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Four Ways to Measure Social Media Marketing Results

Webbiquity SMM

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly.

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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Sphere of Influence. The people we want to engage are the “influencers&# – people who have the ability to cause measurable actions. The Army uses the term sphere of influence or “SOI,&# which means understanding the social dynamics and hierarchy in the physical world. Frank Strong is the director of PR for Vocus.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? For example, if John Doe clicks through to your website from a tweet and buys something, that’s easy to measure.

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How Arena Stage Uses Initiators to Grow its Audience

Waxing UnLyrical

If you’re embarking on a marketing campaign that includes spreading awareness (and which marketing campaign doesn’t), you might want to take a page out of Arena Stage ‘s playbook and look for “initiators&# instead of “influencers.&#. for example, they really wanted to reach the people who can reach tourists.

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The Fight for the Future of Influencer Analytics

Convince & Convert

Big news last week as Klout announced a significant overhaul of its influencer identification platform. The most notable changes are: An increase in ranking factors from approximately 100 to 400, meaning there are vastly more activity and behavior types comprising your Klout score. Nobody has evenly distributed influence.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

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I especially like your last point — if social media has changed anything, it's changed the definition of influence. I especially like your last point — if social media has changed anything, it's changed the definition of influence. Frank_Strong This is a great post Jay. Frank_Strong This is a great post Jay.

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

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I don't think everybody will be happy with the way Facebook is using and developing her influence on the web. I use all media available, Facebook, Website, and keep an active blog (which I must admit posts now directly to my facebook ha). [link] Dennis Price RT @jaybaer: "R.I.P. What I am curious about are the following: 1.