Sherrilynne Starkie

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What’s your social media marketing budget?

Sherrilynne Starkie

What should be your social media marketing budget? Newbies are often surprised by how much time social media can eat. Newbies are often surprised by how much time social media can eat. Start by pinning down exactly what you want social media marketing to do for your organization. Start small.

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Why your social media isn’t working

Sherrilynne Starkie

Despite sinking time and resources into social media, many companies are not seeing the results they want. Bringing in a certified social media consultant can turn things around quickly. Surprisingly, one of the most common roadblocks to social media success is a lack of strategy.

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What every consultant should know about social media analytics

Sherrilynne Starkie

These are essential skills and talents, but to be a successful social media consultant you must add some ‘left-brain’ qualities. Effective social media analysis takes the right combination of hard skills and softer aptitudes. A good social media consultant will be au fait with: Google Analytics and Tag Manager.

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How a social media consultant can help your business

Sherrilynne Starkie

When you figure that nine out of ten Canadian adults use social media, it’s clear where the best marketing opportunity is. Many organizations are on social media, yet they don’t see tangible business advantages. It can seem like social media is a waste of both time and resources in a world of competing priorities.

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

Sherrilynne Starkie

Social media consultants are not masters of the dark arts. Companies often call a consultant in because social media is not working. Companies often call a consultant in because social media is not working. A lot of people think of social media as marketing, and it’s an important part.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. Social media in call centres. ROI in social media. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Lac-Mégantic: social media lessons learned

Sherrilynne Starkie

The sad events that took place last month in Lac-Mégantic proved that social media can easily escape the official communications channels during a crisis situation. They needed to know what was happening, minute-to-minute, and we had to be the social media that was verifiable.”. Social media key PR driver.