Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is “Viral Marketing&# False, in the same way that a square is also a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. Can a social media program go viral? But if you’re engaged in a social media program in an effort to go “viral&# you’re not really engaged in social media at all. Absolutely.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B Internet Marketing Strategies ( Amazon Viral Marketing Plan Aggregator Pricing Examples Strategy Personalization Measure Ads ). Debunking the Viral Coefficient , May 15, 2010. The hard questions about social media for B2B solutions providers , June 11, 2009. Blog as hub, site as spoke , June 23, 2009.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The Supply Chain Expert Community launched in August 2009 and is home to 3,620 members and counting. From 2008 to 2009, Kinaxis saw a 270% increase in web traffic to Kinaxis.com and a 320% increase in conversions (customer leads), as a direct result of introducing the community. For a niche community, that’s a feat.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Invest in a custom design In my own blogging from 2005 – 2009 I was using/tweaking various free themes, which did the job. Sample image from 2009 blogger quotes project 7. This is in the hopes of inspiring some new ideas to help your blog or your client’s blog. Yes, blogs are best consumed through feeds. What did I learn?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

BTW, our recent HRmarketing Trends Report Survey ( [link] ) showed that in 2009 82% of companies didn't measure ROI of social media but now, 69% intend to do so! A challenge for all marketers! Interesting. What will you find here?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Tell a Memorable and Relevant Story to Make Your Content Marketing Positively Viral - Content Marketing Today , July 29, 2010 Geico’s Drill Sergeant Therapist Gets It Just Right. That was just a tip I hope you caught. 0160;It was and is invaluable. But it’s not enough to provide distinctive value. Should I be paying attention?

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Senior marketing execs see their companies moving to social media in 2010 by The Viral Garden. Digg is the most technical; 12% of its outbound traffic goes to technology sites, vs. 10% from Twitter and 7% from Facebook. 30% of social media users access a social media site “several times a day,&# up from 18% in 2009.

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Online Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Purchase Tickets Nominate Now Recently Trending Digg Founder “Burned Out,&# May Leave by End of 2010 View Comments The Case For Social Media in Schools View Comments 10 iPhone Apps for the Global Foodie View Comments New Twitter Design Based on the Golden Ratio [IMAGE] View Comments Which Words Does Google Instant Blacklist?

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