The Point

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. After all, as earned media, the “cost” of organic social is basically zero. I spoke to Daniel Kushner, CEO of B2B social media management platform company Oktopost , for his perspective. (HS)

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Dave Murray ‘s 12-person social media team handles content creation, social media management, and social media customer service for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Social Media Number of the Week: 27. 19% say product marketing owns it, and down at 13% there is a tie between PR and the social media team.

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 9, 2018

It’s common to see firms branding themselves into one niche: hospitality PR, or tech PR, or style and fashion influencer marketing. A PR or marketing agency might wind up with clients from the hospitality, health, banking, fashion and interior design sectors, not to mention some community non-profits and charitable events.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Despite all your sleek brand activations, customers will develop their own understanding of your brand based on what they encounter online, not only the experiences that you have designed for them, but everything your employees, partners, advocates, detractors and others say about you in social media, review sites, etc.

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Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Image: OUTFRONT Media. The 3D execution, developed by OUTFRONT Media for their premium Times Square inventory, includes a number of pop-out elements on the giant screen. Video, social media and other digital channels are in the mix, as well as out-of-home. Bermuda Tourism Authority 3D DOOH ad in New York’s Times Square.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy. To make this process faster and easier, use social media analytics platforms like Sprout Social to automatically track engagement rates for you.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 13, 2024

What if we told you that digital PR and link building aren’t just parallel lines running side by side; they actually cross paths more often than you might think? Today, we’re exploring the synergy between digital PR and link building. Knocking it out of the park with your digital PR? But, let’s hit pause for a second.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

As a PR and Marketing specialist it is becoming mandatory for businesses today to identify the communities that are actively defining and shaping the future of your business in places like blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, as well as traditional media. Tags: PR Buzz Marketing.

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Biznology

AUGUST 8, 2016

90% of marketers say social media is important to their businesses. 68% analyze their social media activities. Only 41% are able to measure their social activities. Social Media Examiner ). This means monitoring media not just from traditional publishers, but on the great majority of social sites too.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It can generate a buzz around your product and get people to notice it. Pre-launch marketing activities are like movie teasers. Publish Relevant Content to Generate Buzz If the product or feature that you are launching is the hero of your business, publishing supporting content is the hype man it needs. 69%) and Facebook (.77%).

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Your PR team was aware of most of these as it often had a hand in generating those placements. The explosion of social media has led to a corresponding need for more sophisticated monitoring tools that can crawl the hundreds of social networking and bookmarking sites and millions of blogs across the globe. Social Media Monitoring.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 16, 2018

Commonly abbreviated to PR, public relations defines how a company communicates with people. Media: Owned vs. Paid vs. Earned. Public relations can be split into three categories: owned, paid, and earned media. Your PR strategy should be using all three. Owned Media. Owned media can range from: Social media posts.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

As we’ve written about elsewhere : “since the pandemic began, 55% of marketers have increased demand gen activity. Demand generation programs can help your organization reach new markets, promote new product features, build consumer buzz, generate PR, and re-engage existing customers.”. Invest in earned and paid media.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2011

Amid all of the hype, conferences, and rapid adoption of social media marketing by organizations from sole proprietors to the Fortune 100, there remains an undercurrent of skepticism. This surfaces in posts like Social Media Skepticism , 5 reasons why social media skeptics maybe right and Business social networking: where’s the ROI?

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Biznology

MAY 21, 2018

Did you notice the buzz about Avengers: Infinity War on various social media platforms? This social media strategy helped Marvel get the right hype for the movie across the globe, leaving their fans anticipating for more. Their constant engagement across all their social media profiles kept people glued to the franchise.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 12, 2022

Companies with plenty of positive buzz and frequent social mentions grow rapidly in the age of social media. Either on-site, social media, Google or third-party review aggregators. Blog posts , press mentions and earned media. This is fairly obvious on social media: the more positive mentions, the better.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Social media doesn’t create negativity, it uncovers it.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I know I should be actively removing or disavowing backlinks that are SEO-toxic for my websites, but Google Webmasters doesn’t make it easy (enough for me). The moment I connected my Gmail account and my Google Analytics account to my SEMRush account, the sky cleared, the sun shined, and the rain bowed.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. Take a look at the company’s philanthropic endeavors and cause-related initiatives, especially in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Don’t be Shy.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 15, 2010

At its core, social media marketing is still marketing: it requires a strategy, planning, objectives, measurement, and utilization of key messages. It’s a component (an increasingly essential one) of an overall marketing and PR plan. Unlike other channels, social media is informal, interactive and personal.

Social Media 100

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to hear Robert Raines from Chevron present his Social Media program and how he reports their activity into the Boardroom. It all starts with the Pulse Report that Chevron had produced by Edelman (their PR firm) using their Alterian’s SM2 social media monitoring tool. Tweet This!

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 13, 2014

There are many elements to creating a program that produces a high quantity of high quality leads: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, and more. Lead generation and PR: Why it matters. There are two factors contributing to the importance of PR in B2B marketing strategies: B2B companies need more leads of higher quality.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 19, 2013

Building a network in Google+ could be the next critical tactic when it relates to B2B search engine optimization and broader social media initiatives. Recent data analysis from Moz illustrates a positive correlation between Google+ activity and search visibility. per month, almost double that of Facebook (9.3%).

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Sprout Social

APRIL 19, 2017

Social media ROI is no different. In order to figure out the real value of social media in your organization, you have to think as much about relational as you do about transactional. It’s not that a transactional approach to social media ROI is completely irrelevant. What’s the value of a Like? It’s very relevant.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 9, 2014

I can think of several reasons for the discrepancy: GTCR isn’t a big software company looking to fill out an existing marketing suite; Vocus sells mostly to small business, not enterprises; Vocus hasn''t created enough buzz. When I wrote about them last July , they had already created a Marketing Suite separate from their PR Suite.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Though business use of social media is rapidly increasing, many executives remain skeptical of its value. The bottom line is that while social media marketing definitely provides benefits (such as a higher conversion rate for organic search traffic ), it’s not generally effective as a direct promotion tool.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. However, for marketers, a social media address is insufficient to manage that channel. Foremost, we need a way to convert with whom we interact in social media into real prospects.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. How Does Your Audience Use Social Media?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process.

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Promoting your event through email is a great way to get the word out, generate excitement and buzz, and drive turnout. Social Media Promotion. Promoting your virtual event on social media allows you to reach a wider audience and do so in a very engaging way. Paid Social Media. Email Promotion. Partnerships.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Labeled “Mass Influencers&# this army of 29 million opinionated chatterboxes may very well be the key to your social media success. million followers on Twitter? million followers on Twitter? What would you do?

Social Media 150

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Generating PR “buzz&# and having a product perceived as “cutting edge&# were called significant challenges by only about a third of marketers, unchanged from last year. Tactics like telemarketing, PR and PPC advertising fell predominantly into the “somewhat effective&# camp. Post on Google Buzz.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 28, 2010

It identifies the individuals that have influence over potential buyers, and orients marketing activities around these influencers. In my own words – Influencers are individuals that write about Avaya but they also write about Cisco and Siemens in social media or otherwise. I draw a hard line between Influencers and Advocates.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. And that’s how I pick the right social media monitoring tool for the job.

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