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

Sprout Social

Customer conversations are among your most valuable marketing assets. With a defined word of mouth marketing strategy, you can create a consistent flow of customer conversations that regularly result in new business. What is word of mouth marketing, anyway? How to build a word of mouth marketing strategy: 8 tactics and examples.

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Be Nice When You Say Bad Things Online

Twist Image

Companies like Bazaarvoice (and other competitors) have really matured the space over the past ten years. Going back to 2008, I would often quote a line I had heard from Bazaarvoice about their data on consumer reviews. For example, phrases like ''I''ll be honest'' and ''I don''t want to be mean, but.'' bazaarvoice.

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Trust in 2012: 4 Implications for Social Media

Dave Fleet

” As a starting point, stop thinking about social media in the same way you think of traditional marketing campaigns, and start thinking in terms of bringing people together around a common interest. The recent partnership between Bazaarvoice and Buddy Media is a great example of a key piece of this puzzle.

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Selling on Instagram: Everything you need to know

Sprout Social

And as noted in our guide to marketing in Gen Z, younger consumers rely on Instagram to discover, research and share new products. But selling on Instagram isn’t as simple as posting product photos and calling it a marketing day. Below we’ve highlighted real-world examples of selling on Instagram and why they work.

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Social Media Metrics and Conversion

Proactive Report

US businesses have definitely accepted that social media has to be a part of their marketing and PR activity - four in five US businesses with at least 100 employees will take part in social media marketing in 2011, says eMarketer. eMarketer expects the number of marketers using the channel will continue to rise through 2012.

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12 Ways to Incorporate Your User-Generated Content on Different Channels

Social Media Strategies Summit

Once primarily thought of as a marketing tactic for edgy brands, user-generated content (UGC) is quickly becoming a bigger and bigger element of content marketing strategies. Image source Modern content marketing includes a mix of brand-created content and curated content. Make sure to ask permission!)

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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. The core of social media marketing efforts should be the corporate blog. Gather market intelligence. What should they promote?

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