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Five Often-Overlooked Reasons Senior Executives Should Use Social Media

Paul Gillin

“I don’t have time to build my LinkedIn profile. I hear these objections all the time when speaking to top executives about social media. I hear these objections all the time when speaking to top executives about social media. A good LinkedIn profile is a lot more than just a resume. Sound familiar?

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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. Gallup asked 18,000 consumers about the influence of social media on their buying decisions. Sixty-two percent said social media has no influence at all.

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What Social Media Marketers Should and Shouldn’t Do

Paul Gillin

A journalist contacted me with some questions about social media marketing that I hear quite often. What are three or four things social media marketers should do, and explain why they’re important. Listen to your market and customers using tools like Twitter filters, Google Alerts and LinkedIn searches.

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Recent Posts: Expanding Social Authority and Enlivening Boring Predictions

Paul Gillin

Numerous studies have shown that organic posts by Facebook pages are reaching only a tiny fraction of the audience they used to. 20 Ways to Enliven Those Boring Year-End Predictions – LinkedIn, Dec. FIR B2B #19: Doubts about Social Media’s Lead Gen Potential.

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Two B2B Social Marketing Initiatives Worth Checking

Paul Gillin

Also, check out Social Media Quickstarter , a tutorial site aimed at small businesses and launched just this week by Constant Contact. Value – Constant Contact says it surveyed small businesses to discover that many didn’t know how to get started in social media, but you didn’t need research to figure that out.

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Facebook Can Work for B2B Marketers, But You Gotta Know the Rules

Paul Gillin

In a survey of marketers conducted by BtoB magazine last year , Facebook was ranked last in usefulness among the top five social networks, trailing blogs, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, in that order. Nevertheless, some B2B companies have mined gold out of Facebook’s audience, particularly for recruiting young college graduates.

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CareOne Cashes In On Community

Paul Gillin

But there’s nothing underhanded about CareOne, a nine-year-old company with 700 employees and a philosophy that “There’s no reason to be ashamed of being in debt,” according to Social Media Director Nichole Kelly (right). A busy online community has been a remarkably effective engine of growth. She would do no such thing.