Janet Fouts

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What’s your social listening strategy?

Janet Fouts

However, the trend in marketing is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results that validate our company and products rather than to divine what the customer wants. Then we complain that consumers appear to say one thing in that research and do another. We did the research, so why aren’t they buying?

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Social Media Listening – It’s About Emotions

Janet Fouts

But much of the research we do when marketing products and services is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results we are looking for rather than to divine what the customer wants. Then we complain that consumers appear to say one thing in that research and do another. Why are consumers so unpredictable?

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5 Top Social Media Professionals on Google+

Janet Fouts

I’m sure many in the search marketing world will echo the sentiment that Google+ participation has initially felt like an obligation because of the potential impact on search visibility. Search Marketers must know the details to properly advise clients.

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