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No Leads from Social Media? No Excuses.

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In a recent post , the folks over at Silicon Angle applied their usual insightful analysis to the results of an industry survey by marketing automation company Pardot , a survey that reports fully 42 percent of respondents (all B2B Marketers) have failed to generate any leads from their social media campaigns. Good luck with that.

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Maker’s Mark: PR Debacle or Social Media Genius?

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A mere week later, after a firestorm of protest erupted on social media and the Internet in general, the company reversed course. And I began to ask the question: what if the whole affair were not a mistake at all, but instead, a masterstroke of social media marketing? We Listened.”

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Social PPC: 17 Tips for Successful Ads on Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook

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Foremost amongst the competition are the big three social networks: Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, all of which, to varying degrees, rely on advertising to monetize their huge user bases. However, it also drives much higher conversion rates (up to 7x, in our experience) compared to Twitter and Facebook.

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Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel

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Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. After all, as earned media, the “cost” of organic social is basically zero. HS) Social media advertising has taken off lately. However, that’s not necessarily true.

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Is Social Media Wasted on PR Agencies?

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I’m ready to conclude that many PR agencies don’t really get it when it comes to social media. Either that, or they’re just choosing to frame the discussion in such a way as to greatly limit the potential of their clients’ social media initiatives. Yes, you can have your social media cake and eat it too.

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Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

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Leveraging social media to help maintain mindshare, keep prospects informed. This served a number of purposes: introducing greater interactivity through functionality like comments and social sharing (Facebook, Twitter), but also leveraging newsletter content to drive increased search traffic and ultimately, more inbound inquiries.

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22 Potential Touchpoints for Your Next ABM Sales Play

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Touchpoints in an ABM sales play can be almost any form of communication: email, phone, social media, direct mail, even in-person outreach. Target the prospect with custom, campaign-specific ads on LinkedIn ( LinkedIn Matched Audiences ), Google ( Customer Match ) or Facebook ( Custom Audiences ). Send gift “teaser” (e.g.