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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. Companies try to dutifully engage with customers and prospects on all the main social channels, plus as many of the secondary ones as possible. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right?

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PowerViews with Dave Munn: The Transformed Marketing Organization

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Social media integration. Social Media: The Rise of the Social Buyer in the Complex Sale. Dave says social media has a very important role, and it’s growing. Out of that group, about 70% to 75% said social media was useful or very useful. The social buyer is real and tends to be younger.

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Five Ways B2B Marketers Can Get the Most from Facebook

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Paul is a speaker, writer and B2B social media strategist. His latest book is Social Marketing to the Business Customer , co-authored with Eric Schwartzman. There’s a lot of gold to mine on Facebook, however, if you know your objectives and how the community works. Graphic credits: Ignite Social Media

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PowerViews with Ginger Conlon: Trustability & Your Customer's Voice

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Click to start video at this point —Asked about what companies are thinking and doing about satisfying their customers in 2012, Ginger notes the combination of the current economy and customers having social media megaphones means companies can’t hide from what customers are saying anymore. Buying cycles are changing.

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Youth, Lead Quality, Social Selling, Inside Sales and Outbound Marketing

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Nick Stein, SVP of Marketing at Vision Critical Vision Critical is the world''s leading provider of insight communities, currently supporting over 650 brands worldwide. Social media and inbound sales are like the icing on the cake, she said. The cake still consists of the tried and true standby media channels.

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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

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Jamie Turner | 60 Second Communications. Social Media Marketing is an effective lean gen channel for B2C but not as much for B2B. I look forward to hearing and sharing your thoughts with our ViewPoint community. Consistency is essential. And today, that consistency needs to reach across channels. Reader, what say you?

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PowerViews with Paul Gillin: Social Media – Pick Your Spots & Focus

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Social Media: What's Hot? Click to start video at this point — Paul notes social media going mainstream is hot. Social media is becoming an integral part of the marketing mix for companies looking to grow their presence with both business and consumer clientele. It's got to be a solid budget item".