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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

For this step in the process, we’ll use the Google Adwords Keyword Planner to find sites ranking for similar keywords. Start by gathering the following top-level information and social media metrics : Which social networks are they on? How large is their following? What is their engagement rate?

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GAP (Google Advertising Professional) Certification! Useless or Useful?

Atom Thought

GAP prepares one to work efficiently on Google’s adwords platform, meaning it allows one to understand the mechanics of adwords, the account structure, keyword discovery, billing and campaign setting, know hows, and many things that as a Marketing Head or a Marketing Manager one could outsource or leave it for an operations expert to handle.

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Track the Online Metrics that Matter and Sales Isn't One of Them.

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Track the Online Metrics that Matter and Sales Isn’t One of Them Unless you have all the clients you could possibly want right now you’ve probably heard you should be online marketing.

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Marketing Mix Tape: Do These 6 Things to Bring More Traffic to Your Website Now

Firebelly

Examine the metrics to discover patterns as to what content drives the most traffic to your site. You can typically see positive results and metrics within a few days of running a special “offer.” But push past Google AdWords that you’ve always done into the paid social ad domain.

Marketing 181
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Are Most Advertisers Asleep At The Wheel?

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Media is bought, ads are placed and metrics are gathered post campaign. It seems simple enough, but in a world of Google AdWords , real-time bidding, Facebook ''s newsfeed and more, you can iterate, optimize and build different destinations (or landing pages) for a brand to test and learn - in real time - what is working and what is failing.

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#measurePR Recap (June 2015): Measuring Content

Waxing UnLyrical

Analytics, Power Search, AdWords, whole 9 yards. We’ll be focusing on internal communications and related metrics with our guests Shel Holtz of Holtz Communication, Dr. Julie O’Neil of the TCU School of Journalism, and Dr. Barbara Gibson of Syracuse University London. Does content resonate w/ target audience?

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

B2B buyers are most likely to share useful vendor content via email (79%), followed by LinkedIn (53%), Twitter (39%) and Facebook (18%). 79% of marketers measure website traffic from social media, and 68% track engagement metrics on social networks, but just 26% measure the relationship of social media activity to leads and sales.