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The KISS Method For Determining Social Media ROI

SocMed Sean

The dangers of ignoring knowledge management is that employees who leave your organization take their “tribal knowledge” with them, resulting in loss of access to the information and increased training costs for the persons’ replacement. DON’T try to use Facebook as a company intranet.

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Four Ways to Measure Social Media Marketing Results

Webbiquity SMM

The prospect or buyer likely had several other exposure points to your brand prior to that click (visiting your booth at a trade show, hearing someone from your company speak, seeing an ad, reading about your firm on a blog or an industry trade press article or analyst report, etc.). Influence: a.k.a. Sentiment: Are the comments, posts etc.

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The New Marketing Hacker

Twist Image

In her Advertising Age op-ed piece, When Hacker Culture Collides With Business Reality , she sees some major opportunities for marketing companies that we're not only not pursuing, but allowing (and enabling) small startups to take on: " while the tech boys are breaking their toys - it is often the professional marketers (a.k.a.

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This Weeks #Social Media Topic: Managing the Marketing Mix: Which Channel is More Effective?

Direct Marketing Observations

The majority of companies today are not set up to handle this new consumer. Decades of closed systems and legally approved content are getting in the way of companies trying to interact with the consumer. Even though consumers are changing their behaviors by the second, companies can not move that quickly.

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The 3 Building Blocks of Social Business Evolution

Convince & Convert

For example, when a new employee joins a company and wants to start blogging or Tweeting on behalf of the company, a process should be in place that governs training, certification and social media policies. Companies need to first understand what it is they are trying to achieve before thinking about which technology vendor to deploy.

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8 Stops on the Path to a Better Blog

Convince & Convert

You already know that a blog can be a powerful tool for building authority and thought-leadership, sharing benefits of your company/product, and addressing your audience’s needs and concerns. There’s functionality in Sysomos, Meltwater, and Radian6 that will help you find them.

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List of 3rd Party Social Media Tools #Blab #socialmedia

Laurel Papworth

In this blab session we looked at low cost or free tools for VAs, online businesses and medium size businesses. Useful for large companies with large followings. Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Radian6) for CRM integration. This list is not exhaustive, just what we covered in the 1 hour chat. If This Then That ( IFTT.com ).

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