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Social Media Success Starts with Listening

Webbiquity SMM

A common mistake in social media is that companies will dive right in, setting up a Twitter account or Facebook page and blasting out tweets and status updates about their latest company news and new product announcements—and then wonder why their Twitter following isn’t growing and there’s no interaction on their Facebook page.

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

Convince & Convert

To be fair, I’ve only included those I’ve actually used (Radian6, Sysomos, Spiral 16) or tested (Meltwater, SM2). Certainly on the cost side, with the multiple licenses, it came out far better, and the UI seemed a lot more intuitive as well. I'm currently using SM2 for most of my clients, and like how easy it is to use.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

9 Ways B2B Companies Can Use Location Based Services by Social Media B2B. He lists nine steps its imperative for companies to take in order to “build enough social karma (yes, I said karma) to facilitate things like guest posting opportunities, retweets, likes, etc.&#. Social Media Strategy and Best Practices. Indeed it is.

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BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business

SocMed Sean

If they hate your company, your product or your service, that will be amplified online. These should align with your overall company or brand marketing and customer service plan. They are in the business to make money and, as a company, you had better plan to pay them for traffic. 60) Set up a company page for your organization.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. I feel that PR companies can be a huge education resource to their clients. And pretty soon they won't be saying “Geez, I wish I could follow more companies on Facebook.&# What do you think?

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. LeadLife is designed to increase qualified leads while shortening sales cycles and decreasing the cost of sales.

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