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Trust in 2012: 4 Implications for Social Media

Dave Fleet

Unlike in other countries, trust in media remains steady; in fact it was the only institution to see trust rise in the last year in Canada; possibly partly because the definition of “media” is changing and because the media is beginning to be seen as leaders in breaking news, rather than followers in reporting it.

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Selling on Instagram: Everything you need to know

Sprout Social

The Sprout Social Index 2021™, UK & Ireland report found 54% of UK consumers use Instagram. Below we’ve highlighted real-world examples of selling on Instagram and why they work. This post from Allbeauty is a straightforward example of selling on Instagram. Businesses shouldn’t be shy about selling on Instagram anymore.

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

Yet a Bazaarvoice/CMO Club study showed that only 15% of CMOs could point to a “significant return&# from Facebook marketing efforts, while 9% report no ROI and 35% basically had no idea. Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. What should they promote? Here are 20 ideas. Highlight your partners.

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Social Media Metrics and Conversion

Proactive Report

Research from BazaarVoice and the CMO Council shows that as social media is maturing the C-Suite wants to see conversions and how it is affecting sales and revenue. Steaz Organic Tea is another good example. Top 10 Metrics used by CMOs. 2010 2011.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

For example, if John Doe clicks through to your website from a tweet and buys something, that’s easy to measure. She reports on the revenue achieved, social media strategies used and measurement systems employed for tracking. Though a few of the examples are vague or misleading, most are compelling.

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Social Pros 27 – Jeremiah Owyang and Rebecca Lieb

Convince & Convert

We can use Peter Shankman’s example. Eric : This stat of the week came by way of Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice , who basically emailed Jay saying, “Hey, check out this data. That’s why we kind of came together, this New York advertising and social Silicon Valley to look at this report, paid owned and earned together.

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Forrester: Email and search drive online sales, not social

Dave Fleet

Social media, says the report, drives less than 1% of online sales. As reported by Marketing Pilgrim : Paid search matters most for new customers. Nearly three years ago, I obsessed over another Forrester report on the social media marketing ecosystem , which the pros and cons of paid, owned and earned media.