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Trust in 2012: 4 Implications for Social Media

Dave Fleet

Trust in social media increased by 175 per cent in Canada, and trust in other online sources rose by 20 per cent. Implications for Social Media. So what do this year’s results mean for companies in Canada, and those using social media in particular? Social media is not the end goal.

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The Social Influence Surge—Are You Prepared?

Harp Interactive

The New Rules of Social Engagement. With social media now mainstream, we’re experiencing a surge of consumer influence from “social shopping”, consumer reviews and online word-of mouth-marketing.

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All the Ways to Run a UGC Social Media Campaign

Ignite Social Media

UGC (user generated content) has been a buzz word in social media for a while now. According to a report by BazaarVoice , shoppers that interact with UGC are 97% more likely to convert than customers who do not. To get started, there are a variety of ways to run a UGC social media campaign for your brand.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? Among social media pundits, the debate rages on. Among social media pundits, the debate rages on.

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What A CMO Wants. What A CMO Needs.

Twist Image

So, what do CMOs really want out of Social Media (and do they think it's going to save them)? Our good friends over at Bazaarvoice decided to take a swipe at this question, and released the results in a nine page (and free!) report titled, CMOs On Social Marketing Plans For 2011. if you're said CMO).

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Social Media Strategy Daily News

Proactive Report

A Dramatically Different Approach to Social Media Metrics in 2011. According to research from Bazaarvoice and The CMO Club , more marketers will measure success with conversions than by tallying fans and followers, positive buzz and a variety of other “soft” metrics. In 2010 58 million people in the U.S.

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Media140 Sydney: Social Media Twitter & Journalism

Laurel Papworth

I spoke at Media140 Sydney – I want to highlight some of the “arguments&# used against social media by the panels, also focus on Everybody co-creating The Human Narrative and the diminishing role of journalists who take news from one part of the community and deliver it to another part: It’s not YOUR content.

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