Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 12, 2010

I read an article in Wired’s Epicenter from a couple of days ago titled- Gaming the System: How Marketers Rig the Social Media Machine and the article caught my eye for a number of reasons. The first reason is that when I first “dabbled&# in social media 5 years ago-I was that marketer. And it was cool.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Whether you’re in PR or a Social Media Manager, knowing how to navigate online interactions is important. Managing social media moderation is especially critical to plan ahead for as news becomes more continual and even more immediate. What is social media moderation? Enter social media moderation.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 23, 2018

Today’s guest post comes from Maria Jones, an expert consultant on emerging technologies. Maria writes for a variety of blogs and today she shares her thoughts on how a variety of emerging technologies could potentially impact our use of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Friday Funny: Social Media Complexity is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Author information Shonali Burke President & Grand Poobah at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Head honcho of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke is President & CEO of Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Nicholson social networking'

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 23, 2014

Friday Funny: Truth in Social Media is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Author information Shonali Burke President & Grand Poobah at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Head honcho of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke is President & CEO of Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Nicholson social networking'

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Social media for financial services is a rapidly growing sector. Financial service companies that don’t have a social media presence risk being perceived as out-of-touch or even untrustworthy. Why is social media essential for financial services? What are the benefits of social media for financial services?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 10, 2018

Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. I gave a speech in suburban Cincinnati to the Mid-American chapter of Meeting Planners International, titled “7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events.” Invigorate.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 11, 2021

I’d say if it gets 10+ retweets and 0 haters on Twitter, it’s having a good day (an observation based solely on an informal scan of its Twitter profile). Maybe… Now, this is unlikely to become the norm for the FDA’s social media “voice,” and that’s ok. Nicely done, FDA!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 5, 2013

To that end, this week’s roundup features seven posts from around the web that focus on social media engagement for business. Summer Social Media Prep for Fall Management. Successful Social Media Disengagement for Teachers. Want to be a superstar, but no time for social media?

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Hootsuite

JULY 25, 2023

A social media scandal is only fun if you’re not at the center of it. Balancing your professional image with the urge to post about spicy cases or engage with Twitter trolls can be tough. You don’t have to plead the fifth online — just follow these social media rules for lawyers, and you’ll be safe.

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Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

Do you have social media, digital marketing and branding problems? We have been working the past year on a game changing online social media training academy and member community to help solve your biggest problems and challenges related to social media marketing, digital marketing, and branding.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2014

You’ve probably noticed that while I’ve gotten back to curating a decent amount of content on Twitter, I haven’t really been “on” all that much lately. I decamped from Twitter several months ago when the pace of it felt simply overwhelming. Baby needs to wear some shoes, dadgummit! Complete.).

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Social media lead generation is part of every marketer’s strategy—whether they know it or not. For marketers ready to move beyond brand awareness and engagement, social media lead generation is a good next step. Collecting leads on social media will help you find people interested in your company.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 4, 2023

More than three-quarters of the world’s population aged 13+ uses social media. billion people are active social media users. Social media marketing provides a unique opportunity to connect with this massive audience on the platforms where they already spend their time. What is social media marketing?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Research from the Boston Consulting Group and the Edelman Trust Barometer are explicit when it comes to measuring trust and credibility. The data clearly shows that people trust “employees of a company,” “consumer opinions,” and “colleagues and friends” when seeking information about a product or a brand. It’s a fact. It’s a fact.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 13, 2023

The customers I speak to daily, especially those in the B2B space, are always concerned about proving their return on investment for social media. There are no impulse buys in the B2B SaaS industry and quantifying the impact of social media within the buyer’s journey is not always straightforward.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 19, 2022

Let’s dive into what conversational marketing is and how it will help your social media strategy evolve. Conversational marketing and social media: How to adapt your strategy. More than two-thirds (68%) of people agree social empowers them to interact with brands and companies. What is conversational marketing?

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It’s impossible to open up a major social platform now and not see a video post. Videos range from short promotional videos on Instagram to quick trailers on Twitter to longer livestreams on Facebook. General social media video best practices. For the most part, people on social media have short attention spans.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? If social media and blogs in the U.S

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The marketing team gains valuable information about the people who are contacting the brand and for what purpose, helping to identify influencers and better segment their audiences. Brands use social data to inform product decisions and trigger PR responses on the marketing side. Breaking Down Social Silos with Technology.

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Almost Savvy

APRIL 12, 2009

Are you comfortable with all of that information residing on a website over which you have no control? What if you need to access contact information for one of your connections and the LinkedIn site is down temporarily? Click here and select the file type in which you’d like to save this information.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 5, 2013

And today, on the heels of the US’ Independence Day, I can’t but help think about how social media helped to free this person from the foil of a civilized, forward-thinking, large-minded human being and show him for what he is: a bigot at the least, and possibly a racist. Which is simply a much easier way to live.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

So you’ve planned and launched a social media campaign, and waited patiently for the likes, comments, and conversions to roll in. Without social media benchmarks (a.k.a. average performance stats for a social platform or industry), it’s difficult to make sense of raw data. Without social media benchmarks (a.k.a.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 25, 2021

I think and talk and work a lot on the “big four” of the social networking world: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. In your view, what social networks beyond those big four should B2B marketers be paying attention to, if any? Now you’ve got “social media 2.0,” which tends to be more community-oriented.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 10, 2018

Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. I gave a speech in suburban Cincinnati to the Mid-American chapter of Meeting Planners International, titled “7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events.” Invigorate.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 13, 2023

Nothing says anyone can become a social media manager like Buffer’s resident music major turned SMM, Mitra Mehvar. However, the question is less can you become a social media manager and more should you pursue this career? Here’s everything you need to know about how to become a social media manager.

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 2, 2023

Love it or hate it, social media is here to stay. Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have become so integral part to our daily lives, that they’ve changed the way we meet, communicate, and network. Social media has also changed the way products and services are marketed.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2013

When I first started writing this post, I was going to call it “How I Use Twitter.” ” Then I thought again, because a) I’m not as frenetically active on Twitter these days as I used to be, and b) who the heck cares how I use Twitter? Where Twitter for PR usually begins… and ends.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 18, 2013

For those of us who’ve been using Twitter for a while, we sometimes forget that there are new adopters of the network every day. Trying to figure out Twitter back in the day was bad enough; can you imagine what it’s like these days? So here are 18 tweetable Twitter tips for newbies (check out that alliteration!).

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

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Keyhole.co

JUNE 19, 2023

Social is a cost-effective and prompt channel for businesses to connect with their audience. Social media statistics show over 4.26 billion people are engaged in various social platforms. Catering to platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., And the most prominent of all is UGC.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 19, 2013

I was asked: “I would like to reach out and connect with a professional contact that I have made via Twitter/Facebook /LinkedIn. ” And what is interesting is that the whole thing started when the organization’s official Twitter account retweeted one of my friend’s tweets. ” Hmm, I thought to myself. .”

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As my business consulting partner Jason Arcemont once put it: “I’ve always enjoyed my job until it became full-time.” But it’s not uncommon for marketing professionals and other business consultants to get creatively and occupationally stuck on a hamster wheel, partly as a result of things we do to ourselves and our industry as a whole.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2013

So I figured I’d just share some of what I experienced the last several months… consider them reflections on a social media hiatus from a business point of view. If you’re concerned about your “standing” or social scores (cough, Klout, cough) in social media, then you have a panic attack.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 9, 2018

Thanks to Sean for sharing his insights on the challenge of managing digital social media channels…even when you’re offline! One of the significant challenges of working with social media is that you cannot be continuously online. Also, social media influences users’ behavior in the real world by 7%.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 18, 2012

Written by Sophia Kenvold who works as Consultant & Project Manager at Mindjumpers. Social media is ultimately about establishing relationships. Using social media for employer branding and recruitment provides the following benefits: An opportunity to enter into dialogue and engage/attract potential candidates.

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Pam Moore

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

However, particularly when it comes to social media and digital marketing, it is very easy to quickly fall into a rabbit hole or wild social media goose chase where you wind up chasing some shiny new social object that could drive you to wasted days, weeks or even months of your time. Here’s why.

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