Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 28, 2010

How will social media marketing evolve in 2010? We have invited 2 Social Media Icons - Pam Brossman and Chris Garrett - to shed light on the following question: "What do you foresee as the biggest change that will happen in social media marketing in 2010? As a knock on effect, social media training will be in demand.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Mike: You're presenting on the use of social media in communications. I've noticed lately that if you have the right media contacts connected with you on Twitter and Linkedin, you can almost get your word out through those channels as opposed to the standard techniques. Are traditional media outlets dying? New media and Web 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Mike: You're presenting on the use of social media in communications. I've noticed lately that if you have the right media contacts connected with you on Twitter and Linkedin you can almost get your word out through those channels as opposed to the standard techniques. Are traditional media outlets dying? New media and Web 2.0

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B2B Marketing Traction

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

I have a “strong suggestion” for you entrepreneurs, start-ups, spin-offs, R&D folks, developers, CTOs, CEOs, COOs, CMOs, PR and crisis communications peeps – well, everyone involved in getting the word out about some “new thing.” Online, strategically, on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? They are fully entrenched in social media.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? They are fully entrenched in social media.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Recent Media Appearances. The trip was centered on speaking, client work, and meetings to prepare for the Future of Media Summit 2008. At the same time, the extraordinary rise of social media means that the thoughts arising from millions of conversations are now available to the world at large. Share on Facebook.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

In the era of Facebook, Google , Twitter and Yelp, buyers have as much control over the flow of information as salespeople. Brazil and China, Ogilvy found that social media is extremely influential over buyers’ purchase decisions, that sales people see this change but do not think their companies are adapting quickly enough.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

And even though bloggers stated feeling that they aren’t treated with the same respect as traditional media representatives, it’s the buyers who had the final say. They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Recent Media Appearances. « Professional services network offsite: Tapping the Power of Collaboration | Main | Audio stream of radio interview on Facebook, networks, connectivity, and media » Eight steps to thriving on information overload. Can you use media summaries or industry updates? Share on Facebook.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 10, 2018

In the HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0 Linda Pophal, consultant, Strategic Communications LLC, says: In teaching an undergraduate PR course, I asked the students to develop a campaign to attract more minority students to the communication and journalism department. Consider the case of content juggernaut HubSpot.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 16, 2009

Several recent studies have put the challenge that social media presents to marketers into stark relief: social media is huge. In social media, where viewers are often creating the content, that bargain doesn't hold up. The largest growth in Facebook traffic came from people in the 35-49 age bracket.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

A growing number of Web 2.0-savvy Based on my informal research, here are the most popular social media elements people are adding to their Web 2.0 email signatures: Twitter page, LinkedIn profile and blog link: these are the most popular social networking elements, used in about half of Web 2.0

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Back in 2006, David Meerman Scott had a done comprehensive analysis over a nine-month period of the large number of meaningless phrases used in corporate marketing and PR materials. The use of buzzwords or clichés in B2B marketing content is not a new trend. He called it “The Gobbledygook Manifesto.”

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 24, 2009

In It Came from Facebook! MarketingSherpa's 2009 Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide (PDF) provides a wealth of useful statistics and guidance. If you parse that, it matches up pretty closely to the 4 C's model of social media marketing.) Here's some research on how to do that. technologies." technologies." (If

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

How should you measure the impact of social media? Of the hundreds of Facebook applications available, which ones are best for business? Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. How can you create effective online video content on a budget?

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Wondering Out Loud

MAY 10, 2010

Like all good potential bosses, I’ve been surfing the web looking for LinkedIn profiles, Facebook pages and blog and Twitter accounts. This leads me to ask a couple of questions: Am I expecting too much from today’s college juniors and seniors, especially those pursuing a career in social media?

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. This has proved to be spot on when it comes to a social media campaign.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

How can you make a big splash in social media without a huge budget? Use Facebook fan pages to help with SEO? Turn your social media contacts into leads, and ultimately customers? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in the penultimate list of the best posts on social media marketing from the past year.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 30, 2009

Given the enormous interest in using social media for business purposes, I've been astounded to hear comments like these at recent conferences: "That's all really interesting, but I can't access any of the websites you just talked about. My company blocks all access to social media sites."

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MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

October 2-3, PodCamp Philly 2010 Philadelphia, PA: This event is targeted to audio and video podcasters, bloggers, social media enthusiasts, professionals and hobbyists, musicians, marketers, and people who want to understand more about the new media space.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Class: Social Media and Building Community (GF201) Professor: Chris Brogan, New Marketing Labs Chris Brogan’s presentation was more of a theoretical overview of community building than tools for doing that. Set goals : this is important for any social media platform that your company is trying to use. and measure it religiously.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

His eBook “ The New Rules of PR ” was offered for free without requiring any registration from his website and was downloaded 250,000 times. When he came out with his hardcover book “ The New Rules of Marketing & PR ”, it reached number 1 in sales quickly. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 30, 2009

Understandably, as businesses begin to invest more marketing/PR dollars into social media, there is great concern over the ROI of these activities. Tools like HubSpot do a great job of quantifying social media leads, but still have some last-click bias.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 13, 2009

How can you make more efficient use of social media? What are the best examples of organizations using social media for marketing, promotion and interactive PR ? Find those answers and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts about social media marketing from the last year. Got something to tell the world?

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Note: this is a guest post from Cece Salomon-Lee , social media relations expert and author of the PR Meets Marketing blog. Cece has previously guest-posted here on best practices in PR and blogging outreach. The same goes for social media technology. In this case, social media isn't only for virtual events.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. But which social media tool do marketers find most valuable? What's the best tool for social media research and learning? How can you explain the value of social media to skeptics? tools (delicious, Feedburner, LinkedIn et al.),

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 4, 2009

Social media is a bit like art—most of us are pretty sure we know what it is, but articulating a common definition can be challenging. There are many definitions of social media floating about of course, they just aren't consistent. Flickr or YouTube ), a wiki, a forum, a Squidoo lens, wherever.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

With the rapidly increasing use of social media tools for marketing and PR comes growing pressure to demonstrate results. But what metrics are really most appropriate for social media measurement? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best posts on social media from this year.

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B2B Marketing Traction

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This book discusses why trust is important for social media – a must read if you’re thinking of getting into Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogging, and a great read if you’re already into these networks and activities or even if you consider yourself an expert. In social media, human is the new black.”. “Be

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

Everybody uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but which niche social media sites are worth investigating? How does social media relate to SEO? Learn the answers to these questions and more here in some of the best blog posts on social media marketing and optimization of 2008.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

On this blog you will find insights and advice about how to make conventional, online, and social media work well in B2B marketing. 2) PR and TV are popular for building brand but trade shows and email raise awareness best. This is the first year we asked about the role of the corporate Web site.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Social Tagging Sites, Part 7: The Best , June 26, 2007 "Based on two months of testing across a half-dozen B2B websites and blogs, these Web 2.0 3: The Social Media Email Signature , September 18, 2008 A look at how traditional email signatures have evolved into their Web 2.0

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

This is Episode 25 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Listen Now. The RSS feed is: [link].

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Most Web 2.0 sites fall into one of a few increasingly well-defined categories, such as social bookmarking (Digg, del.icio.us, Searchles), social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook) or file sharing (YouTube, Flickr, podOmatic ). What's Cool About Twitter Fans of Twitter believe it is a key social media tool for business.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 18, 2007

As noted here previously, from both the B2B vendor perspective and buyer perspective , social media is becoming an increasingly important channel for B2B communication. With that in mind, here are four ways B2B vendors can use social media to spread their messages. Get connected on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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