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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

yMarketingMatters

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I watched and experienced first-hand the marketing and social media landscape change, consolidate, focus, develop and evolve all at the same time. As I’ve said before, social media needs to be INTEGRATED into your overarching marketing plan. It’s not the magic pill.

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

Webbiquity SMM

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. What do buyers really want from social media marketers?

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5 Things Small Businesses Need To Know To Avoid The Groupon Curse

Waxing UnLyrical

Desperate for answers, I did what any customer in 2012 would do and looked to Facebook and Twitter. She explained that they were a small family business and that Groupon had actually misunderstood their offer dates, posting them incorrectly. A small business should not only expect but be ready for an influx of inquiries.

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Mobile Is Here – Are You Ready for Mobile Marketing?

yMarketingMatters

Smartphones and tablets are becoming a paramount marketing consideration, and skyrocketing mobile use has critical implications for business. Mobile marketing should definately be an integral part of your overall marketing strategy. An impressive increase from 35% in 2011 and 44% in 2012. 13% are 18 to 24.

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Facebook and Twitter: Out With the Old, In With the New

The Realtime Report

At the turn of the decade, Facebook and Twitter were the two giants in social media. Yet back in 2010 (a simpler time for both sites, pre-IPO’s), both sites were generally untapped when it came to ad revenue and mass appeal for small businesses. The Trouble with Twitter. For all intents and purposes, they still are.

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6 Great Conferences to Attend Before the End of 2012

Convince & Convert

Connect with her on Twitter. If there’s anything I’ve learned throughout this crazy ride of working in digital marketing, it’s that reading all the blog posts ever written, staying up-to-date on all the latest news, and watching all the how-to YouTube videos you can find is still not enough. Ohio Growth Summit.

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Interview with Adrian Domocos, Founder of Hot in Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

Adrian Domocos is a marketer with 10+ years of experience in both large (multinational) and smaller companies (startups). The SMSsummit team was able to chat with Adrian about his experience building out the Hot in Social Media blog and what advice he has for other marketers interested in building out their own blog.