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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

Mindjumpers

But 2012 was also characterised by being the year when visual content came into focus, as Sara predicted. The Timeline allowed them to create a great narrative about their brand by filling in content all the way back to 1932 when it all began. An expression of just how important visual content has become.

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The Oscars: content marketing success

Sherrilynne Starkie

And, while the awards show and its host, Seth McFarlane , were both widely criticized even as the broadcast was just going out for being boring, badly written and not funny, it was a clear, out-of-the-ballpark content marketing success for the global entertainment industry. That’s the power of compelling content.

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The Top 5 Challenges for Digital Brands in 2012

Direct Marketing Observations

Last week in a very thought provoking Tweetchat hosted by Lisa Petrilli , the discussion, though swirling around how an introvert uses social media, somehow segued into driving website traffic. 1) Driving traffic - The challenge in 2011 is the same in 2012. Content creation. Keep your users focused in 2012. Guess what?

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Today’s most effective marketers are optimizing content across channels, coordinating search and social marketing activities with traditional PR, and measuring their web presence and performance with sophistication. Just 4% of marketers said their companies were “very effective” at measuring social marketing in 2012.

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One Social Thing Wrapup – Week of 6/11/2012

Convince & Convert

Scroll to see the social media and content marketing articles you need to know. If you find a social media or content marketing story you think is a must-read, tweet it out with the #OneSocialThing hash tag. our free, daily email with 1 great thing you need to know about social and content). About the Jay Baer: Follow @jaybaer.

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One Social Thing Wrapup – Week of 6/4/2012

Convince & Convert

Scroll to see the social media and content marketing articles you need to know. If you find a social media or content marketing story you think is a must-read, tweet it out with the #OneSocialThing hash tag. our free, daily email with 1 great thing you need to know about social and content). About the Jay Baer: Follow @jaybaer.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Supermoon 2012

Kikolani

Your Blog, Your Rules – Why Marketing Should Always Begin at Home – Don’t rely solely on social platforms for housing your content. I’d say, yes, everyone has what it takes, no, not all content will entertain people, and yes, entertainment with a bit of indirect promotion is a solid way of generating business from video blogging.

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