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

Sprout Social

Customer conversations are among your most valuable marketing assets. With a defined word of mouth marketing strategy, you can create a consistent flow of customer conversations that regularly result in new business. What is word of mouth marketing, anyway? What is word of mouth marketing, anyway? Far from it, actually.

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The Big(ger) Marketing Shift

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If there are a few things that are certain in Marketing, it is that we are seeing a ton of new tactics enter the fray, we have more data on these new tactics than ever before, and it's fairly difficult to pull back and see the bigger picture. Smith and Judith Borreson Caruso for the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research , 62.7%

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Forrester: Email and search drive online sales, not social

Dave Fleet

Research recently released by Forrester entitled “ The Purchase Path of Online Buyers in 2012 ” indicates that email and search dominate the online space in driving online sales. As reported by Marketing Pilgrim : Paid search matters most for new customers. What about customer retention, loyalty and advocacy?

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Social Pros 6 – Instagram Lessons from a Giant B2B Company

Convince & Convert

my Mom is actually a marketing consultant and she does social for a lot of local businesses and they’re not going to be able to put this together very quickly and easily and it’s going to be painful. This week, we’re going to talk a bit about a forth-coming report from Forrester Research. Jay: You are.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. Brian Carroll talks with MECLABS Director of Research Sergio Balegno about the disconnect between social media activity and results in the B2B environment, and concludes that “marketers are expecting way too much too soon.&#