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

Social Media Strategies Summit

Once primarily thought of as a marketing tactic for edgy brands, user-generated content (UGC) is quickly becoming a bigger and bigger element of content marketing strategies. Image source Modern content marketing includes a mix of brand-created content and curated content. Make sure to ask permission!)

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Forrester: Email and search drive online sales, not social

Dave Fleet

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. Social media, says the report, drives less than 1% of online sales. Here’s my take: 1.

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Top 5 Best Performing Post Types and How to Use Them for Your Brand

Ignite Social Media

75% of social media users say that user generated content makes branded messaging more authentic, and a report from BazaarVoice revealed that shoppers that interact with UGC are 97% more likely to convert with a retailer than customers who do not. That’s a lot of untapped potential! Wondering where to start? We’d love to chat.

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What A CMO Wants. What A CMO Needs.

Twist Image

Being a Chief Marketing Officer is no easy gig. That's nothing to laugh about and it creates a world of chaos for both companies and agencies who are trying to not only build a brand, but maintain some level of cohesion in the process. report titled, CMOs On Social Marketing Plans For 2011. chief marketing officer.

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How to Make the Zero Moment of Truth Work for You

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Posted in Behavioral Targeting Business Intelligence Conversion Conversion Optimization Customer Experience Interactive Marketing Internet Search SEO Strategy User Generated Content. These behaviors have redefined the way marketers now plan for online shoppers—causing a tremendous shift away from the way they used to plan their campaigns.

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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. ” This sounds like a case study for great content that was really marketed well.

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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. ” This sounds like a case study for great content that was really marketed well.