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6 Tools to Fine-Tune Your Social Media Advertising Strategy

Convince & Convert

Social media advertising is a great way to quickly generate new customers and create a social media buzz around your (new) product. Apart from the obvious tools (like Facebook and Tweet/Analytics), here are five tools to help you come up with new social media advertising tactics: 1.

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Competing with Free

Direct Marketing Observations

How do other companies compete when Nike, Gatorade and AE give stuff away for free? I think part of the reason why case studies on organizations that do it differently are written is because the majority of marketers and companies do it the same way over and over with predictably average results. So how do you compete?

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Nine Benefits of Using Social Proof in Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Through produced by companies, case studies are built on verifiable customer experiences and direct quotes from business buyers. Social proof is more persuasive when reviewers or influencers are viewed as competent or more acquainted with the industry or product category than the observer. Beats Traditional Advertising.

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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Canadian newspaper industry has, so far, been unsuccessful in securing a Federal government bailout as both readers and advertisers flock to social media for news and entertainment. But the backroom deal between competing newspaper publishing companies Postmedia and TorStar must surely up the ante. But there’s the rub.

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Google AdWords a Popular Form of Pay Per Click Advertising

Social Media Marketing

"Pay Per Click" is typically an advertising system which is quite effortless to decipher and master. Pay Per Click" advertising is a paid service where the sponsor pays only when someone clicks on his ad, online paid search ads that are displayed on search engines. The advertiser pays for every click that occurs.

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CFA Institute Proposes Policy Guidelines for Social Media Content by Financial Influencers

Bill Hartzer

Recommendations include advocating for a universal definition of an investment recommendation, urging regulators to engage more actively with finfluencers, and pressuring social media platforms to enhance controls and take greater responsibility by clearly labeling advertising content.

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Tips For Creating a Social Media Strategy for Your Business

The Realtime Report

Its popularity means that you always have access to a massive pool of potential customers, but it also means that you have to compete with many other companies also trying to reach the same people. Try to focus on unobtrusive advertisements since interruptive advertisements can negatively impact customer perception of your business.