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The Social Influence Surgeā€”Are You Prepared?

Harp Interactive

53% of those on Twitter have recommended companies and/or products in their tweets and almost as many voice an intent to buy those products or services. It makes sense: consumers trust online reviews by other consumers more than the information coming directly from companies and brands themselves. What have you done that works?

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Trust in 2012: 4 Implications for Social Media

Dave Fleet

While trust in business as an institution remained steady, business is not meeting the public’s expectations when it comes to building trust in companies. So what do this year’s results mean for companies in Canada, and those using social media in particular? CEOs are now the least credible spokespeople in Canada.

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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

Gymshark, Threadless and Casper are shining examples of brands that flourished thanks to community-building and word of mouth. Companies with plenty of positive buzz and frequent social mentions grow rapidly in the age of social media. Search engines? What are some examples of word of mouth marketing? Good question!

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

Yet a Bazaarvoice/CMO Club study showed that only 15% of CMOs could point to a “significant return&# from Facebook marketing efforts, while 9% report no ROI and 35% basically had no idea. Corporate blogs can operate in a similar fashion, except that the sole sponsor or advertiser is the company itself. What should they promote?

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. As with this year, we will be asking our community to nominate their favorite leaders in this field. Meghan Biro.

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