Webbiquity

JUNE 9, 2010

If your small to midsized business is struggling with questions about how to create an effective social media strategy, use social media tools most effectively, make the best use of your time on social media, generate results or other related issues, mark your calendar for this upcoming one-day social media and online marketing event.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Digg Webinar Metrics 100

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 15, 2010

Despite the widespread adoption of social media in the marketing mix, many companies still use this medium less than effectively. Giving short shrift to social media activities now, because it may not have an immediate impact on the bottom line, is short sighted. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Share this on Reddit.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Digg Social Networks 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to hear Robert Raines from Chevron present his Social Media program and how he reports their activity into the Boardroom. It all starts with the Pulse Report that Chevron had produced by Edelman (their PR firm) using their Alterian’s SM2 social media monitoring tool. Share it on StumbleUpon.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media PR Digg 100

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The grandmotherly maxim, “The good Lord gave you two ears but only one mouth for a reason&# applies to social interactions in general, but is nowhere more critical than in social media marketing. Without this information, the company’s social media pronouncements appear off-topic, unsolicited and out of touch. Retweet them.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Digg PR 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2009

At a recent ANA conference I was interviewing Brian Wallace VP of Digital Marketing and Media for RIM when I heard him say “2 years from now- if I still have a Director of Social Media – I should be fired!&# Related posts: Social Media makes for Better Interviews After reading Chip and Dan heath’s article in Fast Company.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Digg Lead Gen 100

Writing on the Web

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

There aren’t many conferences that I’d fly 5700 miles to get to, but the 5th International Customer Media Congress looks as if it’s going to be another smash hit. 11 topvrouwen in marketing en communicatie op het netwerkcongres over customer media in de Philharmonie in Haarlem. Verzeker jezelf van een plaats.

Media 100

Media Digg Custom Publishing Buzz 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 18, 2010

So I ran across some interesting stats last week when I picked up a tweet from Jeff Bullas on the 15 essential social media facts and figures for B2B Marketing. I don’t know how you feel but I certainly feel like everything I read about Social Media is the same old thing just a rehash of something else I read before. Let me explain ….

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Media 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 27, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing the flow of information about their brands, products, and services that occurs in social media channels, including microblogs (such as Twitter), social networking sites (such as Facebook), blogs, and online forums. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

Social Media 100

Social Media Contacts Media Digg 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing the flow of information about their brands, products, and services that occurs in social media channels, including microblogs (such as Twitter), social networking sites (such as Facebook), blogs, and online forums. What’s your Social Media diet? Share this on Linkedin.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Media 100

Digital B2B Marketing

MARCH 25, 2011

In Content Curation – It’s What’s for Breakfast These Days on Social Media Explorer , Stephanie Schwab says brands the curate interesting content from outside sources ultimately expand their brands. Media companies always curated content to appeal to an audience. That is one of your objectives, right? Views expressed are my own.

Curation 100

Curation Activities Media B2B Thought Leadership 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

The question is – What is the appropriate level of budget to support social media for a B2B company? First was the post on the Media Budget Ratio (MBR) for a B2B company. But don’t forget one of the most important costs associated with Social Media and that is Content Creation which can be a small incremental cost if you do it right.

Social Media 100

Social Media Allocation Social Marketing B2B Marketing 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 16, 2010

Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly than you can keep up with. Then all you have to do is feed this list into your listening platform and you should be able to create a steady stream of Social Media Leads! Related posts: Why is measuring Lead Gen in Social Media so hard? Tweet This!

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Media 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2009

Summary: marketing vendors offer several types of social media applications. But none truly automates social media management, which is what's ultimately needed. Social media is this month’s Trend of the Year. But no one knows how best to use it, which has led to a wide range of offerings under the social media label.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Webbiquity

JUNE 8, 2010

With all of the hype surrounding social media, knowing how to dip your toe in the water without falling into the deep end of the social media pool can be challenging. And how do you optimize the time you spend with social media sites? Social media is in the press every day. Guest post by Kim Albee. Should you participate?

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Automation Services Media Digg 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 21, 2010

Ok ok – based on the great response I got from my readers on my last blog post The 4 C’s of B2B Marketing I thought I would try to apply the same principle to Social Media Marketing. It combines a few things you might have read about into one new concept around social media – the 4 P’s of Social Media marketing.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Digg 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2010

Late last year, I sat in on a couple of social media marketing webinars from two of the best: Rick Burnes , Marketing Manager at HubSpot , and Chris Abraham of Abraham Harrison , along with Sally Falkow of Expansion Plus. Here are some of the key takeaways on using social media effectively. Revver was recommended for video sharing.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Enterprise Management Marketing Analytics Tools 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 21, 2010

When it comes to Social Media data the same holds up to a point! There is clearly a spectrum of Social Media data that can be collected by any listening platform like a Radian6 or a Networked Insights. Social Media Lead flow in B2B Marketing Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly.

Social Media 100

Social Media Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Media 100

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s focus on how to build backlinks other people use to point attention toward your website via blogs, articles, social media sites, and so on. The reason is that most powerhouse social media sites like Facebook and YouTube put a small piece of code called ‘the no follow’ tag into most areas of their site. Instead, ignore it.

Ad Building 167

Ad Building Digg Ideal Customer Profiles Advertising Agencies 167

Webbiquity

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Marketing Analytics Tools 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 15, 2010

But focusing on the Extrovert angle for a second, I began to wonder if you need to be an extrovert to be in social media. Certainly internally in your organization you need to be an extrovert if you want to organize a Tribe or movement in your company to take on social media. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us.

Social Media 100

Social Media Enterprise Management Wiki Social Marketing 100

Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. I see blogging as a way of connecting many of the dots in social media - let me focus on a recent story to show you what I mean. How am I doing this? With real stories!

Social Media 100

Social Media Web 2.0 Media Blogger 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Now that we are beginning to feel the relief of the economic uncertainty that has been hanging around us for the past few months, I am beginning to hear a lot about the invention of some new roles inside organizations looking to get “social media”. But wait, social media hasn’t been around that long! Just 4 People doing Social Media?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Digg 100

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

In fact, Pinterest users boast the highest average checkout value of all social media referral shoppers , and Pinterest-referred users spend an average of 70% more than their non-pinning counterpart (highlight to tweet). With more than 70 million monthly users, Pinterest is easily one of the largest and fastest-growing social networks around.

eCommerce 166

eCommerce Buy Digg Social Networks 166

Biznology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

From Google's page rank, we went all the way to tag clouds, social bookmarking, Twitter trending topics and Gmail's Priority Inbox , trying to find ways to make what matters float to the top. A potential downside of this mass-media-on-steroids uniformity is that a homogeneous environment is not the best place for innovation to flourish.

Social Media 80

Social Media Digg Media RSS 80

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

many people pause to think about what they’re thankful for: family, friends, TiVo, the Yankees not winning the World Series… I’m thankful for all of those things too of course, but also for the development and growth of social media. Now, social media tools like Facebook and LinkedIn make it easy and (usually) non-awkward.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership 100

Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

What if I had my browser setup so when I wake up in the AM all my daily tasks for maintaining my social media prowess were just lined up waiting for me to get my coffee? I was already doing a majority of the list, but then it got me thinking. Here's my Lead Generation Tip for today. I'm in good company! Leave a comment.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Social Media Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Marketing Sherpa last week released its 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark report. The report’s authors begin by noting that: “An important transition in the use of social media for marketing purposes is taking place. Though the full report runs $400, much interesting data can be gleaned from the free executive summary.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 100

Webbiquity

MAY 24, 2010

Though social media marketing is rapidly advancing in terms of adoption and sophistication, many marketers and business executives still struggle with it. They wonder if their organizations are doing enough, if they are doing things right, even if they should be involved in social media at all. Social media marketing is really hard.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Rules 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

In the last post we covered how to create a Social Media Lead Flow. There is a growing number of listening platforms devoted to Social Media – everything from highly customized services that are managed for you, to free tools you can manage yourself. Which media sources are relevant to your goals? Share this on Linkedin.

Work Management 100

Work Management Social Media Marketing Management Social Marketing 100

Webbiquity

JUNE 15, 2010

At its core, social media marketing is still marketing: it requires a strategy, planning, objectives, measurement, and utilization of key messages. But on the other hand, social media is not simply another channel, i.e. to be lumped into a group such as radio, TV, outdoor, print, and social media. But not in social media.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

“Traditional&# media is struggling. Instead, successful media will become aggregators and editors of content, rather than creators. to topic-focused niche sites such as (using social media as an example) Social Media Today and Social Media Informer. Examples range from Google News and Yahoo!

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Webbiquity

APRIL 19, 2010

Social media reflects a larger trend toward buyer empowerment that has changed not only the practice but the underlying philosophies of marketing over the past several years. Now, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media tools have exploded this capability. Social media marketing, in contrast, is ongoing.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media B2B Thought Leadership 100

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The explosion of social media has led to a corresponding need for more sophisticated monitoring tools that can crawl the hundreds of social networking and bookmarking sites and millions of blogs across the globe. You can find a list of more than 150 social media monitoring tools here or close to 200 here , but—that can seem overwhelming.

Social Media 100

Social Media Budget Programs Tools Marketing Management 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 29, 2010

With the tidal wave of how-to articles , jargon and self-proclaimed “social media experts&# hitting the online world, it’s easy for marketers and business executives to view social media as something akin to the unexplored regions of the earth as presented on medieval maps—&# here be dragons.&# Social Media Demystified.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Networks Network Marketing 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 15, 2010

But it’s been the explosion of social media and user-generated content over the past three years that has really changed the sales process. No wonder sales groups are among the heaviest corporate users of social media. Readers could respond to and extend the conversation through comments. Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

Sales Cycle 100

Sales Cycle Buying Cycle Social Media Marketing Management 100

Optinmonster

MAY 16, 2023

While on-page SEO focuses on optimizing elements within your website, such as content and meta tags, off-page SEO involves activities on other websites, such as link building , social media marketing , and content marketing. Social Media Marketing Popular social media platforms websites have some of the highest domain authority sites.

SEO 79

SEO Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Link Building 79