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6 Brands Achieving Amazing Results on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

RESULTS : Treaty’s shift to DTC has seen them generate a 3X return on ad spend and a 2,500% increase in average monthly orders, helping them build a more profitable, sustainable business less reliant on lower-margin B2B sales. TAKEAWAY : It’s never too late for brands to explore new revenue streams.

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What is a customer journey map and how to make your own [examples included]

Sprout Social

Pro tip: If you have distinctively different personas—such as, if you serve both a B2C and B2B market—set up different customer journey maps. Take a look at this simplified current state customer journey map from Nielsen-Norman. To really get to know someone’s purchase decisions and shopping processes, interview existing customers.

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7 Ways to Lighten Up Your Marketing and Generate Conversation

Convince & Convert

To date, there haven’t been many great examples of humor in B2B. And, according to a global Nielsen Survey of Trust in Advertising conducted in September 2013 (58 countries), almost half (47%) of respondents said that humor resonates more than any content approach. These conversations are something every B2B company can do.

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The 5 Reasons Most Companies Aren’t Measuring Social Media

Convince & Convert

Consider Nielsen ratings, which are used to determine the popularity of all TV shows and, consequently, how the dozens of billions of dollars in TV advertising is apportioned. Nielsen ratings have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. That’s not math; that’s folly. friends). It Depends.

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The Shocking ROI of Influencer Marketing

Convince & Convert

Four trends are converging to make influencer marketing an increasingly important part of any B2C or B2B marketing program: There is a glut of content being created, and breaking through the noise is more difficult than ever. Not anymore. Influencer Marketing ROI Blows Online Advertising Out of the Water.

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The Content Marketing Trend Literally Worth Watching

Convince & Convert

Rise of mobile video, per Nielsen. Partially this is because customer appetite for video (especially low-res, real-time video) is insatiable. This content marketing trend will also be a force in 2016 because video is the most efficient way to atomize your message.

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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. While we’re on the topic of crimes against math, let’s examine Nielsen ratings, which are used to set prices for billions of dollars of television advertising in this country.

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