly. Amber Buhl. Entertainment Network.

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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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Best Quora Guides and Insights of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site). Then they began to taper off and disappear.

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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

Last week, Susan Etlinger from Altimeter Group published the Social Media ROI Cookbook. click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare). If you’re looking to place blame for why you can’t measure social media ROI in your company, grab a mirror. Is social media ROI attainable?

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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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