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

Convince & Convert

It’s not viral unless it is. Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent. I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards.

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Interactive Content Ideas For All Types Of Marketing

Outgrow

It aligns and concentrates sales and marketing efforts only on those particular companies and contacts that have a higher probability of purchasing its products or services. Interactive content also helps in differentiating between leads with a high purchasing intent and a low one. Referral marketing . Affiliate Marketing.

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How Top-of-Funnel Marketing Works and the Top 3 Tactics to Try

Outbrain

Referral campaigns: Referral campaigns tap into the power of word-of-mouth marketing by incentivizing people to refer colleagues, family members, or friends to your brand in exchange for a bonus or reward. By offering current users a bonus reward when they refer new members, the travel platform has established an effective viral loop.

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Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

Convince & Convert

Its vastness and fantastic viral nature is taking us zooming back DOWN to the hyper-local… I mean right down to the virtual chat over the backyard fence! Its vastness and fantastic viral nature is taking us zooming back DOWN to the hyper-local… I mean right down to the virtual chat over the backyard fence! Thank you. Thank you.

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

Convince & Convert

Social media is word-of-mouth on steroids, and our ability to praise or punish brands with a few keystrokes is satisfying. Kinship creates purchase intent. Because we are working faster, longer, and more intensely, and the time for friends and family falls by the wayside. Technology I’m a gadget guy.