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

Webbiquity SMM

More than 80% of small to midsized businesses (SMBs) plan to increase their use of social media in 2013. ” The only tactic that fares worse is print advertising (9% very effective vs. 30% not effective). ( The next-most-effective lead gen tactics are paid search (32% vs. 9%) and webinars (30% to 6%). ( eMarketer ).

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Science of Productivity

Kikolani

The Top 75 Must-Read Online Marketing Blogs – Last year, I compiled 75 Marketing Blogs that covered conversion, content, email, paid search, SEO, analytics, blogging, and social media marketing. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Kikolani

And you probably see advertisements for Crazy Egg all over the web, but we’ve been over 100,000 customers for years. Here are the things that the top search engine optimization blogs are using for search, social, and conversion optimization. Well for starters we used to have a free plan, which helped a lot.

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This Week in Social Media – 7/10/2013

Social Media Marketing

From the article: "Although consumers are rapidly changing their habits and behavior, marketers still haven''t caught up, prioritizing SEO and paid search efforts above engagement over social media." Is Facebook''s advertising beginning to spiral out of control ? But 2013 is shaping up to be the year of social HR.

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106 More Amazing Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2014 and 2015

Webbiquity SMM

Brand ads on social networks were among the least trusted form of advertising, significantly lower than trust in ads viewed in traditional media. 01% from Twitter; this compares to almost 10% for paid search and 7% for email marketing. 01% from Twitter; this compares to almost 10% for paid search and 7% for email marketing.

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103 Compelling Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2013 (and 2014)

Webbiquity SMM

B2B marketers put email marketing at the top (with 51% saying this is a highly effective tactic) followed by SEO and content marketing (38% each), offline events like trade shows (31%) and paid search/online ads (29%). Another source puts the share of B2B marketers using blogs at 39% in 2013, down from 48% in 2012. eMarketer ).

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

At that point, social media will be a bigger channel than email or mobile, though still far smaller than search or display advertising. B2B advertising spending on social media is forecasted to grow at an annualized rate of 21% through 2013. Paid Search Gaining Respect, But Not Enough by MediaPost Online Media Daily.

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