Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 22, 2015

Social media has come a long way since the days of Friendster and MySpace. Maybe a lead is someone you send out marketing materials to. Or it could be someone who walks into the door of your retail store. Facebook was a game changer in a big way. But other social media websites have upped the ante in some very real ways.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 22, 2015

Social media has come a long way since the days of Friendster and MySpace. Maybe a lead is someone you send out marketing materials to. Or it could be someone who walks into the door of your retail store. Facebook was a game changer in a big way. But other social media websites have upped the ante in some very real ways.

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Twist Image

JUNE 30, 2012

A new report by InMobi and Mobext titled, The Role of Connected Devices in the Consumer Sales Journey uncovered some consumer habits that were unique to the tablet market. Simple Web pages with a picture or two that can be enlarged by clicking on a magnifying glass icon are going to go the way of having a corporate MySpace page.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This week: From ExactTarget , a free set of case studies called The Power of Digital Marketing. From Cision , a free ebook called Power Your Story: Content Marketing Essentials. And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. Listen Now. ” -Jason Miller (tweet this).

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

There is a new report from ForeSee Results that details research that they performed showing that social media is responsible for only three percent of web site visits to retail web sites. Social media scored just two percent of the vote. - In last place was radio outreach and mobile communications with one percent each. -

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 23, 2023

Design what you can Geriatric millennials might remember when they could spruce up their MySpace page with browser-breaking HTML codes. Online luxury retailer Ssense keeps a tight knit group of people it follows on Twitter, helping further its reputation as part of the fashion conversation.

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

link] FriendFeed [link] LinkedIn [link] MySpace [link] Twitter [link] Digg [link] Seesmic [link] Stumbleupon [link] Ning – Create Your Own Social Network [link] Squidoo [link] Social Tools & Apps Hootsuite – Our Fav!! link] Hootsuite [link] Twitterfall – a way of viewing the latest ?tweets?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media customer service is a form of marketing…marketing the company as a friendly, customer-obsessed organization. There may be individual stories about people getting their phone service back up quicker because of SM but that too is just more marketing dollars at work, not customer service dollars.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 21, 2010

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit April 21, 2010 - Posted by akstout18 | Facebook | Facebook , facebook social plugins , like on the web , facebook like button , like button 5 Comments » wat is your myspace page Comment by What does my name mean? eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

&# Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Consider personal branding.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2010

In fact, you can now send gift cards from retailers and merchants like the Gap , Pottery Barn , Barnes & Noble and Starbuck’s. And you can send gift cards through five different social media web sites: Facebook , MySpace , iGoogle , Ning and Bebo.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2010

percent search market share, virtually unchanged from 65.6 percent market share, up 0.4 eBay and Amazon Sites experienced gains in December as retail search activity picked up during the holiday season.&#. MySpace Sites 439 416 -5% -. comScore, Inc. In December 2009, Americans conducted 14.7 percent in November.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Today, marketing your business for free may seem to be an unattainable process. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. Thankfully, you don’t have to go at social media marketing alone.

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 21, 2013

retailers, in comparison to 40% coming directly, and 34% from search. It was the same year Facebook launched for Harvard students, the year after the arrival of Myspace, and two years before Twitter arrived. A study just released by Adobe puts social as the source of 2% of traffic to U.S In March, 2007, I joined Twitter.

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 21, 2013

retailers, in comparison to 40% coming directly, and 34% from search. It was the same year Facebook launched for Harvard students, the year after the arrival of Myspace, and two years before Twitter arrived. A study just released by Adobe puts social as the source of 2% of traffic to U.S In March, 2007, I joined Twitter.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Get Rich Quick Online Marketing Scheme. Whatever they’re selling for $47, well, I just don’t want anything to do with it: and certainly it’s stuff like this that’s making the whole internet marketing/SEO/Search Engine Marketing industry look bad. Run a Twitter social media marketing campaign.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Targeting an audience of social media heavyweights that frequently visit New York City is a really useful marketing strategy. Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ Apparently, according to Jonathan and Pam, they have great bacon.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

For example, the markers for a jump to cloud computing for a declining retail company are quite different than the markers for a growing startup to embrace a business intelligence application. link] [link] Hot In Marketing Social Media's Internal Impact – An Interview with Phil Simon | Internal Social Media | Social Media Consultin.

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 1, 2011

Adam’s experience is that record and book shops provide an element of serendipity missing in online retailers, and this is also a familiar comment on news services, and information via social networks which connect you with friends likely to share your world view. And retailers?:

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Marketing IT. To combat this, Brad DeLong, CIO for Orix Capital Markets (a division of Orix USA), seeks out the people he calls the groups "emotional leaders.". MySpace Opens Up Data Portability Initiative. IBM Using Chocolate to Capture African Market. Search Engine Marketing. 100,000 retail value.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. Customer service?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. link] [link] WebPro360 And, it's not just about businesses 'tooting' their own horn. Great thoughts, Laura!

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

And if possible, I’d recommend having employees closest to the product (designers, engineers, product marketing, customer service) be the stars of the show, not executives or marketers. Now you’re combining content with marketing, social media with customer service. Give this a try will you?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Marketers love Facebook. If you had any doubt, just go on over to their stats page and see for yourself why it is something you want as part of your marketing strategy. Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. Scroll down to the end of the post for details on how to win.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

This is an excellent marketing and promotional step that will ensure their brand is recognized world wide. link] (Facebook, friendships, and voyeurism) [link] David Goldie Interesting cross between physical and online marketing, through Facebook and Diesel. If Facebook can address those issues satisfactory it would be great.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

While I will make *rare* exceptions for people who are truly producing something relevant, innovative and about which they are passionate, I will never respond positively to a third-person marketer contacting me. I think that your example about the commercial product is exactly what is wrong with the marketer.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 28, 2010

How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Use get_bookmarks() instead. The Most Important Sale You Will Ever Make I Have A Social Media Addiction Netflix finally gets iPhone App Google Voice Now Included in Gmail SCOTT PILGRIM VS.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 23, 2009

Roy ¬ Jeff Paul Scam #2902 January 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 pm It has been amazing to grow any business on the Internet, I need to market strategically to my customers, using a range for tools from content sharing to email marketing, search engine optimization, co-branding, ad buys, and more, to reach your target audience.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

“Twitter users talking about marketing and brands far exceeds the usage on the other social networks,&# said Tom Webster , the VP of Strategy & Marketing at Edison (and the study author), when I interviewed him for this post. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 41% provide opinions about products/services.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 1, 2007

How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

February 25th, 2010 |Written By: Susan Baier | View Comments Tweet Guest post from Susan Baier, a 20-year marketing strategy veteran with an MBA in Entrepreneurship. Her company Audience Audit provides strategic marketing support and audience segmentation research that helps organizations understand their customers better.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

A 2011 study by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth researching social media usage by Inc 500 companies (who have a strong usage of social media generally) found that the use of blogging had dropped to 37% from 50% the year before. Of the top 10 brands on Pinterest , 9 are lifestyle/retail.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

For anyone in marketing or PR being asked to make “data-driven&# decisions “based on the numbers&# (and doesn’t that include pretty much everyone in marketing and PR these days?), How do social media marketing strategies in small businesses differ from those in larger enterprises? Social Media Facts and Stats.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

Having long ago passed MySpace as the most popular social network, Facebook recently replaced Google as the most-visited website in the U.S. So how does a marketer capitalize on this unruly and ever-changing platform to drive business results? Facebook Marketing Tips and Guides.

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Cloud jacking is simply taking over the market in your niche and gaining mindshare. For example, I’ve managed to build a top 10 personal development blog in 12 months and I was voted the top social media marketer under 21. I know this because that is my market. They hang out on blogs by people like Marc , Luciano and Tim.

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