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Employee Advocacy- Are You Leveraging Your Employees’ Influence?

Onalytica B2B

We know all too well that word of mouth marketing (WOM) is by far the most effective form of marketing, and we also know that customers are turning to social media to aid in their decision making process, so why doesn’t brand advocacy have much greater emphasis? WHY SHOULD I BE DOING IT?

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Consumers May Not Trust Online Reviews Older Than 3 Months: Navigating the Reliability Conundrum

Navigate the Channel

But users are more discerning than they used to be. They don’t conflate WOM with a stranger’s review online. Those who prefer to gather information in a more controlled and systematic manner, such as through expert opinions or official websites, might be less inclined to rely on user-generated content.

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5 Main Reasons You Should NOT Buy EveryoneSocial

EveryoneSocial

Another way to say this is: social media is growing up and its future is employee advocacy, in which user engagement is reliably professional, respectful, and mutually beneficial. More and more, the imperative is: authenticity of user generated content. You guessed it: employee advocacy! Employer UGC is the gold standard.

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

Convince & Convert

I look forward to getting past the basic questions of application of social media for B2B and starting to focus on things like lead generation and social CRM as we move forward in 2010.-= However, I am still seeing only anecdotal evidence that social media is good for B2B lead generation. Kipp Bodnar´s last blog.