Sherrilynne Starkie

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Good manners cost nothing

Sherrilynne Starkie

It is said that good manners cost you nothing but ignorance will cost you everything. I found myself thinking of this old adage this week as I unfriended on Facebook two people I’ve known for 35 years.

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What’s your social media marketing budget?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Use each member’s hourly cost of employment to estimate your budget and provide them with guidance on how much time they should dedicate to social media. Don’t forget to factor in the opportunity costs of having team members working on social media. Then allocate the required budget to cover fees and operational costs.

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Facebook cost calculator | Sherrilynne Starkie

Sherrilynne Starkie

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Ransomware costs Canadian companies as much as $2.3 You spend time and talent in writing and posting articles, but the expected web traffic just never materializes. You try sharing it on social media and even run a few Facebook ads, but the results are short term and costly. After a while you give up on the blog thinking it’s a waste of time.

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Is Facebook advertising worth it?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Because Facebook ads are so highly targetable, they are extremely cost efficient. According to AdEspresso, the average cost-per-click for Canadian advertisers is 20 cents. Another option is the CPM (cost per thousand impressions) payment type. These tend to be lower in cost than CPC so work well with awareness objectives.

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New report resurrects AVE measurement for influencer campaigns

Sherrilynne Starkie

The report explains: “Earned Media Value is the equivalent cost of advertising that would garner the same amount of exposure as postings mentioning a brand campaign, based on followers and a US$5 CPM (cost-per-mille).”. First of all, it’s easy to buy followers and costs as little as $10 for a thousand.

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nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool

Sherrilynne Starkie

While I did not get all my questions answered (fees and costs), I was sufficiently impressed with the social analytics package that I decided not only to write a blog post about it, but I agreed to have some of my comments summarized in the launch news release. Related posts: Analytics: what matters to content marketers?

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