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The Stories Behind 5 Social Networks That Never Caught On

Hubspot

What was the first social network you ever joined? While many people will recall it being Facebook or Twitter, others might remember some of the earlier, less popular social networks. A lot these primitive social networks go forgotten, but that doesn't make their stories any less important. 1) Friendster.

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Ask a Content Strategist: How Can Sales Enablement Drive Content Marketing ROI?

Contently

Are there any new ways to drive content marketing ROI we should be thinking about? In March, I took on a new role as Contently’s head of marketing. So, I worked with my team to ramp up our content marketing machine and push out lead-gen campaigns that would appeal to our target audience.

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Business Value of Social Networking

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses.

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Why You Shouldn’t Try to Be Everywhere in Social Media

Convince & Convert

jasonkeath Tweet This Content via Conference Jason Keath started Social Fresh way back in 2008 when social media was still a bit of an Internet toddler. At the start, Jason was pitching social all of the time, but no one wanted to convert. Focus on home run content. Where are they?

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity

This question is particularly compelling today as we see Facebook set new records in terms of users, market valuation and revenue growth and wait with anticipation to see if Myspace can reinvent itself after conceding its market leadership position in social networking back in 2008. The importance of targeted ads.

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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

It seems obvious that there is a big disconnect between the goals of B2B content marketing and true customer engagement. It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour. B2B marketers need to close the gap between their perception and the reality of customer engagement.

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Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? You can read all the interviews on Lee’s post, Content Marketing: Definitions of Curation & Context.