Biznology

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Organic social media is the use of social networks like Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , Pinterest , Instagram , and Snapchat along with the use of free publishing tools like Hootsuite and Buffer to build a social community and interact with it—publishing posts, sharing others’ posts, and engaging in conversations and comments.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Right when you think you’re getting a grasp on your demographics, buyer habits and trends on social media , something new changes and turns your data into old news. That’s why it’s absolutely critical for any marketer to stay up to date on the newest social media statistics. Social Media Advertising Statistics.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 12, 2018

And this percentage is growing with every passing year, which means digital marketing should be at the forefront of any promotional strategy because it is universal, affordable, and will only grow in importance. Engaging in social listening means going one step further than merely maintaining the presence of your brand on social media.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Marty Weintraub and Lauren Litwinka, our friends over at AimClear , recently published The Complete Social Media Community Manager’s Guide: Essential Tools and Tactics for Business Success. The book offers tips and advice for community managers on how to set up, manage, and run a social media program.

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Hubspot

MAY 15, 2017

Most of us know that social media is an essential part of a brand’s marketing strategy. After all, 92% of marketers say that social media is important to their business. That’s understandable -- there are many moving parts to a successful social media strategy. As it turns out -- no.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Once thought of as just a passing fad, social media has had a tremendous impact on business over the past decade. Social platforms like Twitter and Facebook have transformed the way that people communicate and, in the process, have changed the way that businesses interact with customers. Developing a Social Media Strategy.

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Biznology

APRIL 15, 2013

After years of significant growth, social networks exhibited mixed results last year. Here are 10 reasons social media has peaked. Maybe it concerns you if you are in the social media business, but I will give you 8 reasons that it’s a relief that social media has peaked.

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Biznology

AUGUST 20, 2012

unique visitors in March 2012, while the Skittles Facebook Page attracted 320,000 visitors–14 times as many. That’s far from typical–very few companies have more traffic to any of their social media venues than to their old-fashioned website. display ads across the web were socially-enabled, up from 8.2%

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Hubspot

MARCH 31, 2020

Facebook is the most widely used social media platform , so running a contest on Facebook makes sense. Whatever the objective is, Facebook Insights can let you know how much your reach has grown, or you can invest in closed-loop marketing software to track the number of leads generated and the growth of your reach.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 17, 2012

Did you assume this post is all about regulations and company policies that may limit your use of social media for promotions, marketing programs and corporate communications? Brands in this camp have throttled up their social media programs without taking into account the risk to reputation and cost of non-disclosure.

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Parse.ly

AUGUST 22, 2019

The strategist in me wants to understand how trends in social media influence a business’s potential to grow. My primary concern for other strategists out there—business analysts, social media gurus, audience development professionals, marketers—is whether the audience on a platform is even worth pursuing.

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Contently

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Once upon a time, Snapchat was in line to take over the social network throne from Facebook. Instagram has become the the ideal social network, something built in a lab by the savviest venture capitalists and engineers. Facebook bought the company in 2012.). As Snapchat’s standing dipped , Instagram took off.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 9, 2018

You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to know how much sports fans love to share updates about their teams on social media. Fantasy sports have played a huge role in shaping fans’ communities and conversations on social platforms. How mainstream media and social media created fantasy hype.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Two new reports on the state of social media and the internet from Nielsen and Mary Meeker should be required reading for digital marketers. As you plan your digital media marketing strategy for 2013, you might want to consider some of these usage statistics. Photo credit: Great British Chefs. Mobile Apps.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You’ll be happy to know that unlike emerging technologies, the pace of marketing and PR is a little slower. While I have been writing about digital marketing and PR every week for at least 9 years on sites like Socialmedia.biz and Biznology, I have been writing about digital PR and marketing since 2002 and blogging since 1999.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 8, 2019

The term “dark social” is kicked around every so often by marketers. But what is dark social, how does it affect your brand, and how you can measure it? Messaging apps continue to be on the rise with no end in sight, and they come with a bunch of new opportunities for marketers. mobile users in the U.S.

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Biznology

JANUARY 13, 2012

We reported on it over at Marketing Pilgrim. That 2012 could or rather should be the year that Facebook reaches 1 billion accounts. That means that the social media giant needs to grow by 25% before the end of 2012 in order to hit the 1 billion mark. Facebook has had little or no competition in the social space.

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markempa

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ann wanted to know how happy the group was with the lead generation results of their social media campaigns. Her question, and too many of her 30-plus responses, illustrated the disconnection between the expectations of marketers who are out on the frontlines every day and marketing gurus proclaiming the wonders of social media.

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markempa

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ann wanted to know how happy the group was with the lead generation results of their social media campaigns. Her question, and too many of her 30-plus responses, illustrated the disconnection between the expectations of marketers who are out on the frontlines every day and marketing gurus proclaiming the wonders of social media.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs 120

Contently

APRIL 19, 2017

In its most recent edition, social media revenue rose to $7 billion, a staggering 57 percent increase from the same period a year earlier. Social media revenue has climbed in every report since the IAB began including such data in 2012. To no one’s surprise, Facebook drove the majority of that growth.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Will Google+ be a “Facebook killer” or just Google’s next failed social network? “Ghost town” or not, many experts agree that Google+ is here to stay, and it’s valuable for b2b marketing, SEO , personal branding, and reputation management. Google+ Guides and Tips.

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EveryoneSocial

OCTOBER 22, 2019

And while social sharing and leveraging employees social media accounts are core pillars of employee advocacy, the technology and the way it’s used is evolving. It’s time for organizations to see the numerous uses employee advocacy platforms have besides enabling employees to share content to their social networks.

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Social Media Media Work Management Marketing Management 53

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

by Jon Miller The annual Buyersphere report from BaseOne , in conjunction with B2B Marketing, Research Now, and McCallum Layton, consists of interviews with B2B buyers who have made actual business purchases in the last 12 months. Some key findings: Overall use of social media in buying is still somewhat low.

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Brandwatch Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2019

The network was bought by Facebook on 9 April 2012, for $1 billion. Over 60% of users log in daily , making it the second most engaged network after Facebook. Instagram Marketing Statistics. Outside China, almost 50% of Instagram users conduct product research on social media. Instagram history statistics.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 5, 2018

When you talk about “social media users” in strategic planning meetings, you may imagine them as people continuously scrolling through an endless feed of content for hours at a time just waiting to come across the right message (presumably from you), so they can subscribe to a newsletter, visit your site, watch a video, or click a link.

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

If the goal of marketing is to reach the consumer at moments that most influence their buying decision, then understanding online consumer behavior is key for any business. 97% of consumers turn to a search engine when they are buying a product vs. 15% who turn to social media. Social Media Examiner ). Conductor ).

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Posts about marketing strategy were also popular (two of the top 10, four of the top 20), followed by content marketing, tools, and WordPress. Honorable mention: 10 B2B Marketing Lessons from Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? October 10, 2012.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Similar to other social media platforms, YouTube’s algorithm has changed as the site has evolved. In 2020, 74% of US adults said they had used YouTube, beating out all other social networks. Read on to learn more about the algorithm and how to up your YouTube marketing strategy. 2012: Watch time.

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 10, 2014

Google+ recently celebrated its three year anniversary, and with it brought the appreciation of many marketers and social network users who thought Google+ would go the way of Google Buzz or Orkut, two of Google’s other former social offerings. It’s a Good Cross Between Facebook and LinkedIn.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 2, 2012

This new solution blends elements of popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter with social sharing sites like Flickr and YouTube, integrating search engine optimization and marketing into the Google network of sites. minutes on Google+ in January 2012, a drop from 5.1 minutes in December.

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Content Standard

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Although Instagram’s user base is smaller than those of several larger social networks—including its parent platform, Facebook—this photo-centric social platform has generated enormous engagement rates, making it one of the major players in social marketing. Currently, brands manage an average of 7.5

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Social Media Trends Media Marketing & Strategy 40

Webbiquity

APRIL 16, 2014

How large is the mobile share of social network traffic? Find the answers to these questions and more here in almost two dozen facts, statistics and research findings about mobile marketing and web use from the past several months. Blackberry now accounts for just 3% of the market. ( Heidi Cohen ). Marketers spent $4.4

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Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

According to a recent report by social marketing company ShareThis , activity surrounding content sharing varies across social networks and depends on the type of content. The report reveals sharing trends on three leading social networks: Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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Social Networks Trends Content Network Marketing 40

EMagine B2B Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

When it comes to social media, things move pretty fast. With the recent news that Instagram has surpassed Twitter in active users, it is time to take a look at the most important social media statistics of the year and draw some conclusions on what they mean for B2B in 2015. Marketing Land ). Social Media'

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Biznology

APRIL 18, 2017

Magic in the form of Shel Holtz , godfather of Digital PR and Social Media Communications, asking me to join him on his globally-popular communications podcast, For Immediate Release (FIR). And since I am in PR and marketing, I might have personally taken myself off the invite list based on my past bad behavior. Can we even?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 21, 2013

Author: Dayna Rothman Historically, the healthcare industry has been slow to adopt digital marketing practices. However, social media provides a great way for healthcare companies to engage their audience with interesting and meaningful content. And more and more healthcare marketers are getting up to speed.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

In the last 11 months, there have been tons of updates to our favorite social networks, several of which were extremely relevant for marketers and business owners. Many of them were just little tweaks, but a lot -- 16 in our estimation -- had a huge impact on marketers' jobs. The Biggest Facebook Updates of 2012.

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