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Nine Benefits of Using Social Proof in Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Social proof is more persuasive when reviewers or influencers are viewed as competent or more acquainted with the industry or product category than the observer. ComScore’s case study shows how social proof affects conversions using their landing pages. Product research can take a long time.

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Socialympics: How Social Media and Blogging Has Boosted Sports Media

Convince & Convert

Nike+ has revolutionized how runners track progress, compete and interact. Traditional media will be there but social media and blogging will be the major reason for the media explosion. The big dogs like ESPN and USA Today have embraced the blog network concept by rolling out their own. He blogs regularly at the Nao blog.

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You Must Read This!

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From the early days of blogging, the content that got the most clicks were the ones with the catchy headlines. They are no longer just competing with one another for your attention, but they're facing a most powerful adversary in the struggle for attention: your friends and acquaintances. billion ads, comScore found."

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Google+: The New Kid on the Block, but is it Too Little, Too Late?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In June, comScore reported that one out of every six minutes is spent on a social network. This isn’t earth shattering news for Google, but they need to keep people’s attention if they want to compete with other networks. If you wow them, they will blog and tweet write articles about how great your service is.

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URL Be Sorry! Google Cuts Back on Top-ranking Exact-match Domains

ProBlogger

However, the latest comScore figures show that Google sites were responsible for 11.3 Poor quality content is already a no-no, as are paid links or those created by spamming blog comments and discussion forums. This blog was written by Rob Henry, marketing specialist at K2L. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

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Why Google Has the Hammer To Make Businesses Use Google Plus

Convince & Convert

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. (Happy Holidays! This is #1. This is probably my favorite post of the year. I like the way it’s written, and my favorite thing to do as a blogger is piece together the bigger picture.

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Report Ranks Reputation and Exposure of Brands Across News and Social Media

Bill Hartzer

Across the Internet, in news, blogs, tweets and other social media , millions of people are talking about major brands. In the 4th Quarter, Sony announced the launch of its new online store, Sony Online Services, which sells videos, books, games and movies to compete against Apple’s iTunes store. SONY $294,308,077. INTEL $285,685,964.

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