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How I Helped SAP Achieve 7x Content Marketing ROI (With A Little Help From My Friends)

Marketing Insider Group

In May 2011, SAP’s CEO Bill McDermott walked on stage at the company’s annual customer conference. ” Analogous to the traditional sales funnel, this discovery meant there are many more early-stage prospects just starting their buyer journey rather than late-stage prospects. Find the budget.

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Open Research: A Framework for Social Analytics

Online Marketing Institute

Why are social analytics so important? Being a new tool set, there’s a lot of experimentation and it’s important to see what will actually make a change, It’s a very difficult medium to track, unlike transactional advertising, social engagement is hard to tie to point of sale or conversion. United States. data above).

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Social Media Marketing Terms You Need to Know

ClearVoice

It would be like word of mouth advertising, but at scale (thanks to social media). KPI – A key performance indicator (KPI) is an analytic used to measure the performance of social media campaigns. It's proof that word of mouth advertising is still one of the most effective forms of advertising.

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4 Key B2B Mobile Marketing Takeaways from #SESNY

KoMarketing Associates

Through two recent client presentations, users accessing their websites via mobile devices had increased 50% and 33% respectively between Q4 2011 and Q1 2012. More complex B2B sales funnels need to take that into consideration, tying lead nurturing programs much more explicitly into the process of mobile strategy.

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B2B Social Media Marketing: Focus on leads, not likes

markempa

But they’re not the most important metrics – they’re this mythical ‘engagement’ that used to be called ‘brand awareness’ in the magazine and television advertising industry.”. Unlike online advertising or PR, or even TV and radio, [there are] over 500 forms of engagement we’ve tracked through the social channel. Customize Links.

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Pinterest for Brands: Interview With Tina Pukonen, Pinterest Global Lead

ClearVoice

Sometime around 2011, I stumbled across Pinterest. In addition to reaching over 400 million people around the world, our latest research suggests showing up in a more positive environment online drives impact at every stage of the purchase funnel. Others have used our insights to inform changes to their creative and messaging.

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C-Level Engagement at LiveRamp

SWZD

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, LiveRamp offers an identity resolution platform, used by marketers and their partners, that connects people, data, and devices across the digital and physical world, allowing consumers to easily and safely engage with these brands and products. About LiveRamp.