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How to Make the Zero Moment of Truth Work for You

Buzz Marketing for Technology

These critical moments are known as the First Moment of Truth (or FMOT), and they determine whether or not all the advertising and promotion marketers have invested will pay off. These behaviors have redefined the way marketers now plan for online shoppers—causing a tremendous shift away from the way they used to plan their campaigns.

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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

The not-so-hidden power of word of mouth advertising. Although word of mouth marketing is a form of advertising, keep in mind that WOM doesn’t represent an ad or ads. This is why word of mouth has such a positive connotation: it’s advertising that often occurs without any sort of sales pitch or sleazy tactics.

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What A CMO Wants. What A CMO Needs.

Twist Image

Our good friends over at Bazaarvoice decided to take a swipe at this question, and released the results in a nine page (and free!) This is the second time that Bazaarvoice has conducted this survey with The CMO Club and in that short time, the attitudes of the CMO towards Social Media is already starting to change and take shape.

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12 Ways to Incorporate Your User-Generated Content on Different Channels

Social Media Strategies Summit

Your Email Campaigns Across all industries, brands, and locations, the average email open rate is just 26.8%. Many brands build social proof by incorporating a hashtag feed into the footer of their email campaigns. But even though we’ve already discussed emails, cart abandonment campaigns deserve mentioning separately.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Ian Greenleigh , who’s the Manager of Social Media Strategy and Content for Bazaarvoice is going to be joining us in just a minute. Special Guest: Ian Greenleigh, Bazaarvoice. Listen Now. Jay: Absolutely. Jay: Very cool.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Ian Greenleigh , who’s the Manager of Social Media Strategy and Content for Bazaarvoice is going to be joining us in just a minute. Special Guest: Ian Greenleigh, Bazaarvoice. Listen Now. Jay: Absolutely. Jay: Very cool.

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

Yet a Bazaarvoice/CMO Club study showed that only 15% of CMOs could point to a “significant return&# from Facebook marketing efforts, while 9% report no ROI and 35% basically had no idea. Publishing has historically relied on advertising, or sponsorships, to pay for content production. All of the old measurements are moot.&#.

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