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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

yMarketingMatters

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I watched and experienced first-hand the marketing and social media landscape change, consolidate, focus, develop and evolve all at the same time. As I’ve said before, social media needs to be INTEGRATED into your overarching marketing plan. It’s not the magic pill.

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16 unexpected ways to use WhatsApp for business

Sprout Social

Conversational marketing is on the rise, driven largely by consumers’ increasing expectations for convenience and tailored digital experiences. That’s a large market, ripe for engagement. The following examples highlight use cases in customer service, financial services, marketing, human resources and pipeline growth.

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