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The Hard Truth About the Viral Potential of Facebook Sweepstakes

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Companies like Zynga, who were able to take early advantage of the social network’s viral potential, grew into multi-million dollar entities over a period of weeks. We were all new; brands and common users alike saw shares and invites as the path to virality, and for a time, it seemed to work. Brands Want Virality.

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Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? | B2B Marketing Insider

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Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Virality. Whoa – quite a mouthful!

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Stolen Thought Leadership / The Ethics of Aggregating Content (alt title: Stolen Goods: The Dangers of Plagiarized Content)

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In a web awash with looted ideas, what pitfalls do content marketers face when looking for a cheap, viral fix? The Instagram account, founded in 2011, was charging advertisers tens of thousands of dollars for access to its 14 million followers. IG followers,” wrote comedy editor Megh Wright on Twitter. “If

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Is Twitter Advertising a Threat to PPC?

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We feel like we’ve cracked the code on a new kind of advertising — advertising that starts out as organic content,” said Dick Costolo , Twitter CEO. Costolo is reporting that Twitter’s initial promoted tweets are being clicked on 5 percent of the time. Early reports on Twitter’s ad model are glowing. “80%

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Marketing Charts and Trends « The Effective Marketer

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Selecting the Right Email Marketing Provider « The Effective Marketer

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 at 9:00 am and is filed under Email Marketing , Marketing Automation. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Where and How Often Do Consumers Watch Live Video? [New Data]

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At the moment, almost all of the top social media platforms -- including Facebook , YouTube , Instagram , Twitter , LinkedIn , Reddit , and now even TikTok -- have live streaming features. One thing that did surprise me was that fewer people were viewing live videos on Twitter. Additionally, emerging platforms like Twitch.tv