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Predictions for 2015: Start Off the New Year Knowing the Future of Social

Buzz Marketing for Technology

For comparison, popular social networks were funded with just over 5 billion dollars. Cause Marketing will be in vogue in 2015 – Don cited several example companies (CVS comes to my mind when I think of good cause marketing). And the numbers have been growing; cause sponsorship is predicted to exceed $1.84

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Facebook and Twitter: Out With the Old, In With the New

The Realtime Report

The challenges each site faced were essentially different; Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook were out to show that his “social network” was more than just an experiment; meanwhile, Twitter was looking to prove that it could be a platform more meaningful than trending topics and celebrity gossip.

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Successfully Engaging Customers with a Cause

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Case Study at the Media Convergence Forum from Liz Cahill, VP of Marketing and Communications of Lee Jeans 13 years ago Lee recognized women were the top consumers of their jeans. And at the same time cause marketing was starting to take hold.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Be Committed to CSR As mentioned, it’s critical to be transparent when it comes to a company’s CSR program, especially when harnessing social networking platforms.

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Hawaii Business: How the Social Media Workshop Can Help You

Bare Feet Studios

It encompasses other buzzwords and concepts you may have heard, from social networks like FaceBook , LinkedIn , and MySpace , to conversational marketing, web 2.0, We have several speakers who focus on non-profits and cause marketing. internet TV and YouTube , blogging, Twitter , etc.

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38 Ideas For Your Pinterest Strategy

Diva Marketing Blog

Where this new visual social network will take us is the guess of crystal ball gazers and social media pundits. Whittemore's post ) For me the two driving benefits of social media have always been: 1. Whittemore's post ) For me the two driving benefits of social media have always been: 1. Neither of which am I.

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Why Your Business Needs to Be a FLOP

Convince & Convert

I had the pleasure of interviewing David Newman, a fantastic marketing consultant, coach, and author of Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits, and Crush Your Competition. The book is all about taking a tactical approach to marketing and offers actionable ideas that you can implement today.