Sherrilynne Starkie

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What’s your social media marketing budget?

Sherrilynne Starkie

What should be your social media marketing budget? In the not-too-distant past, marketers used three per cent of turnover as the marketing budget ‘rule of thumb’. But with a social media strategy that links activities to expected outcomes, you can avoid wasteful, time-consuming and low-impact activities.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. This is the integrated digital media and marketing communications framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. This is the integrated digital media and marketing communications framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. Digital Media Framework Example. Company employees as ambassadors for example. All four media quadrants are represented.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Earned media, often referred to as PR coverage, is growing in importance for today’s digital marketing success. Companies and brands that had previously dropped PR to focus just on content marketing are once again waking up to the incredible power of positive media coverage. Examples of Earned Media Success. Contact Me!

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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

They are highly-qualified professionals with specific digital marketing and communications skills and experience. A lot of people think of social media as marketing, and it’s an important part. But, its use is not limited to marketing. Today, consultants identify potential partners whose social media activities add value.

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Does your brand take bloggers seriously?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Brands are flocking to Facebook but are overlooking the significant opportunities and value that bloggers bring to digital marketing initiatives, according to the T echnorati 2013 Digital Influence Report. This disconnect is a result of a lack of uniform metrics used to measure the success of influencer marketing campaigns.

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