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This Week in Social Media – 6/12/2013

Social Media Marketing

Google Maps get more social, the role of social and television, where traditional media is heading, Facebook gets all #cool, Twitter opens analytics to all, making progress on social metrics, the NSA''s use of big data and more - it''s This Week in Social Media. In the first quarter of 2013, email grew by 11.6% Think email is dead?

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Quick Guide: How to Conduct an Effective Social Media Audit

Ignite Social Media

A social media audit can help optimize your social media strategies, enhance engagement, increase reach, and drive better marketing results. From an analytics standpoint, there are a few key things to look at numerically. Are you putting a lot of effort into posting constantly but only getting low engagement?

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

Webbiquity SMM

Find the answers to these questions and many, many more here in over 100 engaging and intriguing social, search, content, inbound, email, mobile and other marketing stats and facts from the past few months. More than 80% of small to midsized businesses (SMBs) plan to increase their use of social media in 2013. e-Strategy Trends ).

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5 Steps Required to Building a Best Practice Digital Analytics Function

Convince & Convert

No, the new age of communications is about creating content and engaging with stakeholders in a closer to 1:1 environment than ever before. That digital analytics function does not just happen. So what does it take to build a best-in-class digital analytics function from scratch? Identify a Team Leader.

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This Week in Social Media – 7/24/2013

Social Media Marketing

In addition, US Twitter users are most active after 6 pm, whilst those in the UK are highly engaged between the hours of 10 a.m. Commentary The excitement over real-time engagement and cutesy content based on trends seems to be waning (The Atlantic Wire: " That Was Fast: Twitter Is Over Your Real-Time Royal Baby Marketing ").

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Is Snapchat for brands?

Mindjumpers

In May 2013 the app was even the most downloaded non-game app on iOS globally. So by combining a discount and a surprise element, 16 Handles was able to engage with their customers on Snapchat. Snapchat still lacks analytics and a business model, but marketers like MTV and Taco Bell have already seen the app’s potential.

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Why CMO’s Need To Be More Involved in Ecommerce

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The modern day merchant must have an intimate understanding of the importance of online and mobile commerce, access to a vast array of customer data, and a strategy for transforming this analytical data into winning online experiences. Related posts: 10 Ecommerce Predictions for 2013 2013 just might be the year we see a real.

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