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The 3 Social Media Lessons of 2013 – And What’s In Store for 2014

Convince & Convert

Jay, Jeffrey, Zena, and Jess Ostroff discuss content, collaboration, free lunches, predictions for 2014, predictions for 2015, and Mark Wahlberg. And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. In 2014, “the big bang of social will finally, I think, slow.” Listen Now.

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Tweet, Pay, Love: The Modern-Day Social Media Pop-up

The Realtime Report

This is a guest post by Rupa Ganata, co-founder of men’s grooming online retailer Yes Sir , and of Brand us Social (BUS). Some brands have also incorporated a ‘pay with picture’ strategy that encompasses the rising trend of visual social media in 2014.

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NamesCon 2014 Keynote: Jennifer Wolfe

Bill Hartzer

Jennifer wrote a book called Domain Names Rewired, and is a keynote speaker here at NamesCon 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Major auto companies. retailers, macys, tj maxx. There’s a lot of opportunity to help companies who didn’t apply for a new TLD to help them with the new TLDs. luxury goods. big pharma.

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How Sprouts Farmers Market is Serving Up Social Retail Success

Convince & Convert

” Holy Social Budweiser and Twitter have teamed up to present the 2014 FIFA Man of the Match. “ Your genuine interest, curiosity, and passion for social media, your industry, and the company that you represent will totally shine through your work. via FIFA.com Nick loves this idea. Social media is fun, so geek out with it.

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CVS Sets Example For Social Media Strategy

The Social Media Incubator

5, 2014, CVS, one of the nation’s leading retail pharmacies, announced they would end sales of all tobacco in their 7,600 stores by Oct. “As a health care company, it’s time for us to take a stand and to put our customers, colleagues and patients on a path to better health,” the company said on their Facebook page.

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Social Media Sites Rank Lowest For Customer Satisfaction

The Realtime Report

The ACSI website scores are based on more than 25,000 interviews, and encompass user experience with websites of more than 200 companies within the 33 industry categories. ACSI 2014 Website Satisfaction: Credit Unions 86. Specialty Retail Stores 79. Internet Retail 78. Consumer Shipping 85. Full-Service Restaurants 83.

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Successful Startup Story: Fresh and Fluffy Natural Dry Dog Shampoo

Waxing UnLyrical

Early that year, the company underwent a rebranding, complete with a package, website, and slogan that went far beyond what they had previously offered. The new approach paid off, resulting in attention from customers, media, and retailers. Pete and Rod have big plans for Fresh and Fluffy for 2014.

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