Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 12, 2013

I crushed them originally a few weeks ago on a webinar for the Content Marketing Institute : Myth 1: My customers are not social. 2013 data from the Pew Internet project finds 72% of American adults who are online use social networking sites. Even among Americans 65 years old and better, 43% of them use social.

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Writtent Blog

APRIL 25, 2013

1) 6.7MM people publish blogs on blogging websites, and another 12MM write blogs using their social networks. 3) Companies that blog have 97% more inbound links. 4) By 2013, it is projected that 128 million people in the US will be blog readers. 8) 23% of total Internet usage time is devoted to social networks or blogs.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 12, 2013

Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest and other social networks changed how we think about "social media" from those long ago days of the blogosphere. However, I wondered if the "truths" of social media also changed. . Is social media still about people-to-people conversations or is monetization the focus?

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Writtent Blog

JULY 10, 2013

Mark Donovan, SVP of Marketing at ComScore recently stated “this pronounced shift in consumer behavior is simply too large for [companies] to ignore.” Image credit: Watchakarun/freedigitalphotos.net. billion mobile subscribers worldwide, and this figure will reach 7 billion by the end of 2013. There are 6.8 Source: Nielson ).

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 14, 2013

As a geek, I welcomed the idea that I could find a way to blend tech into my sales efforts and the first and easiest way was to leverage social media. Social networks open up an entirely new game for you to play and it’s a very profitable one. Best-in-Class sales reps (reps that deployed social selling) companies saw a 16.3%

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 25, 2013

B2B buyers typically love conferences , and you can fulfill their hunger for details on professional events, even if your business budget didn’t have room for you to actually attend in-person. Blending all the brilliance of a social network and custom RSS feed, Newsgrape connects writers with ideas in real-time. Parse.ly.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 11, 2015

Though “social media” broadly encompasses a variety of platforms including blogs (WordPress, Medium, Tumblr), content sharing (YouTube, SlideShare, Instagram), and content curation (Scoop.It, Triberr, Paper.li), the term is nearly synonymous to many for the big social networks. Image credit: The Wonder of Tech.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The use of social media and social networks for marketing has rapidly advanced in the past few years from the “should I do it?” ” level to the current “how do I measure and optimize social media marketing efforts?” 500 companies use at least one major social media platform.

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Social Media ROI B2B Marketing 207

Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s hard to remember when we weren’t all glued to social media. Yet the proportion of marketers using social media to reach new and existing audiences has risen every year since 2013: Image source. With 436 million monthly active users , Twitter is a comparatively small fry among major social networks.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How effective is social media in comparison to other digital marketing channels? How does B2B social media marketing differ in effectiveness from B2C use? Which network drives half of all social traffic to B2B websites and blogs? 21 Social Media Statistics. Social Media Slant ). 68% of U.S.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Though the use of social media and social networks for marketing is now nearly ubiquitous, and 78% of companies have dedicated social media teams, many marketers sill struggle with certain aspects of social marketing, such as formalizing strategies and measuring results. do that for me?”

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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? 40 percent of U.S.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 7, 2014

LinkedIn has made dramatic changes to its platform over the past 18 months, making what was a rather plain but effective business networking tool into a content-rich, visually dynamic, more interactive professionally-focused social network. ” The Secret Benefit of LinkedIn Endorsements by The Social Media Hat.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Though social media marketing has become ubiquitous, most companies and brands still struggle to achieve their desired results. Those are among the conclusions it’s fair to draw from the collection of social media marketing facts and statistics below. Social media needs to be part of an integrated strategy.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

As the fourth-largest social network, and the fastest growing in 2012 , Twitter has emerged as a serious platform for business professionals to share breaking news, promote thought-leadership content, and engage with customers, prospects, peers and industry influencers.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What role does social play in a brand’s overall online visibility? How does social media use differ in B2B vs. B2C companies? Find the answers to these questions and many, many more in this compilation of more than 100 compelling social media, content marketing and SEO stats, facts and observations.

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Statistics Social Media B2B Journal 226

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Reports, surveys, studies and infographics are among the most popular content posted and shared across social networks. But which networks are most effective for spreading the content produced? How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? 71% of companies now have a presence on Facebook.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you were to ask me to describe LinkedIn in 2015, I might have said something along the lines of, “a great professional network” or “the perfect place to find a job.” billion at the end of 2016 in one of the largest social media deals in history. 2013 (250M members): 10th anniversary of LinkedIn.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 5, 2013

For example, 93% of marketers use social media for business. But how do marketers and consumers view social media differently? How do top executives use social media? Rapidly growing companies? B2b vendors? Social Media Facts and Statistics. 93% of marketers use social media for business. eMarketer ).

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. And they can keep saying that until about 2013. This has happened before online.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 29, 2014

A helpful companion to the post above, Ross Hudgens here focuses on the value of PR for SEO: “Many PR companies still blast releases out to publishers that have no reason to receive them. Many SEO companies do the same with their outreach to bloggers. 2013 – Break the (Digital) Marketing Silos by The RKG Blog.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 8, 2014

On one hand, not only is it an easy-to-use, low-cost platform with more than a billion members, but 77% of B2C companies and 43% of B2B vendors have acquired customers from Facebook, and the world’s largest social network drives 20% of all internet page views. ” Does Facebook Work for B2B Lead Generation?

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 11, 2013

While search is still vital, web users are increasing discovering content througn social networks and social sharing (and search engines are increasingly considering social signals in rankings), meaning that – content needs to be compelling and optimized (and promoted) in channels beyond search.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 14, 2013

500 companies maintaining corporate blogs has dropped for the first time since 2007. Yes, Your Company Needs a Blog – 13 Reasons Why by AboutUs. companies now maintain blogs. And more than half of all social media-driven blog traffic comes from Facebook (28%) and Twitter (26%) combined. Did you hear that? IT DROPPED!

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Compared to before, this company is holding the reigns – albeit loosely and in new ways.

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