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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

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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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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

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With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites.

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12 Solid Stats Surrounding Social Networking (Plus Four  Timely Tips)

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Though it’s dangerous to assume anything about leadership in the social networking space (Facebook overtook MySpace as the biggest social network less than a decade ago , after all), the landscape does seem to have matured and stabilized somewhat at this point. Social media is now the dominant channel for news coverage.

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Best Quora Guides and Insights of 2011

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Is Quora still a significant social media destination? According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site).

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Paid Posts: My Facebook Status Update is Smarter Than Yours

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The social media giant recently launched a pilot program in New Zealand that allows users to pay to ‘highlight’ a post, meaning that it will appear near the top of friends’ News Feeds and remain their longer, even if it doesn’t receive the clicks, comments, and ‘Likes’ that usually push a popular post to the top.

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Paid Posts: My Facebook Status Update is Smarter Than Yours

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The social media giant recently launched a pilot program in New Zealand that allows users to pay to ‘highlight’ a post, meaning that it will appear near the top of friends’ News Feeds and remain their longer, even if it doesn’t receive the clicks, comments, and ‘Likes’ that usually push a popular post to the top.

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Measuring the Impact of Social Media in B2B Marketing

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Forrester recently released a report by Laura Ramos and Augie Ray on How to Assess the Impact of Social Media in B2B Tech Marketing. While B2B marketers have been ramping up social media activities over the past 18 months, not all are seeing the outcomes they’d hoped for. Coordinate efforts.

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