Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Though business use of social media is rapidly increasing, many executives remain skeptical of its value. The bottom line is that while social media marketing definitely provides benefits (such as a higher conversion rate for organic search traffic ), it’s not generally effective as a direct promotion tool.

Social Media 191

Social Media Research ROI Technorati 191

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Is Social Media Worth it for You? One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? Among social media pundits, the debate rages on. Among social media pundits, the debate rages on.

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ROI Social Media Vocus Metrics 193

Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 27, 2010

Whatever questions you may have about social media marketing, you’ll probably find the answers in the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report from white paper guru Michael Stelzner. A year ago, the top questions most marketers had about social media related to tactics, with ROI second.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So many social media options, so little time. The rapid rise of social media has allowed skillful individuals to reach thousands of others at little or no cost other than manpower and wit. The answer lies within a smart investment in social media advertising. Facebook Ads. LinkedIn Ads. through text.

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Advertising Social Media LinkedIn How To 155

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Create animations?

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Saying It Social

MAY 18, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials I Started A Social Media Marketing Program Two Months Ago, Where Are My Leads? Social media marketing is about forming, developing, and maintaining relationships.

Social Media 168

Social Media Marketing Small Business Cost 168

The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Home About In the Media Enterprise 2.0 53 pm Preventing Social Media Spam Jump to Comments Image by Josh Russell via Flickr Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium !

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Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR Workbench) I’m a huge proponent of retail locations using Foursquare to enhance customer experience. Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I took a look at the Social Media Marketing research data. The report was written by Jim Nail, former CMO of Cymfony and an ex-Forrester analyst, and Kevin Ryan, former VP of social media at Barnes & Noble. Reports are provided in PDF, Adobe Acrobat, format. That’s totally right-on target. – Challenges.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Xbox Support found that people they help on Twitter are far more satisfied than people they help via the call center, not to mention the cost of providing that service is significantly cheaper as well. It’s a great double sided ROI story for Social Customer Support. Related posts: Social Customer Support: AT&T is doing it Right!

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Brands Reputation ROI Case Study 243

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 6, 2010

Imagine a world where B2B Marketers could target specific decision makers in specific companies using Social Media ads. So how much did this targeted advertising cost you say $100, $200, $1000?? Tags: Advertising Facebook Interactive Marketing Lead Generation Pay Per Click Social Media. Tweet This!

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B2B Advertising CPC Marketing 273

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

With social media — or quite frankly, the existence of the Internet, any misstep you make in your personal dealings with others can become public. Social media is social. Every bad sale costs you five. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 25, 2010

Customers have been adopting Social Media for the last few years and I think it is fair to say that we Social Media has gone mainstream especially after last year. If your company is not listening to the volume of conversations out on social media – you are effectively ignoring them. Tweet This!

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 6, 2012

In my day job, I am the Director of Social Media for a digital agency and one of my clients has launched a new challenge to innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, designers…basically anyone with a knack for solving problems. Reduce the cost of care without compromising the quality and delivery of care.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

There is simply no cost-effective way for them to be on scene in every city, town, or village where the next big news story may break. Instead, successful media will become aggregators and editors of content, rather than creators. For example, the iPhone got huge social media exposure when first released.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 24, 2012

I even took a stance that Pinterest may be the next raging social network and edge Google+ further to the back-burner. As a social media geek, the site absolutely fascinates me! So I don’t want anyone to get the idea that I’m a Pinterest-hater. I’m not. Honestly, I hope to back on Pinterest soon.

Applications 279

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 1, 2010

. “Soft&# benefits tend to take a back seat to harder measures like leads and marketing productivity during lean recessionary budgets, but should increase in importance as economic conditions improve and companies shift from a cost-cutting and expense minimization to growth mode. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Tweet This!

B2B 185

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 30, 2010

Can your social media activities cost you your job? Tags: Advertising Crowdsourcing Facebook Marketing Social Media Social Networking Strategy behavioral targeting. Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good?

Advertising 205

Advertising Crowdsourcing Facebook Case Study 205

Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

According to Dholakia, the results of the study indicate that Facebook fan pages provide an effective and low-cost way of social media marketing. Related posts: Study Proves Facebook and Digg Visitors More Loyal; Twitter in Last Place Are you a loyal visitor? Tags: Social Media Marketing. Post this on Diigo.

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The Marketing Blog

JULY 23, 2008

Home About In the Media themarketingblog@wordpress on Mobile Applying the Johari Window to a s/w Product July 24, 2008.3:37 Who All blog-readers who enjoy following trends/thoughts/insights/analysis on social-media , marketing and branding trends in India. I checked out the list, it is really nice.

Social Media 100

Social Media Brands Web 2.0 Startup 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. 6) Social Media is not new…just digitizing the norm: Reminded of this all the time. let us know what you think.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Social media has fundamentally altered the practice of public relations. Of course, there’s more to (successful) blogger outreach than just pitching, and there’s more to the new practice of social PR than just blogger outreach. Will Traditional, Social Media Blend?

Press Release 200

Press Release Tips HootSuite Alltop 200

Twist Image

JUNE 24, 2013

The fact remains, that many of us either can''t afford the material cost to attend these types of schools or we can''t afford the time and dedication needed to get this done because we''re older, have been in the workforce for several years and have a family that needs to be supported. for free (free of cost. media redefined.

MySpace 110

MySpace Marketing Digg Education 110

Saying It Social

MARCH 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Free Tools for Social SEO Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization.

SEO 128

SEO Tools StumbleUpon Engineering 128

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media is Driven by the Person, Not the Position Sun, Jan 18, 2009 Prof. Social Media Club DC Government 2.0 Government 2.0 in his spare time.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Social Media Strategists will become Chief Customer Officers – ok so you know I am also @Avaya_Support on Twitter so perhaps this is a closet fantasy for me but it may just come true – perhaps not this coming year but in years to come. Email this to a friend? Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

B2B 279

B2B Marketing Mobile CPM 279

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

MutualMind takes the different aspects of social media and brings them together into a concise, and helpful way. MutualMind also helps companies promote brands on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, while providing powerful, and comprehensive statistical analysis to maximize results from analytical social media monitoring.

Brands 114

Brands Klout Reputation Digg 114

Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2013

The rise of Twitter was accompanied by the slow demise of RSS and Digg, as the surging popularity of the 140-character kid made many previous pointing and info-gathering technologies unnecessary. Jay Baer is a hype-free social media and content strategist & speaker, and co-author of The NOW Revolution.

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

This trend is welcomed not only by consumers who like the convenience of anytime banking, but also by financial institutions that like to streamline operations and cut down costs. Yes, it is hard to imagine but people can do longer without social networking sites than without e-mail. opening an online savings account ). Tweet This!

Banking 137

Banking Mobile SMS Technorati 137

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us. Social media is here to stay.

Communities 170

Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

Firebelly

JULY 23, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media | Main | Social Media News: Top 5 Stories of the Week » July 23, 2010 Jakes Take: Facebook Hits The Big 5-0-0 This week, Facebook announced that it now has over 500million users.

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Facebook MySpace Paid Search SMS 113

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 1, 2010

The results of the study indicate that Facebook fan pages provide an effective and low-cost way of social media marketing. Tags: Social Media Social Media Marketing facebook. Facebook Fan pages are different than “being on Facebook&# and having your own personalized User ID on there.

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Facebook How To Technorati StumbleUpon 131

Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This means buying multiple months of hosting with a company in order to reduce costs. This helps to reduce extra costs and focus on just the necessary services. You can find her blogging about all kinds of random things, spanning from technology to social media. Forgoing specials and promotions. Email this to a friend?

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