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5 Reasons I’m Thankful for Social Media

Webbiquity SMM

Just a few of the cool people I likely never would have gotten to know without social media include Jill Konrath , J-P De Clerck , Jennifer Kane , Judy Grundstrom , Alice Elliott , Paul Dunay , Ambal Balakrishnan , Tony Karrer (my partner in the B2B Marketing Zone and Social Media Informer ), the B2BTOTY steering committee or the LeBron team.

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Seven Ways to Use Social Media for Business

Webbiquity SMM

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

On June 24th, 2008, Bev said: Too many companies see the social side of a product as just another focus group - the communication is one way from the community to the company with little coming back from the company. The social side is interesting when it comes up in B2B or B2C. Josh: Good point. Content still is king.