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

Webbiquity SMM

anticipate an increased budget for 2014, while just 3% foresee spending reductions. In a recent survey of B2B PR professionals, 94% said they use social media to promote announcements vs. 71% who use press releases. At the top of the funnel, blog posts, news articles, press releases and social media content drive awareness.

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

Webbiquity SMM

He notes that some companies try to use a blog simply as a mechanism to re-post their press releases, and are subsequently disappointed by the results. Paid Search To Grow 15% In 2012 by MediaPost Online Media Daily. Laurie Sullivan (yet again) shares findings from recent search marketing research.

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31 Expert Guides to Maximizing Online Brand Visibility – WPO

Webbiquity SMM

Given all of the changes Google has made affecting organic ranking factors (asking webmasters to disavow low-quality links, reducing the value of guest blogging , ignoring links in press releases , etc.), the practice of SEO—optimizing owned content for search—is no longer sufficient for maximizing a brand’s online visibility.

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62 Experts Share Their #1 Actionable SEO Technique

Writtent Blog

The fact I’m doing this round-up post in 2016 is a result of networking I did in 2014, which raised my profile and brings a constant stream of links and opportunities to my door. If you want to make more money from your SEO efforts, focus on optimizing for users first, search engines second. Dominic Wells. Did you like this?

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