Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

According to the Alterian “Annual Survey 2009” report Are You Ready to Engage? the maturity of digital and social media requires integration of marketing strategies. Marketers must move from a focus on siloed campaigns to an emphasis on listening to, and communicating with, consumers. The Marketer’s View.

Engagement 40

Engagement Alterian ROI Loyalty 40

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Brand communities, contests, most social listening, and non-promotional tweeting fits into this category. Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

Social Media 117

Social Media Strategy Social CRM Company 117

Social Email Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

Email and social are not competing channels, so email marketing and social media marketing work well together too. They share a fundamental power to bring people together in communities and nurture and grow those. Email and social simply are among the many channels which consumers now travel in.

Social Networking 40

Social Networking Compete Travel Communities 40

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. Brian Carroll talks with MECLABS Director of Research Sergio Balegno about the disconnect between social media activity and results in the B2B environment, and concludes that “marketers are expecting way too much too soon.&#

Social Media 257

Social Media Trendrr SM2 Alterian 257

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How can we find the existing customers that are already passionate about our client, and turn them into a volunteer marketing army? In my local area, most PR firms are still firmly entrenched in the old paradigm of marketing. How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client?

Questions 160

Questions Social Media Consultant Education 160

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Not only leaders in their professional lives, nearly all these women use their social profiles to express their passions outside the workplace, which range from NASCAR, art, travel, billiards, wine and music to community service, politics and, of course, family. ” She was named B2B Magazine’s 2012 Digital Marketer of Year.

Twitter 257

Twitter Bazaarvoice B2B Microsoft 257

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

More from Convince and Convert The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Should Facebook Dominate Your Social Media Strategy 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne Blog) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect (..)

Social Media 155

Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 155

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

With the amount of helpful content about social media marketing growing faster than Facebook’s user base or Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances, it’s tough to keep up. Social Media Marketing Tips, Tactics and Guides. Social media has dramatically altered the buying process as well as marketing practices.

Social Media 200

Social Media Tools Strategy Tips 200