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In The Rush to B2B Social Media, Don’t Forget Strategy, Analytics

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As many businesses jump on the social media bandwagon, I’m seeing a real lack of strategic planning and analytics as part of the effort. Therefore, why would they need analytics? Why is this happening, and why is this important? A lot of people think of social media as kids stuff – easy – anyone can do it.

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Is Your B2B Marketing Provider Showing Jazz Hands or Results?

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If you’re not getting analytical reports on your marketing results, it’s time to re-evaluate your marketing provider. ” What the author means is that still, in this day of big data and analytics, too many agencies are still just doing a dog and pony show when it comes to talking about results. Some Rights Reserved.

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How to Break Website Paralysis with Scientific Analysis

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The answer is Google Analytics. All websites should have Google Analytics installed. Here are some of the questions you can answer using Google Analytics: What sites refer visitors to my site? Make sure you install Google Analytics the right way so that it functions properly.

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Case Study: Getting Results with Social Media Marketing

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The announcement from Google that sites need to be responsive was done in February of 2015. Web developers and SEO providers took note of this, because it is rare for Google to announce algorithm changes in advance. The client’s Google+ page existed, but it wasn’t branded, and no one was posting information there.

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B2B Marketing: How to Measure Online Conversions

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There are many analytic applications that you can use to track the technical details of your online presence. The most commonly used is Google Analytics. With Google Analytics, you can measure traffic to your site, the source of the traffic, the exact traffic patterns, and more.

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B2B Marketers – How to Make Your Website Mobile-Friendly

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Google Analytics presents this data, as do some statistics-tracking programs offered by website hosts (you have to activate this – web hosts don’t automatically start accumulating data on your behalf when your website goes live). Use Google Analytics to measure activity on your site using mobile devices.

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Is Marketing Staffing Going the Way of IT?

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A good business social media presence should include most of these platforms: Google+, LinkedIn, Slideshare, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Vine and YouTube. Your website and Pay Per Click (PPC) ad campaigns need someone who knows Google and other web analytics. You may need someone to create videos for your business.