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

Webbiquity SMM

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics.

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Meltwater Acquires IceRocket

Bill Hartzer

The Meltwater Group , an online media intelligence company, has acquired IceRocket , a social search engine that provides real-time search (among other things). Meltwater delivers online news and social media monitoring, as well as search engine marketing solutions. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

(click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare). There’s no question that the social media ROI question continues to befuddle business – 41% of respondents to an eConsultancy survey of 1,000 companies and agencies in late 2011 had absolutely no idea of social media’s financial impact.

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Digital and Dollars – Successfully Adding Online Marketing to Your.

Convince & Convert

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail? Note that I didn’t include Web design.

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Social Media Training for Sales – Social Selling University Launches

Koka Sexton

After joining and getting waist deep in building strategies around engaging our customers and prospects using social media, a few things became very clear to me. One was that this company has hit on something very hot, giving sales people actionable trigger events to drive business conversations and decisions.

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Is this the end of Choice and Innovation in Social Media Measurement?

Jeff Esposito

Last week, the social media world was rocked about the acquisition of social media monitoring company Radian6 by CRM vendor Salesforce.com to the tune of $326 million. On one hand, I am extremely happy for folks like Amber Naslund and Lauren Vargas who work at the company.

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Please Help Me Support Make-A-Wish Foundation | Convince & Convert.

Convince & Convert

Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Meanwhile, we’re hitting the road to present the core concepts of The Now Revolution to businesspeople and marketers everywhere. One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc.,