Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2016

Social media use isn’t quite universal—but it’s getting close. population now has at least one social networking profile; more than half use two or more social networks. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 Image credit: The CMO Survey. 70% of the U.S.

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Social Media Marketing Survey Metrics 100

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Today I am going back to the four social media trends Beverly Macy predicted would be hot in 2012 in the Huffington Post. The rise of Social Intelligence. Social media education and training. Social Media Intelligence is a sure bet in my view – see this post. And what about Google+?

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Analytics Trends Social Media ROI 92

Mindjumpers

APRIL 11, 2012

This white paper called ‘Actionable Social Analytics: From Social Media Metrics to Business Insights’ presents comprehensive definition of social analytics to increase marketing and sales effectiveness. Similar Posts: 2012 Social Marketing & New Media Predictions [White Paper].

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Metrics Analytics Nielsen Social Media 268

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Here are my top 10 posts of 2012 by pageviews: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics. News Organizations on Google+: Which Pages Get the Most Engagement? 5 Ways that Social Media Impacts SEO. The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video).

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Press Release SEO Digg Reddit 119

Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

Social Media 167

Social Media Yahoo Privacy Flipboard 167

Socialized

DECEMBER 14, 2009

About a month ago, I wrote about my five social media predictions for 2010. Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent.

SocialText 157

SocialText Social Media Foursquare Microsoft 157

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

Health Care 192

Health Care Social Media Insurance Education 192

The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. via SmartBlog on Social Media. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. 63% of Facebook Users Share Product Info on the Social Network With Friends, Family.

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Social Networking Products Posterous Tumblr 180

Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Bonus: Download a free guide to learn how to use social media listening to boost sales and conversions today. What is dark social? Dark social is sharing content or mentioning brands on private social media channels, including through direct messaging, email, private groups, and more. What about in 2023?

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HootSuite URL Analytics FAQ 120

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. One thing to point out is that not every site experienced a decline in 2012.

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StumbleUpon Sites Content Survey 172

Mindjumpers

JULY 23, 2012

Tweet Burson-Marsteller has conducted a survey examining the social media activity of the world’s 100 biggest companies – the Fortune Global 100 companies. The Global Social Media Check-Up 2012 specifically looks into how these companies use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+ and Pinterest.

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Study Social Media Survey YouTube 256

Socialmedia.biz

JULY 14, 2016

Content is still incredibly important, but there’s a not-so-new beast called social media that many business are still neglecting and missing out on entirely. Search engines are placing higher importance on what’s coming from social media. Then get creative and share your website link through those social profiles.

Social Media 60

Social Media NoFollow SEO Engineering 60

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Similar to other social media platforms, YouTube’s algorithm has changed as the site has evolved. 2012: Watch time. In 2012, YouTube announced a new metric “ Time Watched ” to use in their search and Suggested Video algorithm. After all, the platform is owned by Google. billion YouTube users worldwide.

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YouTube Notification Video Trends 122

Adam Sherk

MARCH 19, 2012

The Pew Research Center’s The State of the News Media 2012 is out and the section on What Facebook and Twitter Mean for News makes for an interesting read. A diversified social strategy incorporates a wide range of methods for growing audience and making meaningful connections with users.

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News Organization Twitter Facebook 135

The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of consumers think it’s important for brands to have a mobile-friendly site, according to a recent study by Google. Despite this clear expectation by consumers, nearly all of those surveyed (96%) have come across a site that wasn’t mobile-friendly, AdWeek reports. What happens when they do?

Mobile 186

Mobile Sites Focus Group Journal 186

Twist Image

MAY 21, 2013

It''s still somewhat shocking to think that the iPad was first introduced on April 3rd, 2010, and we now live in a world where more iPads are being sold than any PC manufacturer sold of their entire PC line (and this has been a constantly growing trend since 2012). Don''t believe me, speak to somebody who is currently sporting Google glass.

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iPad Tumblr Yahoo iPhone 105

Kikolani

MARCH 30, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Mashup Resources SEO RSS 115

Kikolani

AUGUST 24, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Mashup Resources How To Remix 117

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Social Media Strategy CoTweet CoTweet 121

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Though social media marketing is now used in about 90% of companies, techniques, platforms and best practices continue to evolve. What will likely be the hot trends in social media over the next couple of years? Social Media Stats and Demographics. Social media and blogs reach 80% of all U.S.

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Social Media Hubspot B2B Marketing 229

Convince & Convert

JUNE 19, 2012

Some others have figured out how to manipulate Google Analytics in a way that helps determine assisted conversion value, providing an ‘apples to apples’ benchmark against other, more traditional digital marketing activities. Converting Delivery to Dollars. Everyone Needs to Be Liked.

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Facebook Study Apple Consultant 157

ProBlogger

JANUARY 16, 2012

As a blogger and podcaster I am always so curious as to how they use social media in their businesses. If I were to generalize, most of the millionaires I interview use social media, or at least have someone in their company use it. The easy-to-share aspects of social media make it hard for a business to ignore.

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Social Media Small Business Twitter Blogger 46

Convince & Convert

MAY 18, 2012

This is Episode 16 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. The RSS feed is: [link].

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Yahoo Yammer Social Media Software 115

Convince & Convert

MARCH 29, 2012

This is Episode 9 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Chris, and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week (this week: social media as a B2B lead generator!). Explain to the folks at home why your company is called Argyle Social.

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B2B Software Social Media Survey 120

Diva Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The ARF mission is to improve the practice of advertising, marketing and media research in pursuit of more effective marketing and advertising communications. When I learned that ARF was actively leading the charge to bring social media research into the mainstream of the marketing research industry I reached out to Joel.

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Research Social Media Nielsen Microsoft 40

Convince & Convert

MARCH 29, 2012

This is Episode 9 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Chris, and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week (this week: social media as a B2B lead generator!). Explain to the folks at home why your company is called Argyle Social.

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B2B Software Social Media Survey 120

Hootsuite

JULY 17, 2023

In 2023, the best social media tools aren’t single-purpose — they’re multifunctional. Whether you’re a solo creator, part of a small marketing team, or tackling social at the enterprise level, there are plenty of social media tools out there for you to add to your tech stack.

Social Media 70

Social Media Tools HootSuite Price 70

ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

Check out the top 20 posts on ProBlogger in 2012 and notice that over 50% of the most read posts that year had personal words in their titles. In fact some of the best community discussions I’ve seen among my readers have happened on our dPS Facebook page or on my personal Google+ page. Share Opinions.

Communities 40

Communities Strategy Forums Project 40

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 28, 2012

Given the widespread adoption of social media marketing practices, the “if” and “when” questions seemed to have now been resolved by most midsized and larger companies (and a lot of small companies as well). What’s the best process for developing a social media marketing plan?

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Social Media Tips Tumblr Wikipedia 207

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

What are the most common social media questions marketers get asked? We put the question to our LinkedIn community and based on the responses one thing is clear: There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know what social media marketers do. Can social media really be a full-time job?

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Questions Social Media HootSuite Marketing 141

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2012

It was a lengthy report, but what stood out for me was the finding that only 5% of us prefer promotional offers from brands to show up in social media – even brands we have given permission to contact us. I accompanied the post with the somewhat inflammatory headline - New Research: Americans Hate Social Promotions.

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Research Lithium Social Media Sample 125

ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

Check out the top 20 posts on ProBlogger in 2012 and notice that over 50% of the most read posts that year had personal words in their titles. In fact some of the best community discussions I’ve seen among my readers have happened on our dPS Facebook page or on my personal Google+ page. Share Opinions.

Communities 26

Communities Strategy Forums Project 26

Writtent Blog

JUNE 10, 2013

Competitive analysis only goes so far, and leaves us wondering at the tools and tactics that make up our peers’ social media strategy. Social Media Is Still Growing. Social Media Is Still Growing. Takeaway: Invest fully in integrating your social media marketing with your overall marketing.

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Report Social Media Marketing Survey 100

Hootsuite

AUGUST 30, 2022

Many researchers agree Gen Z ends in 2010, but some argue 2012 is the cutoff for where Gen Z ends and Generation Alpha begins. Gen Z and social media statistics. The top three social platforms among younger members of Gen Z are YouTube (95%), TikTok (67%), and Instagram (62%). 83% of Gen Z shops on social media.

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Statistics Marketing HootSuite Study 102

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Despite a shaky IPO last spring, Facebook remains the 800-pound gorilla of social media marketing, as it now approaches the billion-user mark. Though often associated with bands and brands, Facebook is viewed as the most effective social media tool (by a fairly large margin) by both B2C and bB2B marketers. 5 STARS **.

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Tools Facebook MySpace Hubspot 177

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This is Episode 1 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Taulbee Jackson , CEO of Raidious , the social and content agency that built and is managing the Super Bowl Social Media Command Center. It’s their 12th annual trust and credibility survey.

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Social Media Committee Team Questions 116

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And with more than 3 billion users online , that amounts to almost 2 billion social network users. The sheer amount of traffic that social media sites see every day makes it an insurmountable task to manage multiple social profiles manually. Social media automation addresses this challenge beautifully.

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Social Media Tweetdeck Strategy Airlines 100