Remove 2011 Remove Communities Remove ROI Remove Social Media
article thumbnail

Why ROI isn’t everything with social media

Socialmedia.biz

In 2011, 60% of consumers with purchasing intent were using various social media platforms for researching products, learning more about a specific retailer and reading product reviews. Why should you go beyond the conventional ROI metrics of success? How should you define measurements that matter?

ROI 132
article thumbnail

Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. Social media in call centres. ROI in social media. Related articles.

Study 377
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Best Quora Guides and Insights of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

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).

SEO 146
article thumbnail

The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. That is what has driven social media adoption. Whatever your role in social media, we hope you find this list valuable in expanding your knowledge and your network.

Twitter 279
article thumbnail

Link Love Monthly: Best of March 2011

SocialFish

The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse. MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo. Social Media – It’s Not Just for White Folks (Danny Brown).

Sysomos 162
article thumbnail

A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. this is the integraged digital media framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge. Canadians love social media.

Marketing 199
article thumbnail

9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

Akamai Marketing

2011 was a game changing year in social media. In some ways, social media is growing up, but in other ways we’re just getting started. I’m putting my Carnack hat on and writing down the trends I see in social media for 2012. Further segmentation of social platforms.