Paul Gillin

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Recommended Reading – 7/9/15

Paul Gillin

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Comments That Open Doors with Popular Bloggers – Boost Blog Traffic. Kevin Duncan must know a little about this topic because his post on Boost Blog Traffic drew 275 comments of its own! People have been arguing about the best time to send tweets practically since the dawn of Twitter.

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ComScore Data Illustrates But Also Obfuscates

Paul Gillin

The low numbers for LinkedIn and Twitter look surprising, particularly when compared to Facebook, Pinterest and Tumblr , but keep in mind that Twitter and LinkedIn are professional networks that are optimized for efficiency. The low number for Twitter is so misleading that it should be asterisked. Give credit to Facebook.

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Not Dead Yet: Blogging’s Popularity Surges Among F500

Paul Gillin

Did you know that e-mail still has a significantly higher conversion rate than any other B2B Web traffic source? ” In the past year, the Fortune 500 have increased their adoption of blogging by 6%, their use of Twitter for corporate communications by 4% and their use of Facebook pages by 4%. .

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B2B Blogging Excellence

Paul Gillin

Process Experts was named Best Corporate Blog by BtoB magazine in 2010 and Cahill is now leading the company’s charge into Twitter and Facebook while institutionalizing best practices among all the Emerson Process Management divisions. And for a blog this specialized, the traffic is pretty impressive.

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Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses

Paul Gillin

Getting that repeat traffic is the special sauce of Facebook success. Intel’s Facebook welcome page features product promotions, a gateway to its international pages, jobs, discounts and even a Twitter feed. Forrester Research has estimated fewer than 15% of people who click a Like button ever visit the page again.

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

In the example below, lead activity appears to correlate positively with traffic to a company blog. The positive correlation is indicated by the change from baseline, which appears to correspond with the upward movement in blog traffic. If you can correlate action to impact, then you can calculate ROI.

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How to Promote an Event with Social Media

Paul Gillin

Create a Twitter hashtag and promote it to your colleagues and registrants. Schedule Twitter promotions to go out at different times of the day, including on weekends. Ask registrants for a Twitter address and then follow them on Twitter. Limit Twitter messages to 120 characters to allow for retweeting.