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

Convince & Convert

I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. Every company is its own TV station, magazine, and newspaper. It’s not viral unless it is.

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

Convince & Convert

An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

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Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. How are marketers planning to allocate budgets this year? How much do small businesses spend on search engine marketing?