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APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. In particular, sales and leads (as opposed to chatter, sentiment, buzz, purchase intent, etc.).

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

In the last MarketingSherpa Search Marketing Benchmark Guide (2009), data indicated that the average CPC for B2B lead generation efforts was $3.33, vs. $0.78 for B2C retailers and $1.93 for B2C lead generators. I personally have seen B2B CPC rates vary wildly based on industry and the competitiveness and length of the keyword.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

If you’re an agency that’s providing social media listening or analysis services for clients, this is even more critical of a distinction. The disheartening truth is that there is very little “standardized&# reporting available if you’re going to do social listening and analysis at the highest level.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I mined my Google Analytics and put together a list of the 25 most popular posts that have ever appeared on this blog , ranked by total number of page views. I may run a similar analysis and rank my top posts by page views coming from search engines. I love the analysis. Although, this analysis is from 2+ years of posts.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Invest in a custom design In my own blogging from 2005 – 2009 I was using/tweaking various free themes, which did the job. Sample image from 2009 blogger quotes project 7. The Future Buzz Facebook page is being used primarily as just another way for readers to get content 8. Yes, blogs are best consumed through feeds.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. by Green Buzz Agency. Adoption soared.

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MAY 20, 2010

They are tracking all of that, and by Christmas, Facebook will be a formidable competitor to Google Analytics. Hilarious, useful post [link] [link] Your Analytics Site Yes, I am taking the link bait. I know, that you still might think that all this service offers is “premature analytics&# in the sense of your blog post.

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JUNE 30, 2009

Written by Adam Blitzer June 16, 2009 at 5:38 pm Posted in Design , Marketing Strategy SpamAssassin Rules and what they Mean for your Emails leave a comment » For the past several years I have been following SpamAssassin’s rule set and I am always amazed by how many seemingly innocuous things (e.g. Clarity gets the point across.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

This can only increase when 4SQ release the business analytics dashboard and (I assume) give more power to venue owners (e.g. link] Niek Vugteveen Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril – An Analysis of Potential [link] #mobile #socialcrm [link] dM Coles Johnson Ignoring #FourSquare means ignoring who's been at your store, what they said, etc.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Mobile 2.0 Increased spending on online marketing is driving companies to try new and innovative means of getting the word out about their products and services — one area that’s getting a lot of buzz with B2B marketers is social media.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). Good humor mixed in with a solid analysis, Jay. link] robbunting Great post: Reading "R.I.P.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). Good humor mixed in with a solid analysis, Jay. link] robbunting Great post: Reading "R.I.P.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics. The dominant URL shortener is also the best – in my opinion – at tracking and analytics. I implement bit.ly Try it yourself.

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MARCH 2, 2010

The social media community is starving for a viable way to track customer behavior throughout all social outposts (as evidenced by the massive number of retweets for this post I mentioned recently about a new way to tie Google Analytics to your Facebook fan page ). link] Evo Terra That seems to be the angle Google has taken with Buzz.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics. The dominant URL shortener is also the best – in my opinion – at tracking and analytics. I implement bit.ly Try it yourself.

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