Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

VerticalResponse recently did a survey to find out how small businesses planned on spending their marketing dollars in 2010. Over 800 small businesses were surveyed, each business having less than 500 employees. From the survey, 74.1% of the survey participants are planning on increasing their use of email marketing while 68.3%

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 1, 2010

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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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

Some people think they can just send out a couple of surveys , or do a few focus groups , and gather all the information they need about the public’s opinion about their products. MutualMind takes the different aspects of social media and brings them together into a concise, and helpful way. Share this on Technorati.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

The Problem There are various form builders and online-survey tools out there but the ‘marketers’ face tough time to convince the respondents in filling up those web-based survey-forms. The process of ‘Conducting Survey’ and ‘Collecting Data’ are merged together. A fantastic utility and must add to any marketer’s kitty.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 18, 2010

Chris Silver Smith is Director of Optimization Strategies for KeyRelevance, where he provides online marketing consulting for organic search engine ranking, social media promotion, ecommerce optimization and local search. His Local Search Ranking Factors survey is among the most important studies of Local Search Engine Optimization.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 19, 2012

Have you been able to make money from social media? Just like Darren Rowse of Problogger, there are people and companies out there who are turning a profit with social media. Just like Darren Rowse of Problogger, there are people and companies out there who are turning a profit with social media.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 15, 2010

In fact, according to a groundbreaking survey of 5,700 adults in seven countries conducted for Consumed, nearly 80 percent of Americans feel society is becoming too shallow and believe most of us would be better off if we lived more simply. Share this on Technorati. Add this to Mister Wong. Share this on Mixx. Share this on Reddit.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This guest post is by HubSpot’s social media scientist, Dan Zarrella. Moving on from retweets, I started studying Facebook sharing and discovered some things that surprised me about timing there, too. I recently did a survey of over 1,400 blog readers and I asked them what time-of-day they read blogs.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 4, 2009

Pay particular attention to the website that’s reportedly the Aldi home page: This MediaPost article is about how Aldi Foods recently “released a study showing that Aldi shoppers spend up to 26% less than those who shop at discounters like Walmart, and up to 37% less compared to those who shop at traditional supermarkets.&#

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

Share this on Technorati. Related posts: Report: Two Thirds of Small Businesses Plan to Increase Email and Social Media Marketing Spend in 2010 VerticalResponse recently did a survey to find out how small. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Tweet This!

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

If you missed the keynote that I did with Lithium’s Jenny Zaszut from Lithium, and want to see how the team at Vistaprint manages and measures social media for the business, you can check it out here as a webinar. The platform called RockMelt looks to merge social media with social media.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

If you see social media as primarily a more simple and efficient way for the usual experts to be able to share their opinions and content, then youre missing the point of the revolution. One of the big questions Im frequently asked about using social media is whether or not the tools "work." But Do They Work?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

, the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Which social media platforms are most effective at influencing buyer behavior?

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 2, 2010

For those whose job it is to generate leads and sales through content and social media, here are five excellent new resources to help increase your knowledge. Social Media Marketing GPS (91 pages). Insights from more than three dozen social media marketing experts including Ann Handley, Marc Meyer, B.L.

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Social Media Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2010

It's chock full of lots of data about blogs and the bloggers who blog them, taken from the BlogPulse survey that includes over 150,000,000 blogs. Typically, this is a function that was handled by Technorati. But it leads to the question: whatever happened to the prominence of Technorati? It's a question that's been asked before.

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Laurel Papworth

JULY 23, 2010

List of Social Media Election sites for Australian 2010 election. It’s particularly interesting to see which social media election sites are allowing the electorate to ask questions -versus who is providing answers. This election is going to be hotly contested – by social media sites – for relevancy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Disclosure: I helped plant the social media seeds for rushIMPRINT.) Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach. Growth can be a good thing.

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ProBlogger

MAY 24, 2011

Because ideally you want readers to enjoy their experience when they visit, and to share your content via social media forums and link love. In addition to quality articles, consider placing polls, surveys, and study findings relative to your products or services. Provide case studies. Provide variety.

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Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense PLEASE DON’T TAPE MY MOUTH SHUT by Nancy Myrland on September 21, 2010 Lately I’ve run into a few blogs and Facebook Pages that don’t allow visitors to comment.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Which social networking site is used by 92% of senior marketing executives? Social Media Statistics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

TLC made many missteps when it came to their social media marketing efforts. Heck, perhaps TLC will come by and ramp up their social media efforts. Social Media is Social First and foremost, let’s lay down some ground rules. It’s not just media. It’s social media.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2010

Also included are a few posts from Facebook proponents, and skeptics, to help you determine if you even really need to be concerned with any of this — or if your social media marketing efforts might be best directed elsewhere. How to Better Engage Facebook Fan Page ‘Fans’ by Social Media Examiner.

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