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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity SMM

Amid all of the hype, conferences, and rapid adoption of social media marketing by organizations from sole proprietors to the Fortune 100, there remains an undercurrent of skepticism. This surfaces in posts like Social Media Skepticism , 5 reasons why social media skeptics maybe right and Business social networking: where’s the ROI?

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

Convince & Convert

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. Ask your customers directly.

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

Convince & Convert

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Allowing clients to treat number of Facebook fans as the core success metric is a dereliction of duty.

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

Convince & Convert

Yes, many use things like focus groups, gut instinct (entrepreneurs are notorious for this!), It's a new way to use social media from a sales standpoint that is being overlooked. to create confidence that often overlooks the obvious. Example: A science supply store that wasn't reading its own product review page.