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Don’t Sell Your Brand’s Soul to the Facebook News Feed Algorithm and Vanity Metrics

Pam Moore

What About the Silent Lurkers? We train and consult with brands big and small – from well-funded startups to Fortune 10 brands. I even had one GM of a Fortune 20 brand tell me he followed me and lurked on my Instagram and Twitter profiles for 6 months before contacting our agency for consulting and training services.

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The 1-9-90 rule won't work for Internal Collaboration

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Jacob Nielsen coined a theory called the 1-9-90 theory that says out of every hundred people who join a community or network – 1% actively contribute – 9% contribute from time to time – and 90% are lurkers. I think as Social Media marketers we have to get better at training. It’s almost like answering 1 out of every 100 emails!

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“The Algorithm,” Explained

Likeable

John spends thousands of dollars on this hobby every year, but he is a social media “lurker” and doesn’t engage with (i.e. Our Smarter Social training product for in-house teams can help. like, share, or comment on) any of your content. You are running an ad for a new tent, and you optimize it for engagement. YouTube Creator Studio.

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’m sure there are examples on the other side of this, but thriving communities on B2C or B2B have large populations of lurkers that are largely there for transactions (they want an answer, knowledge, expertise, learning, examples, etc) and don’t really engage in the community itself.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

link] [link] Kirsten Khire #7 – lurkers or inactive accts? Lots of lurkers. Lots of lurkers. Cherry RT @khirek: #7 – lurkers or inactive accts? [link] [link] Lynn Sheka RT @jaybaer: 7 surprising statistics about Twitter in America. what shocks you?) what shocks you?) what shocks you?) what shocks you?)