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Gartner: fake social media reviews

Sherrilynne Starkie

By 2014, we could see up to 15 per cent of all online reviews being ‘faked’, according to Gartner, the research company. As the FTC begins to crack down on this practice of fake reviews/ratings, some social media sites identifying fake and defaming reviews and requesting they be taken down. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

According to Google Trends, social media marketing as a topic if search interest recently turned nine years old (or is about to turn 11 years old, depending on when you place its origin). We’re now long past the days of having to “sell” business executives on the value of social media for marketing.

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49 Noteworthy Social Networking Stats and Facts

Webbiquity SMM

Though new social networks continue to be launched (e.g. But there are no guarantees that leadership will last, and the social networking landscape is constantly evolving. Image credit: Social Media Examiner. Just 28% of Internet users say they use only one social networking site.

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Update on Social Media ‘Buy Buttons’

Ignite Social Media

It has been awhile since we have heard much about ‘buy buttons’, even though almost all of the social channels have their own version. Buy buttons started coming on to the scene in 2014 in response to marketers trying to better tie social media interactions to purchases. Another issue in the user experience is trust.

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Making Social Engagement Data Work for You: How to Nurture Leads Effectively

Oktopost

But it’s not enough to base your conversations on your audience’s website and email activity only – what about social media? In this episode, host Jennifer Gutman reveals that buyers are actually spending an average of 116 minutes on social networks each day, making it the ideal channel for marketers to leverage when nurturing leads.

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Social Media Sites Rank Lowest For Customer Satisfaction

The Realtime Report

Out of websites in 33 industries, social media sites provide the least satisfying experience, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s (ACSI) first-ever website benchmark. out of 100; social media websites rank at the bottom of the barrel with an average of 68. Internet News & Information 73.

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Social Media Helping People Understand Climate Change Globally

Socialmedia.biz

In today’s technologically advancing world, social media is transforming the way we share news and information. More than 300 million people spend at least 5 hours every day on different social networking platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube and Instagram. Sentiment Analysis.