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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Brand Interaction is a Major Part of Life on Twitter In addition to following brands, Twitter users research and engage with companies. population).

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JULY 29, 2012

Drive Social Media ROI with Content Marketing. B2B companies in particular should have multiple lead-generation opportunities on their website, including contact forms, content downloads, email subscriptions, Webinar registrations, etc. Current or former customers (84% says research from DDB). Current or former customers.

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APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free. Good stuff. link] Russ Henneberry Wow.

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JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Take a look at the company’s philanthropic endeavors and cause-related initiatives, especially in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Don’t be Shy.

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Oktopost

JULY 27, 2021

If you’ve ever gone searching for information on the internet about a product you were interested in buying, you’ve replicated one of the critical parts of the B2B customer purchasing journey. Business buyers spend 27% of their time independently researching potential purchases online. What is B2B Search Marketing?

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MARCH 3, 2010

An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies. Most B2B companies have fewer customers, so the opinions of each are magnified. This makes no sense.

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MARCH 23, 2010

There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. Here they were, arriving at your party with nary a prior personal connection, but looking for a good time just like everyone else.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. • Competitive analysis: How does your brand stack up to the competition? •

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JUNE 29, 2010

Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. But all is not lost, if you just commit to turning away from Starsky & Hutch, and toward the opportunities for greater good. Im Jay Baer.

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Visually SM

JULY 27, 2020

It helps you establish and manage your most valuable content, making sure your efforts add value to your marketing strategy. Used by B2B businesses, Oktopost places emphasis on tracking conversions and identifying which channels and messaging drive results. Every strategy must rely on it. Google Trends. Pricing: free.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

How to Create a Share of Voice Report Get Shorty – The Elevator Pitch is Dead Finding Your Mass Influencers Among Your Customers 4 Detective Tricks to Find Your Customers in Social Media Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse? Thanks to my crack assistant Jess Ostroff for helping with the research. Longer headlines, eh?

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APRIL 6, 2010

Social media scientist Dan Zarrella has some excellent research on social content best practices. The Arkayne Blog) Tagged as: content creation , content ladder , social content , social media , social media strategy Did you enjoy this blog post? Don’t make assumptions – test them.

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MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 20, 2010

The most popular search phrase – “ social media strategy &# brought 837 visits, and 2,654 search terms were used by just one visitor during the month. You are not alone…keyword research pays off in the #longtail [link] [link] Jamie’s Shared Items Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail: [link] [link] SEOP Great article.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Content marketing is perhaps alone in its ability to be a successful endeavor at every phase of the customer lifecycle: When a potential customer is using Google to research new digital cameras, what is going to get them to a Kodak site? Because content is the most efficient form of marketing available. Smart, optimized content. Im Jay Baer.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How can we distribute social media knowledge across the entire firm, including ongoing training and knowledge sharing? How can we create a killer social media campaign that will get noticed? But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle.

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MAY 19, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Why D.I.S.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You Know Your Customers Enough to be a Social Media Hit?

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 6, 2017

Social customer relationship management (CRM) was being written about as a distinct product category as far back as 2008, but market interest really began to take off the following year. How does social CRM differ from traditional CRM? ” — B2B PR Sense Blog. 6) Base CRM. 1) Infusionsoft. .”

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APRIL 14, 2010

jmctigue Jay, you're dead-on (not head-on) about removing friction as the key to new marketing strategy, but at some point we need to expand our reach to find new customers, no? If it's confusion, thinking of social media this way may help companies craft legitimate strategies (and free us from the spam!). link] Sarah Z.

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JULY 8, 2010

philosophy, Jeff is also co-author of the ExactTarget/CoTweet SUBSCRIBERS, FANS & FOLLOWERS Research Series. A driving force behind the company’s SUBSCRIBERS RULE! He lives in Cleveland and has not, to his knowledge, ever been bitten by a vampire—although he his cursed to roam the earth as a Cleveland Browns fan. Why is this? Why is this?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The tools of social media always change. And that’s why your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic. The next time you start thinking too hard about your Twitter “strategy&# remember MySpace. “Your social media strategy must be tools-agnostic.&# Will you do that for me please?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

That’s the research study I’d like to see. There are dozens – maybe even hundreds – of people that I “know&# via social media, and consider to be friends. What this Edelman research demonstrates is that we’ve become a bunch of cynics, and who could blame us?

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Yes, I would say, online ranters are critical to my marketing strategy! I watched too many great social media strategies get derailed by a legal team or an executive's fear of one customer saying something negative. Yet, we spent millions with research vendors seeking out customers who would do just that in private.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. That got me thinking that perhaps social media types aren’t fully recognizing Twitter’s limitations? A new Pew Research study shows only 8% of U.S. I love Twitter.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Find the answers to those questions and many more here in almost two dozen of the best social media guides, tips, tools, insights and rants of 2012. Social Media Marketing Guides and Tips. Social Media Campaigns Don’t Match When Consumers Are Online by Spin Sucks. 12 Essential Social Media Cheat Sheets by Mashable. .”

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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JUNE 30, 2010

When they wake up, 59% of consumers check their email account before anything else online, according to new research from ExactTarget (disclosure: client) , in a sweeping survey of 400+ Americans. She looked at me with a perplexed stare, as if to say: Wait, you mean we have to have different strategies/programs to accomplish different things?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I believe Kurrently has the potential to make Facebook a much larger player in the social CRM world, as companies can now instantly see just how much they are being mentioned on that platform. link] [link] Jon Leland Looks to be a very valuable business research tool. I checked it out, and tweeted it.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 2, 2017

A marketing intelligence tool that combines SEO features (such as keyword rank tracking and keyword research) with marketing channel tracking (search, email, social media, mobile, and paid) and competitive analysis. BrightEdge says it allows you to discover your competitor’s strategy so you can beat your competition.”

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

Here’s a modest contribution to help with that effort; more than six dozen of the best, most bookmark-able articles and blog posts about social media tactics, tools and strategies written so far this year, by leading writers like John Jantsch , Lori Dicker , Lee Odden , Lisa Barone , Jay Baer and many more.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. What is the next generation of crowdsourcing?

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MARCH 2, 2010

That’s been ExactTarget’s territory for a long time, and extending that concept of message-centric, platform-agnostic to social media is a natural fit. And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. to be larger than email by 2012 doesn’t hurt, either.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?

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