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. Apparently, according to a report that I wrote about recently, social media spending is going up.

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Sites Report Social Media Retail 113

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? Background on the two social media sites. In 2006, Myspace was the most visited U.S. Myspace’s dominance would not last though.

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B2B MySpace Startup Social Networking 190

Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Six years ago, we were talking about the growth of blogging and MySpace. In 2006, Radian6 was founded by Chris Newton (@ cdnewt ) and Chris Ramsey (@ chrisramsey ) Back then monitoring and listening were a novel concept, but they knew that social wasn’t a fluke. Consider this blurb from 10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Outstanding research from Tom Webster that debunks some common myths about social media. Social media is growing up fast. No longer a niche plaything of the digerati, social media is firmly entrenched as a societal game changer of historical importance. 9 Surprising New Facts About Social Media in America.

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Social Media MySpace Statistics Social Networking 166

Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2011

Social media is growing up fast. No longer a niche plaything of the digerati, social media is firmly entrenched as a societal game changer of historical importance. Data about how social media really works, who uses it and how, continues to surprise. 9 Surprising New Facts About Social Media in America.

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Social Media MySpace Statistics Social Networking 166

Buffer Social

JUNE 30, 2017

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? My first profile was on Myspace , my first friend was “Tom from Myspace,” and my first post was something like, “Myspace is awesome!” How people use social media has changed as well.

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 5, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter for our team that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Social Media Foursquare Journal Flipboard 140

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 13, 2019

However, most SMBs haven’t a clue how they can profit from this proximity which gets even better with social media via social listening. 2018 SBA reports show there are 30.2 So keep reading, but first: What is Social Listening? Social media is huge and loud. Become Socially Active.

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Small Business Pharmaceuticals HootSuite Startup 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. If you’re going to engage in social media, do it!

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The company, a pioneer in social media (in a sense the earliest version of the Metaverse itself) recently went through a major rebrand. It’s social media, the internet, video games, and online shopping all rolled into one. anulee95 reports. We’ve seen it take form in everything from video games to social media.

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Real Estate Avatar Library Platform 142

Harp Interactive

JANUARY 6, 2010

One of the main objectives for all social media marketing initiatives for a brand is to “ navigate the narrative&#. In order to cultivate the conversations taking place in the social media arena, you need to know that they’re happening! Tags (keywords on social bookmarking sites and Twitter Hashtags).

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Brands Brand Monitoring Reputation Press Release 307

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read | Main | Firebelly Work: J.C. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. The insurance industry has the most Twitter accounts (13). Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Social Media Twitter Paid Search Study 165

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!! Tips & Guides Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos [link] How To Blog: A Beginner?s

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Social Media Strategy Statistics Metrics 117

Laurel Papworth

JULY 31, 2011

Telephones don’t stalk children, Social Media doesn’t intimidate them either. I must see a dozen articles a day trashing social media in traditional media. And who is responsible for the “social media is party media&# approach? Investigate People. Investigate People.

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Social Media Telecommunications MySpace Report 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us He used Twitter to raise money for charity if people tweeted and blamed his cancer.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 16, 2011

While MySpace continues to have a strong pull with younger demographics the age distribution is fairly even across the other social media sites, although users age 50+ prefer both Facebook and LinkedIn over Twitter: The Pew Internet study also takes a detailed look at specific activity on Facebook by age and gender that is worth checking out.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. The full 49-page study is full of interesting graphs and data morsels, but these are the 7 findings that I didn’t anticipate: 1. population).

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Social Media Statistics Strategy Research 159

Laurel Papworth

JANUARY 27, 2010

in 2010, according to a report from Inside Network. The most interesting part of that number is that social gaming startups — which didn’t exist three years ago — will account for about $835 million of that total, said Justin Smith, founder of Inside Network and co-author with Charles Hudson of the Inside Virtual Goods report.

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Social Media Virtual World MySpace Social Networking 77

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process.

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Social Media B2B Strategy Consultant 147

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. The price is right, and if you hate them, you can bail out at any time.

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Newsletter Social Media Alltop Social CRM 114

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 26, 2018

Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook. It was shared on social media (Facebook). I do know, that as a social media professional, I do have to be there–at least until Facebook ends up becoming the next MySpace.

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Privacy Facebook Survey MySpace 79

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 28, 2014

A recent report by BrightEdge called “Cracking the Content Code” that took five industries (Retail, Media & Entertainment, Business Services, Technology/Internet, and Hospitality) and analyzed which was the most effective driver of traffic; organic search, paid, display /email or social. .

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Sites Paid Search MySpace Retail 98

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Internal search reports. If you have a search engine on your website, look at a report that shows what people type into that box. Better yet, start a secret shopper program and augment your own observations with those of friends, family members, and customers willing to fill out a short shopper report.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant B2B 148

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. • Are you working with a team or collaborating with a client? •

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Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 155

Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Elise Duplin What BP Can Learn from Umpire Jim Joyce | PR 2.0 | Social Media Consulting – Convince &Convert [link]. RT @intersection1: RT @jaybaer: The power of "I'm Sorry." " What BP Should Learn From Umpire Jim Joyce. 2 little word mean so much. link] sietsema Truth, or Consequences?

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Social CRM 156

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. “Social media is not always about what happens digitally; it happens in real life, too.” Social Media Stat of the Week: 927,500 tweets about the Emmys. How did you get involved with social media?

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Brands Sports How To MySpace 127

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Sure, you can centralize some of your social media chores (great post by Chris Brogan), by using Tweetdeck or Seesmic. For normal humans that check social media a couple times a day, NutshellMail may become your new favorite social companion. You run over to check your Twitter account. Then Linkedin.

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Social Media Social CRM MySpace TweetBeep 115

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 26, 2018

Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook. It was shared on social media (Facebook). I do know, that as a social media professional, I do have to be there–at least until Facebook ends up becoming the next MySpace.

Privacy 60

Privacy Facebook Survey MySpace 60

Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. Late July reporters showed overall Facebook ad click-through rates outperforming Twitter four to one.

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Facebook MySpace Marketing Apparel 129

Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. Late July reporters showed overall Facebook ad click-through rates outperforming Twitter four to one.

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Facebook MySpace Marketing Apparel 129

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Among influentials?

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Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 147

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 9, 2013

As a result, they have worked furiously to develop ad packages that advertisers will buy so they can report the next “strong quarter.” Clearly, Facebook is the number one social network and it will be for at least the next few years. is a post from: Convince and Convert: Social Media Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

But the problem with email and social media is that too many people are positioning it as an either/or scenario. Several blog posts have foolishly been written about social media “killing&# email. Social Outposts Without the Mystery I’m often asked by corporate clients where they should engage in social media.

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Social Media Marketing Social CRM Consultant 127

Convince & Convert

MARCH 5, 2013

If your agency offers digital marketing services like SEO, social media, email marketing, PPC, chances are you’re in high demand. AdAge reports that digital is the fastest growing business area for agencies of all types. There is obvious synergy between activities such as SEO, PPC, content development, and social media.

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Proposal Project MySpace SEO 137

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 11, 2011

In June, comScore reported that one out of every six minutes is spent on a social network. The newest social network de jour is Google+. A few days ago Crystal Vilkaitis , Director of Social Media for SnapRetail, asked her Twitter followers how everyone liked Google+. However, not everyone feels this way.

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