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5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week

Firebelly

Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. The Current State of Social Search By Lisa Barone Social search can drive a lot of traffic for client who may not be ranking organically, but who will show up in social search. Where do you start?

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9 Everyday Tools to Increase Earned Media

Kikolani

Paid media, owned media, and earned media. Owned media are media assets that you or your company owns including websites, blogs, and so on. Paid media are media assets that are obtained through external investments such as display ads, sponsorships and paid searches. Definitely a must use for all blogs.

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The 4 Marketing Metrics Mandates

Convince & Convert

Yet, the behavior of just 641 households are used to calculate the Nielsen ratings that determine the prices for advertising market-wide. 5-star ratings on Yelp.com from blog readers. I can do the exact same thing for your paid search campaign, banner ad campaign, and your website home page. Sales from Facebook fans.

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5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read

Firebelly

Here are 5 news items or blog posts from this week that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. New numbers released by Nielsen today confirm what we’ve known for a while: Facebook is the web’s number-one time sink 4. Facebook Outpaces Yahoo to Become No. Think about that for a moment.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Social media networks and blogs consume nearly 25% of people’s time online. What Americans Do Online: Social Media And Games Dominate Activity by Nielsen Wire. Americans spent nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs in 2010, up from 15.8 Social Media Facts and Stats. And much more.

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Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2

Webbiquity SMM

59% are on Twitter, and 43% use a company blog for marketing. Les Luchter looks at research showing that 10% of all website visits to the top 1,000 web properties come from social sharing, half as much as from search. by bitly blog. ** 5 STARS. Also noted: • One in four Americans watches a YouTube video every day. •