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Shadow Traffic: Why Your Traffic Numbers Are Off By 20%

Parse.ly

Getting the complete picture of your traffic has always been challenging. Dark traffic first popped up in 2012, when it became clear that traffic stripped of its referrer information was categorized as “direct.” What is Shadow Traffic? What Causes Shadow Traffic? The Rise of Shadow Traffic.

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Five Actionable Social Media Tips for Your Web Development Business

Webbiquity

A huge proportion of brand promotion is now done online, particularly through social media. If you create online solutions for your clients but have poorly designed and managed social media accounts, it doesn’t make a great impression. 2. Use Consistent Branding Assets Across Social Media. By David Gutierrez.

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#Pubcon 2012: Tips, Tools & Trends

KoMarketing Associates

Last week I was fortunate enough to spend the week in Las Vegas for Pubcon 2012. Pubcon is by far the biggest search and social media conference around and features some of the brightest minds in the industry. Top Tips from Pubcon 2012. Top Tools from Pubcon 2012. Top Trends from Pubcon 2012. Alison Zarella.

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Outsized influence: the size of social media platforms has little to do with their referral traffic

Parse.ly

The strategist in me wants to understand how trends in social media influence a business’s potential to grow. My primary concern for other strategists out there—business analysts, social media gurus, audience development professionals, marketers—is whether the audience on a platform is even worth pursuing.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? What is the source of the largest share of social traffic to websites? (It’s e-Strategy Trends ).

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Content Marketing Event: New Media 2012

Ambal's Amusings

While it's daunting to keep track of how far we've come in the past few years, it's absolutely staggering to imagine what New Media will look like in the next 3 years. This is the topic that thought-provoking professionals will tackle at New Media 2012 event. Tell us about New Media 2012 event and Fusionspark Media.

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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

If you work at a SaaS company, you might hit the content jackpot by turning customer usage data into an annual report that attracts media coverage and leads, for example, Zuora’s Subscription Economy Index or Marketing Insider Group’s blog post frequency research. It’s a beautiful thing when our employer is the data source.

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