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Four Ways to Measure Social Media Marketing Results

Webbiquity SMM

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. The C-suite expects justification for every dollar spent, including investments in social media marketing. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Amplify Your Content Strategy with Influencer Marketing

Convince & Convert

Most of us are familiar with the concept of influencer marketing, i.e., marketing to a select group of individuals — such as journalists, bloggers, consultants, or industry analysts — who influence your buyers’ decisions. Ok, I admit it, Oprah is an extreme and unlikely example. Image via BigStockPhoto.com.

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12 (of the) Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Techniques of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

PR pros now use tools like Twitter, PitchEngine , PRWeb and Vocus in place of fax machines, media packets, wire services and Bacon’s , but the fundamental skills of storytelling and relationship-building remain crucial. What brand marketers can learn from PR by iMedia Connection. Social Media Marketing Social PR.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

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? For example, if John Doe clicks through to your website from a tweet and buys something, that’s easy to measure.

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CMO Challenges in Driving Data into Insights

Buzz Marketing for Technology

A recent Forrester report called The Intelligent Approach to Customer Intelligence does a good job outlining the challenges of creating data that can truly be used for driving strategic marketing decisions (what they call Strategic Intelligence). But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have.

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How Arena Stage Uses Initiators to Grow its Audience

Waxing UnLyrical

If you’re embarking on a marketing campaign that includes spreading awareness (and which marketing campaign doesn’t), you might want to take a page out of Arena Stage ‘s playbook and look for “initiators&# instead of “influencers.&#. They use Vocus to monitor “buzz.&# With Oklahoma!,

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CMO Challenges in Driving Data into Insights

Buzz Marketing for Technology

A recent Forrester report called The Intelligent Approach to Customer Intelligence does a good job outlining the challenges of creating data that can truly be used for driving strategic marketing decisions (what they call Strategic Intelligence). But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have.

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