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Case Study and Lessons Learned: Increasing Foot Traffic for Retail Using Social Media and Event Marketing

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Listen: They had previously done an influencer campaign which produced a short burst, but didn’t create anything sustainable and they couldn’t figure out why. Think: After hearing about their previous experience, Akamai determined the influencer campaign fell flat because the influencers weren’t neighborhood influencers.

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6 reasons why social media shouldn’t be a last ditch effort

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If you don’t know these things – finding them out before your social media campaign will improve its likelihood of success. Social Media benefits from integration: From email marketing to event marketing to advertising, the ways in which you can make your marketing program stronger using social media is almost limitless.

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The Cost of a Tribe

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Tweet “Just Do A Social Media Advocacy Campaign” In social media and in other areas, we’ve been seeing a big surge in “advocacy” and “crowdsourcing.” ” It’s truly an outstanding and exciting result of the democracy of the internet.

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What’s the ROI of Social Media Silence?

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Companies spend huge sums of money on crafting messages, advertising campaigns, PR initiatives and yet, they continue to ignore the most direct line of communication they can have with current, potential and previous customers, advocates and stakeholders. But he was right (oh, if he could hear me now, he might ask me to talk more).

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On Alice in Wonderland and Social Media

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The real real, not the real you’re used to polishing, brushing and over airbrushing…leave that “real&# in the advertising world where it belongs. As your community learns to trust YOU, they’ll see that you’re real and no Cheshire Cat, this will make relationships easier to develop. Real is better.

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5 things to measure in social media ROI

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CPC: Cost per Click advertising is still a highly effective way to drive traffic to a website, but how does social media compare? If we are running a CPC campaign at the same time, then its even better because we can compare the differences in visitors in terms of conversion, length of time on the website, etc.

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Tool Tuesday: Qwitter

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Yes, the free version includes advertising, but I don’t mind the advertising – after all, someone has to pay for the services I’m receiving. What I like: Unobtrusive: Its a single email once a day. The paid version provides for ad-free emails.

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