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The 6 Most Important Social Media Trends of 2017

Contently

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly made clear his intention to transform Facebook to a video-first platform—one executive went so far as to say that the app will be “ all video ” by 2021. That may seem obvious, but in 2009, only 46 percent of online adults used social media, according to Pew Research.

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When I Couldn’t Find Marketing Outlets to Elevate My Brand, I Created My Own

Buffer

When we were first getting started as a student club in 2009, I remember initially struggling to get my peers to join. We created our own press From the start, I was intent on public relations being a part of our marketing strategy.

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

Convince & Convert

If I subscribe to an email – I have the intent of re-engaging with your brand. “Liking&# a brand doesn’t necessarily have that intent – even though 30% believe it’s giving permission to be marketed to. If I subscribe to an email – I have the intent of re-engaging with your brand. Im Jay Baer.

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Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites | Guest Posts | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Basically, it’s everyone’s intention to tell their story and to share it. Their magic?

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Brochureware Is Not a Dirty Word

Marketing Craftmanship

A big problem for many companies, from a brand marketing perspective, is that: Their well-intentioned graphic design firm has provided them with a website with functions requiring new and refreshed content. Brochureware simply sits online, like a printed brochure sits on a coffee table.

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Please Help Me Support Make-A-Wish Foundation | Convince & Convert.

Convince & Convert

It gets spammy on Twitter with requests and DM’s, and then I see posts like this that, while the intent behind it is good (for MaW support), it could be viewed negatively. But that’s not the intention at all. It’s one of the reasons I don’t like the whole voting process of SxSW. Im Jay Baer.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Two new reports on marketing and lead generation

markempa

They studied almost 200 business decision makers with the intention of understanding what it is like to be a buyer of your services. They studied almost 200 business decision makers with the intention of understanding what it is like to be a buyer of your services. Do you sell services? Do you sell services?