Convince & Convert

MAY 15, 2012

Amy Schmittauer is the Founder & Face of Savvy Sexy Social. She is a “social media frenzy” working in social relations consulting, blogging, and, of course, vlogging about life on her YouTube channel. May 24, 2012, Columbus, Ohio. Connect with her on Twitter. But do you really “get it”?

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The Realtime Report

JULY 26, 2012

Australian ranks fourth worldwide in social media penetration – behind only the US, Canada and South Korea. million Australians (44% of the total population) are predicted to be on social media in 2012, according to an eMarketer estimate. A total of 9.8 giveaways (54%). product information (48%).

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Maddie Grant threw down a glove challenging a number of people to participate in a meme answering the question “ How are you going to change the world in 2012 ?” The idea is that a small, relatively insignificant act can created marked and sometimes unexpected change. ” It’s a great question.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2016

Social media use isn’t quite universal—but it’s getting close. population now has at least one social networking profile; more than half use two or more social networks. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 But social media marketing spending will rise anyway.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2020

A few recent announcements across the social media landscape recently led me to theorize the future direction that Facebook may take. As a leading social media agency, we’ve watched this platform evolve since day one, updating strategies as new features emerged and others disappeared. Subscribe to Social You Should Know.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 4, 2013

Last year, I shared the importance of taking conversations offline to grow your business and suggested some great events to help make that happen in 2012. 2012 keynote speaker and CEO of Arment Dietrich Gini Dietrich announced during her presentation last year that Ohio Growth Summit was the best conference she had ever attended.

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yMarketingMatters

APRIL 15, 2013

An impressive increase from 35% in 2011 and 44% in 2012. Currently, 31% of Americans own a tablet compared to 11% in 2011 and 22% in 2012. Time spent on mobile social media increased by a huge 387% from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, 91% of Americans own a smartphone. Tablet use is rapidly growing among both genders.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 22, 2012

That was a novel way to connect two social media platforms for marketing purposes. They then featured those photos through a collage on their website for all to see. General Electric went a step further with a contest that involved photos uploaded to Instagram, then shared to Facebook for voting.

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Dave Fleet

AUGUST 15, 2012

Sent : Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:02 AM. Sends Small Businesses to the Top of Social Media for $790 Per Month. I don’t usually write posts outing other PR folks, but a pitch I received this morning from another PR agency roused my blogging tendencies from their slumber. Here’s how it read: From : [.]

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 6, 2012

You are not competing with just your business competitors – you are also competing with those looking to make a quick buck through Adsense or affiliate marketing sites, and mom and dad blogs that often attract good search placements and social media attention.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 16, 2014

At the turn of the decade, Facebook and Twitter were the two giants in social media. Yet back in 2010 (a simpler time for both sites, pre-IPO’s), both sites were generally untapped when it came to ad revenue and mass appeal for small businesses. She specializes on the topic of small business tips and resources.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 10, 2014

I just came across an interesting survey, BRANDfog’s 2014: The Global, Social CEO. This annual look at social media engagement in the C-Suite explores the changing role of a business leader’s involvement with social media by surveying 1000 employees in both the UK and the US.

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Social Media Survey Startup Reputation 107

Mindjumpers

JUNE 8, 2012

The case recently won the Blue Award, the best possible, at Facebook Studio Award 2012. This is what American Express saw in failure rate of small businesses, which had increased with 40 percent from 2007 to 2010. American Express also provided 10,000 small businesses with free advertising on Facebook to promote the day.

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CSR Small Business Case Study Communities 237

Kikolani

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Are you feeling overwhelmed by social media? This is where social media tools can help. Not only do these increase the efficiency of your social media efforts, using a combination of the best tools often results in higher returns from social media. This is a guest post by Siv Rauv.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 30, 2017

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? Social media has changed and evolved so much since the early days, it’s almost hard to believe how far we’ve come. How people use social media has changed as well. Let’s dive in!

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 20, 2013

As images are becoming more and more prominent in social media marketing, Pinterest has quickly become an increasingly popular choice of platform among brands. Pinterest has announced the release of a new set of tools to help brands analyse the effectiveness of their content marketing and social engagement on the platform.

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Firebelly

DECEMBER 23, 2011

I met Shashi Bellamkonda a few years ago at the Optimization Summits where we were both speaking (along with Mack Collier , Jason Fall s, John Jantsch , Jay Ehret , Mark Juleen and other members of the social media intelligentsia). Where did the moniker “social media swami” come from?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Although these changes helped increase traffic and rankings to many large corporations such as YouTube and eBay, it hurt a large majority of small businesses. However, many small businesses lost visibility and traffic while many larger businesses, such as FoxNews.com, benefitted from the change.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 7, 2012

In July 2012, I was asked by Bloomberg Businessweek my opinion about the Twitter partnership with American Express to promote Twitter Ads to small businesses. She started advertising on Twitter in May 2012 and was pleased with the results she got. Could you explain how did you find about Twitter Ads for small business?

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yMarketingMatters

APRIL 15, 2013

An impressive increase from 35% in 2011 and 44% in 2012. Currently, 31% of Americans own a tablet compared to 11% in 2011 and 22% in 2012. Time spent on mobile social media increased by a huge 387% from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, 91% of Americans own a smartphone. Tablet use is rapidly growing among both genders.

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Mobile Smart Phone Marketing Adwords 100

Firebelly

JUNE 3, 2013

AllFacebook Expo 2012 attendees – the smartest man in social media, Brian Carter, along with an uber-cool crew of Adryenn Ashley, Hyla Molander, Caroline Love and others. There are people from agencies, non-profits, government agencies, game developers, app developers, PR firms, Fortune 500 companies and small businesses.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

While small businesses aren’t quite in the same category as Inc 500 companies, there are a few things the small- and medium-sized businesses can learn from their larger counterparts. In 2012, loyalties switched to LinkedIn, Pinterest, and blogging. LinkedIn is great for business-to-business connections.

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Laurel Papworth

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Very very rare for me to blog about our special offers, whether it’s social media evaluation discounts or something else. I was reading 10 ways to make a rubbish website … …and thought about how often clients ask me to do a social media audit or social media evaluation. Normally $2900.

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Buzzlogix

APRIL 16, 2017

Social media has become one of the leading advertising platforms in recent years. Each week, a new tool is introduced to help improve social media management team’s productivity or to help curate the best content. Social Media Management, Monitoring and Dashboards. Our favorite part?

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The Social Media Incubator

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It’s that time of the year again when businesses have made it through the previous year and are now looking ahead to their plans for the upcoming year. Chelsea’s Schedule for Thursday’s SES Search & Social Accelerator Conference: Spotlight Session: Optimizing Humans! Networking Lunch.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

To catch up on the chat with Alan, as well as to read his predictions for measurement in 2012, you can download the transcript of #measurePR with Alan Chumley on Jan. A few highlights: Katie’s measurement outlook for 2012: she anticipates seeing more of it, and integration particularly with business outcomes. Katie Paine!

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The Social Media Incubator

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It’s that time of the year again when businesses have made it through the previous year and are now looking ahead to their plans for the upcoming year. Chelsea’s Schedule for Thursday’s SES Search & Social Accelerator Conference: Spotlight Session: Optimizing Humans! Networking Lunch.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 19, 2011

No one seems to know for sure which way the economy will go for 2012. Small businesses should have a great ending to the year as far as sales go. The big question is, what’s being spent on holiday gifts is affordable or are people just using their savings in order to even have a Christmas? The holidays are not over yet.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 16, 2023

For us, that’s a rewarding indication we’ve stayed true to our mission and strategy to support small businesses. We have intentionally chosen not to go up-market and serve enterprise customers, but rather we are committed to helping small businesses and ambitious individuals grow their brands on social media.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 27, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end, I thought I would share my 10 favorite list posts for anyone ready to learn more about analytics, conversions, email marketing, engagement, link building, keyword research, social media, starting their own business, usability testing, and WordPress. I hope you enjoy them!

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Kikolani

JUNE 19, 2012

I’ve missed out on several great contests in 2012, but this one I just couldn’t pass up thanks to the amazing number of both cash prizes and non-cash prizes sponsors. Bloggers and businesses can both benefit from the information laid out in this post! Gushcloud and UBL Small Business Marketing. 1500 Sponsors.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If 2012 was the year influencer marketing emerged on the social media marketing scene, 2013 will bring more structure, best practices and better frameworks for leveraging online influencers across marketing initiatives. This is a guest post by Evy Wilkins, VP of Marketing at Traackr. Learn more at [link].

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Twist Image

MARCH 20, 2014

The fact that the company got bought by Facebook in back in April 2012 for about one billion dollars (it still stings for most). The opportunity to add more pictures to a social media experience (without knowing what the ROI might be). It seems like a no-brainer for small business and local merchants, doesn''t it?

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Kikolani

MARCH 29, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to Get Testimonials for Your Business or Blog Using Twitter for Social Proof – Want to get testimonials from customers for your business or readers for your blog?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

— 2012 was an incredible year for me. I found myself covered with social media calendars, PR pitches, blog posts, website projects, advertisement assignments, and what felt like a million clients to call. I know a lot of small business owners with great ideas , and they have been nothing but supportive.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 1, 2014

An interesting theme arose with the Social Pros in April: everyone ended up talking about how important individualization is in social media. His first post on Facebook appealed to his friends asking for help, and it soon became clear that social media was a great way to find information.

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The Social Media Incubator

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In what is becoming one of the most talked about Google algorithm updates since Google Penguin (2012) and perhaps the most comprehensive update since Caffeine (2010), Hummingbird is supposed to affect 90% of searches. Just recently, Google moved us closer to real semantic search. It was rolled out in late August, 2013. No one noticed.

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