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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Social CRM is still confusing. Only 16% of companies say they currently have a social CRM system in place. 21% plan to implement such a system in the coming year, but another 17% “don’t know what a social CRM system is and why businesses need it.” iMedia Connection ). eMarketer ).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled. I think this is a fundamental necessity.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

If barber shops were still driving consumer sentiment, I’d be writing this post about barber shop marketing. Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Be where your customers are.