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Attack of the Customers Roundup, July 25, 2013

Paul Gillin

Social media gets discussed ad nauseam as a marketing tool, but it does have other business applications. Recent stories of customer attacks, bad business behavior online and advice on how to prevent the latter. Don’t ignore customer service on social media.

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Not Dead Yet: Blogging’s Popularity Surges Among F500

Paul Gillin

Nora Ganim Barnes and her team at the Charlton College of Business Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth continue to produce some of the most consistent, rigorous and comprehensive research on social media adoption by both small and large businesses. Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D.,

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8 Data Points about the Importance of Customer Experience

Paul Gillin

How much does the market reward companies that deliver excellent customer experience? Consider that the Fortune list of the world’s 10 most admired companies in 2013 includes seven that are renowned for excellence in that area: Apple, Google, Amazon, Starbucks, Southwest, Disney and FedEx. That’s gonna be a tall order.

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Slides and Video Cover What You Need to Know About Search

Paul Gillin

Top Internet And Marketing Blogs To Follow. SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 6, 2013. Thanks to Mike Moran , HubSpot and McDougall Interactive for permitting me to steal from them. Search Essentials – What You MUST Know from Paul Gillin. Related articles.

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Skepticism on Gallup’s Gloomy Social Media Assessment

Paul Gillin

A new Gallup study appears to throw cold water on the whole concept of social media marketing, but I’d be careful about taking the findings at face value. billion on social media advertising in 2013, a number that’s expected to triple by 2018. More than Marketing. Only 5% said it has a great deal of influence.

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Interesting Threads in Dell’s 2013 Social Media Predictions

Paul Gillin

I happen to be one of the 14 people quoted in this Dell e-book, Social Media Predictions for 2013 , but that’s not why I’m pointing out to you. Social Media Predictions for 2013 from Dell Social Media. You #keyword #spammer #you.” ” Completely agree.