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How to Successfully Mine Your Social Media Data

Sprout Social

That same sentiment still rings true for social media marketers and advertisers. Now we’re counted on to show our work when we prove social media has a strong return on investment (ROI). It’s sort of crazy to think some businesses still don’t trust social media as an ROI source. What Is Social Media Data?

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Demand Generation Vendors Offer Few Social Media Applications

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: marketing vendors offer several types of social media applications. But none truly automates social media management, which is what's ultimately needed. Social media is this month’s Trend of the Year. They provide three basic functions: - send messages via social media.

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Social Media Features in Marketing Automation Systems: Who Does What?

Customer Experience Matrix

Social media is arguably overhyped as a marketing trend: it gets well under 10% of marketing budgets (different surveys have figures from 3% to 8%) and results are questionable (it was rated the least effective content marketing tactic in a recent MarketingProfs study ). But social is clearly growing fast and has great potential.

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Genius.com Adds Short URLs to Capture Social Media Replies

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Genius.com is adding a URL shortener that will tie social media responses into the regular flow of demand generation and lead management. It’s a small but important step towards making social media a standard business tool. Companies must still find effective ways to monitor and respond to social media events.

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Lead Gen 2.0 - Social Media & Search Alone Won't Attract C-Level Buyers

Smashmouth Marketing

Social media is all the rage right now, and it should be. Lead generation in the world of b2b can be enhanced by social media, especially with early adopters, techies and the net-gen crowd. Some are using twitter and LinkedIn , and some have great staff members who are passing the value up the chain.

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Lead Gen 2.0 - Social Media & Search Alone Won't Attract C-Level Buyers

Smashmouth Marketing

Social media is all the rage right now, and it should be. Lead generation in the world of b2b can be enhanced by social media, especially with early adopters, techies, and the net-gen crowd. Some are using twitter and LinkedIn , and some have great staff members who are passing the value up the chain.

Lead Gen 100
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Don’t They Know Who You Are? Why Reputation Management is Crucial

Webbiquity

The emergence of social media changed all that of course, so now that person can vent online to, essentially, the entire world. And search engines love social media, which helps expose that rant to anyone searching for the company’s name. This Time, It’s Personal. Share this on FriendFeed.