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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4

WebMarketCentral

Is Your Online Marketing Strategy All Tweet and No Meat? by HubSpot Rick Burnes notes that without a strong content strategy to back up social media efforts, marketers risk the "all hat, no cattle" syndrome: lots of attention on Twitter and Facebook, but no compelling content to back it up and turn the curious into the converted.

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Best of 2009: Social Media Marketing, Part 1

Webbiquity

Is Your Online Marketing Strategy All Tweet and No Meat? Rick Burnes notes that without a strong content strategy to back up social media efforts, marketers risk the “all hat, no cattle&# syndrome: lots of attention on Twitter and Facebook, but no compelling content to back it up and turn the curious into the converted.

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Rick Short Explains How to Turn Staff Into Prolific Bloggers

Online Marketing Institute

Q: As the director of marketing communications at the Indium Corporation you manage trade exhibitions and blogs (among other things). To me it involves things like time, money, utilization rates, and (most importantly) contact generation. posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM by Jack Leblond Jack - thanks for the comment.

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5 Proven Strategies for B2B Social Media Marketing

Online Marketing Institute

Digital marketing is gaining traction in a number of industries, and business-to-business (B2B) marketers are in on that trend, too. Furthermore, there was a 33% percent conversion rate on leads generated through the New York landing page , compared to a 12% conversion rate on 2008. Learn more. Thanks for highlighting it.

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

Convince & Convert

There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. "(sxsw) interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total," [link] [link] jaybaer I completely agree.

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Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble | social crm.

Convince & Convert

But if you sell something at a high enough price-point, such that even an incredibly low conversion rate will yield a healthy ROI, Twitter makes sense even from a siloed “strictly sales&# perspective. Content marketing is a whole 'nother beast, and that's what Twitter is perfectly suited for, even for most businesses.

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

Convince & Convert

Social media adoption is happening at an extraordinary rate, and I believe every company will have some sort of social media presence within the next 24 months. This is an adoption rate far steeper than it was for websites. His online presence (at least his brand) will ultimately crash and burn. It's a two-way street.