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How Consumers Use Social Networking Sites

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A study carried out by Sensis shows how consumers are using social networks. Here are some of the findings: 12% research products they’re interested in purchasing. 12% research travel offers or holiday destinations. Clothing/fashion = 42% consumer researchers. So what industries are represented?

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Developing Your LinkedIn Social Selling Strategy

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According to the authors of a new e-book titled “ Cracking The LinkedIn Sales Code ,” top LinkedIn sellers spend 6+ hours per week on the social network and are engaged with 30+ groups. Top sellers on LinkedIn view the social network as essential to their sales efforts. This strategy seems to work as 89.9%

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5 Places To Find Information For Your Blog Posts

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Conducting research for your blog articles and other content marketing initiatives is one of the most important activities you can perform. In fact, if you aren’t doing research, then your content is going to be dry and boring, maybe even lacking in the facts department. You don’t want that. It will affect your readership.

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6 Timeless Principles for Content Marketers

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Your content should be based on great researchResearch is the backbone to good writing. But you should back up your content with solid research that cites sources. That means writing attention-grabbing headlines and writing awesome content that inspires readers to share it on their social networks.

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21 Sources For Blog Ideas

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Keyword research tool. Niche social networking sites – Have you found one that serves your niche? Article directories – Which articles are most popular? Google or Yahoo! Q&A websites like Yahoo! Answers, Answers.com, and Quora. What are they talking about? LinkedIn Answers.

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