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

ViewPoint

Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. And even with concerns over social metrics, the rise of content marketing has rushed in to boost social’s street cred. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

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? Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline.

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Show Me the Numbers: Hard Data on Internet Use and Media Spend

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Here are links to about twenty studies with statistics on online media consumption and advertising spend. Many are contradictory, but it's clear that marketers need to invest in social media, which might eventually replace search as the primary way that customers find them.

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Social Selling: What Does it Actually Mean?

PureB2B

Essentially, the goal is to make potential customers become aware of you, like your brand, and trust you through social media sales and marketing activities. Building a trustworthy social media presence and strong relationships and connections with the right people are important aspects of social selling.

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The 20 Best Marketing Conferences In 2013

Marketing Insider Group

With that in mind, I asked my social media connections “what are the best marketing conferences?”. The list of the best marketing conferences I compiled is based on the feedback I received from dozens of people so if I missed any, please let me know and add it to the comments below. 20 Best Marketing Conferences 2013.

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Social Selling: What Does it Actually Mean?

PureB2B

Essentially, the goal is to make potential customers become aware of you, like your brand, and trust you through social media sales and marketing activities. Building a trustworthy social media presence and strong relationships and connections with the right people are important aspects of social selling.

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Top 50 B2B Marketing Influencers On Twitter

Marketing Insider Group

These company Twitter accounts provide updates on some of the latest B2B marketing strategies and tools and can add some B2B Marketing knowledge into your Twitterstream. ForresterForrester Research, Inc – An independent research company that provides pragmatic advice to global leaders in business and technology.

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