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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. I spoke to Daniel Kushner, CEO of B2B social media management platform company Oktopost , for his perspective. (HS)

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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. Ready to take the plunge into Social PPC? Its top 25 US-based search advertisers alone spent more than $1.3 Billion with Google in 2013.

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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. Here they are, in a nutshell: 1.

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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?

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Lead Generation Losing Out to Social Media? Not So Much.

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A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation. Simply said: social media is not a budget category.

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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. Recently I was made privy to a social media plan authored by a client’s PR agency.

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Are Social Links the Answer to Lagging Email Response?

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In “Emails Gone Viral: Measuring “Share to Social” Performance” , Silverpop provides compelling data that suggests adding social links to emails can have a significant effect on email reach (views), click-through, and response. conversely, and as Silverpop acknowledges, social sharing is a relatively new phenomenon.