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DECEMBER 9, 2009

While most marketers have now embraced social media for monitoring and participating in brand conversations, questions still abound. How are b2b buyers actually using social media in their research and buying decisions? What's the best method for approaching social media marketing?

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DECEMBER 22, 2008

Roxanne Darling at Bare Feet Studios recently wrote an outstanding piece on the use of social media at Ford. She recommends new initiatives (such as getting executives using Viddler to answer questions directly from consumers) as well as building on the social media efforts already being led by Scott Monty.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Though social media is all the rage, email marketing also remains strong, with 85% of companies planning to increase spending in this area in the second half of 2009 according to a recent study. Combining social media with email marketing holds tremendous potential, as the tools are complementary. Social Tagging Web Marketing.

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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. Social Tagging. Tags: Web 2.0

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APRIL 22, 2009

The emergence of social media has dramatically changed the role of public relations. As the landscape has shifted from being dominated by one-to-many mass media to many-to-many participatory social media, the skillsets required of PR professionals have changed.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Social media marketing is a hot topic, with 75% of marketers planning to initiate or increase social media use next year. With larger budgets and more time devoted to social media will come increased pressure to demonstrate ROI. Social Tagging. Tags: Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Can social media really increase revenue? What common mistakes should you avoid in social media marketing? Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year. Builds on the arguments made in Social Media ROI vs. RONI (risk of not investing).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

How can you make a big splash in social media without a huge budget? 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. Use Facebook fan pages to help with SEO?

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AUGUST 26, 2009

One of the most popular posts ever on this blog was The Social Media Email Signature , in which I noted that "In the old days, email signatures pretty much just mirrored business card information (which is still the case for most people).A The post included several creative examples of social media signatures, though most are are text-based.

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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? Is your social media strategy built on a solid foundation, or is it more like a Hollywood movie set—a pretty facade with nothing behind it?

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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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

MarketingSherpa recently published this chart revealing marketers' opinions of where social media fits among what the publication calls the "elite trio" of Internet marketing: social media, search and email. The confusion stems from where social media fits in the marketing mix. Social Tagging Web Marketing.

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MAY 18, 2009

How should you measure the impact of social media? Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR.

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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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MARCH 10, 2009

In "The 4 C's of Social Media," I noted that coming up with a concise definition of social media , like defining "art," is challenging. Another is to look at the different types of websites and tools that comprise the social media landscape. These sites use the insidious "nofollow" tag, so they have no SEO value.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

While Google and social media are two separate entities, they are closely intertwined. However, the most advantageous aspect to performing well in social media is that many people who frequent the sites are webmasters and blog owners. Social Tagging. Tags: Web 2.0

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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. The same goes for social media technology. In this case, social media isn't only for virtual events. Conclusions Like any event, social media takes time and patience.

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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. Why is online reputation management so important?

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MAY 16, 2008

In the latest installment of Outside the Inbox, Jared Reitzin of mobileStorm reviews some recent research studies and asks, when it comes to participation in social media (blogging, uploading videos to YouTube, etc.)—are —are Americans lazier than web users in other countries, or just busier?

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MARCH 24, 2009

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.) In It Came from Facebook! Here's some research on how to do that. technologies." technologies." (If

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Social Media: This is a treasure trove of information for any Big Brother-ish entity. Social media is now used routinely in the hiring process. It isn't just HR professionals, however, who may be monitoring your tweets or other social media use however; Facebook cost this woman her insurance benefits. And then there's Google.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

It's been obvious for some time that social media has an increasing role in b2b marketing , and that b2b companies will increasingly invest marketing dollars there as social media marketing practices become more standardized. How can b2b firms approach social media more strategically?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

For anyone doing interactive PR , PitchEngine has become a vital tool for creating, distributing and promoting social media releases. high-volume automated web publishing ), these social media releases often get 100+ views in just the first few hours. Tags: Interactive PR. It's simple, fast, powerful and gets results.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

There are several different tools and tactics included under the umbrella of "social media"—including podcasting, video, social bookmarking, wikis, forums, and social networking—but the ideal starting point is blogging.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Based on my informal research, here are the most popular social media elements people are adding to their Web 2.0 Social media email signatures can also include elements like AIM name, Digg page, Sphinn profile and Ning group. But the best Web 2.0 / social media email signature I've seen so far belongs to.Guy Kawasaki.

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MARCH 14, 2008

Late last week, MediaPost's Cathy Taylor wrote about the shortcomings of marketing agencies (large ones at least) when it comes to really understanding and utilizing social media on their clients' behalf—or even their own—in Blogger's Block - And Other Ways Agencies Aren't Walking The Walk Of Social Media. "

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The term "social media" encompasses several different types of sites, and it's important to use all of them properly in order to really be effective at social media optimization (SMO). So, here are some tips for using different types of social media sites for SMO. potentially viral, and increasingly searchable.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Gordon Plutsky seems to answer in the affirmative, contending that marketers need to set up their own content distribution channels , bypassing the trade media. Tags: Media. Last week I asked the question: will content marketing kill trade publications ? Conversation Aggregation. At least that's my take.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Here's another social media tagging site look into, as well as a new place to keep track of everything web-related that's important to you. First, Zanby is a new social media site. Okay, with Digg , del.icio.us , Searchles , Zimbio et al does the world really need another such site?

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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. After all, it is social media. It's growing at an astounding rate.

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JUNE 5, 2008

and the explosion of social media over the past few years are more than just new technological tools for PR professionals to adopt—they change the philosophy of PR. Social media has shifted the practice to interactive PR , or, if you prefer, social PR or conversational PR.

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AUGUST 20, 2008

In response, non-profits are getting more creative in using social media and other online tools to provide people with more ways to contribute than simply reaching for nearly-empty wallets. When money is tight, charitable giving is an easy, if unfortunate, area to cut.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Use social media to enhance your SEO efforts and build your business? Brown contends that the webistes for these three shows really "get" social media, offering fans more than the usual static trivia. The only thing missing is each site's policy on the use of insidious nofollow tags. Listening and sincerity are high on her list.

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AUGUST 5, 2008

Blogs are one of six broad types of social media. This post will discuss how PR and marketing professionals can use blogs (even if you don't write your own) to increase brand awareness and credibility; the next will discuss all of the other tools of social media.

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JUNE 16, 2008

Blogs now rival traditional media for reach. Social media has given every consumer the opportunity to reach millions of others with his or her opinion of a brand or product. Social media enables you, as a marketing or PR professional, to participate in the conversion—but no longer to control it.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Which social media sites are the most valuable? Read on to discover all of this and more in some of the best blog posts and articles on social media and Web 2.0 Is Your Site Social Media Friendly? by Search Marketing Gurus Contending that "An online marketing strategy includes SEO, PPC, Social Media and even Word of Mouth.

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APRIL 15, 2008

Note: the following is a guest post from expert researcher and freelance writer Heather Johnson on how businesses can effectively use social media as a component of PR efforts, and efficiently focus their efforts on the most productive sites. Indeed, it is currently the reigning champ for promoting many types of Websites.

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