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The Social Influence Surge—Are You Prepared?

Harp Interactive

With social media now mainstream, we’re experiencing a surge of consumer influence from “social shopping”, consumer reviews and online word-of mouth-marketing. 53% of those on Twitter have recommended companies and/or products in their tweets and almost as many voice an intent to buy those products or services.

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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

rating or review is most valuable to someone researching a brand for the first time or buying a new product. Food for thought: recent research from Bazaarvoice notes that recommendations from everyday social media users (36%) are the most meaningful to consumers, handily beating out influencers and even subject matter experts.

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Selling on Instagram: Everything you need to know

Sprout Social

Social commerce is on the rise too, with 63% buying from social in the last year. Platforms such as Bazaarvoice , Pixlee and Dash Husdon each represent all-in-one social selling tools for brands interested in turning their Instagram accounts into storefronts. Influencer marketing. Instagram is booming for brands right now.

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12 Ways to Incorporate Your User-Generated Content on Different Channels

Social Media Strategies Summit

Indeed, 82% of consumers would be more inclined to buy from brands incorporating UGC in their marketing initiatives, with 86% saying they’re more likely to buy from brands that publish user-generated content — compared to just 12% who say the same about influencer content. Any abandoned cart email is better than none at all.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Ian Greenleigh , who’s the Manager of Social Media Strategy and Content for Bazaarvoice is going to be joining us in just a minute. They’re thinking about content marketing in a buying process context. Listen Now.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Ian Greenleigh , who’s the Manager of Social Media Strategy and Content for Bazaarvoice is going to be joining us in just a minute. They’re thinking about content marketing in a buying process context. Listen Now.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

You wouldn’t buy a new machine tool or enterprise software application without an ROI analysis, so why should social media be any different? For example, if John Doe clicks through to your website from a tweet and buys something, that’s easy to measure. Among social media pundits, the debate rages on.

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