Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Important caveat: Social isn’t just for ‘generating leads’ but can be used for many, many things, such as improving customer experience, reducing support costs, and improving products. Also you’re right of course – social is for more than ‘generating leads.’ Will send you a ping.

Analytics 40

Analytics Top of Funnel Research Webinar Metrics 40

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Managing these multiple login systems from all these social networks is cumbersome due to changing APIs, protocols. Expect this trend to continue and most major consumer lead corporate websites will have one form or another of Social Sign On within a few years –the trend that the ‘power shift to consumer’ continues.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Enterprise Management Marketing Websites Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

Companies should follow, not lead, their customers across the social Web. If you have a contact us form, an online lead generation form, an email newsletter sign-up, or a shopping cart, why are you still only asking for name, address, and email address? Because there really is no benefit in beating your customers to the punch.

Social Media 155

Social Media Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Media 155

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

&# I’ve been wondering whether the Open Graph API will yield an explosion in Facebook-powered satellite applications (like the 2,000+ Twitter add-ons that all seems to start with “tw…&# ). Gilbert thinks perhaps it will happen, but that the additional complexity of the Facebook API will dampen the explosion somewhat.

Social Media 165

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 165

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages. I firmly believe that your blog has to serve as your ultimate lead capture tool and your Facebook presence can serve as a marketing funnel!

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages. I firmly believe that your blog has to serve as your ultimate lead capture tool and your Facebook presence can serve as a marketing funnel!

Facebook 167

Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

At Genius.com, we understood relatively early (we announced our gURLs to track traditional and Social Media in July 2009) that while most B2B marketers are engaging in Social Media, very few are actually measuring it. The area of “metrics integration&# is especially interesting. It is Mobile on the radar?

Business 117

Business Paid Search Agency Social Media Analysis 117