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February Social Media Trends

Ignite Social Media

Let’s break down the February social media trends. Instead of fan growth, check out the social media metrics that are more closely tied to business results. Pinterest Launches Program to Verify Retailers. If you are an ecommerce retail brand, we recommend you sign-up for the program’s application wait list.

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Social Media Chat Tuesday, July 21st

Adam Cohen

Marc Meyer and Jason Breed have done an amazing job over the last year plus bringing in some highly respected and social-media-knowledgeable folks like Chris Brogan , Amber Naslund , Beth Harte and Jason Falls. When combining social media with other interactive marketing practices, the results can magnify both.

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Top five: Women rule content marketing!

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s top five social media must-know news sees Instagram and Google working to raise standards, shows how podcasting continues to grow and new innovations from Facebook. Also a new blue ‘verified’ badge will start appearing on the profiles of notable public figures.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

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SortPrice Store Facebook Application Tops 1000 Retailers

Bill Hartzer

Proving yet again a real commitment to opening new avenues of success for online merchants everywhere, comparison shopping engine SortPrice.com has now built virtual stores for more than 1,000 retailers through its Merchant Store application on Facebook. Tags: Social Media.

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You Need To Know: Social Media and Retail

Laurel Papworth

I have a lot of friends in Cairns”: which would be irrelevant except that, in social media terms, everybody knows everybody. They win badges and special offers for participating. Social media tells you exactly what your customers think, no more guessing games, no more marketing evaluations, no more feedback cards.

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Everything you need to know about how to get verified on Facebook

Sprout Social

The blue checkmark or verification badge on Facebook is for people or Pages that are of public interest. The gray checkmark or verification badge on Facebook is for Pages that are still authentic but don’t meet the public interest qualification. For example, a local outlet of a nationwide retail chain could have a gray checkmark.

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