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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

Akamai Marketing

Social ROI: The social media sphere will have more pressure on it to create programs that suit business objectives and then show the ROI. By the end of 2012, we’ll start to see some beginnings of what makes up social ROI. 49% of people use their smart phones to do social networking.

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Welcome to the Participation Age: Is Your Digital Brand Ready?

Pam Moore

The one thing we have found consistent in working with entrepreneurs to Fortune 10 brands is that the brands who have the mindset of participation, inspiration and human connection are the brands that see an ROI from the new media of today. Did you know that 90% of smart phone owners have their mobile device in arms reach 100% of the time?

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10 reasons Avon Is Not Too Late To The Social Media Party

Diva Marketing Blog

P&G also has a highly successful online community, Being Girl, for their Tampax and Always brands that has achieved a 4-to-1 ROI over traditional channels. AVON MOBILE APP : Smart phones and tablets have opened additional eCommerce channels and created new ways to engage with customers.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

And of course, there’s the ongoing social media ROI debate : how do I measure this? Can social media ROI really be measured? Marina Arnaout outlines five key trends for social media marketers to watch and utilize, including online video, mobile and location-based services. Social Media Metrics and ROI. What to do?

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Social Pros 15 – Marcus Sheridan, The Sales Lion

Convince & Convert

Really smart guy, Eric : Yep. And I was so mobilized by this, I wrote a post on Saturday and used it to ignore my in-laws, which is probably a bad call long term. Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week: Email Opens on Smart Phones and Tablets Have Grown by 82% in the Last Year. Mobile’s going to take over.”

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

Convince & Convert

Growth Is Slowing The true size of the Twitter audience is a bit tricky to pin down because 55% of its users do so via third party and mobile applications. Functionally, everything Twitter does, Facebook does just as well, with the exception of mobile usage. link] [link] PRVille Great post with solid facts.

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Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? | E.

Convince & Convert

Starbucks is not only offering free Wi-Fi in all stores come this fall, but also unveiling their Starbucks Digital Network that all in-store web and mobile users will have the opportunity to enjoy (it’s a partnership with Yahoo!). Why would Starbucks need their own digital network? What’s Next (Potentially)?

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