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Paid, owned and earned media: What they are and where social fits into the mix

Sprout Social

Whether you’re targeting a search ad around brand keywords or running a print ad in a popular trade publication, paid media gives brands more control over how they reach new audiences. Paid media examples. Paid search. Paid social. Paid social is a brand awareness powerhouse. Print, radio and TV ads.

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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity SMM

Of eleven different marketing categories, all of those in which marketers said they plan to increase spending in 2011 are online activities: website design / optimization and social media topped the list with 69% of companies planning larger budgets in these areas, followed by virtual events and webinars, SEO, email marketing and paid search.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Marketing Salary Survey: Social Media Marketing by Aquent. According to an ExactTarget survey, Twitter users who follow a brand are more than twice as likely as Facebook users who “like” a brand to say they are more likely to purchase from the brand after becoming a social media follower. How much are you worth? by eMarketer.

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Social network commerce and referrals: Rubbish in, rubbish out?

The Way of the Web

The first was a study by ForeSee Results , which showed that 1% of website referrals came direct from a social networking url, and that’s after a survey of 188 websites and over 295,000 responses from individual consumers. 24 companies is a pretty small sample group, but hey-ho… Why am I perplexed? Rubbish in, rubbish out?