Everyone knows how powerful Word of Mouth marketing is. It’s about to get an incredible shot in the arm thanks to the new social graph features within the upcoming Timeline profile.
Facebook’s goal is to let you share every facet of your life with anyone and everyone you care to. Sure, on a personal level [...]
The location based marketing services landscape just shifted. Heavily.
Facebook Places, their answer to the check-in game, is shutting down. Not a major shocker. Sure, there was activity, relegated mostly to larger metropolitan areas. I used it two times – once at a restaurant to show my friends how it worked and once [...]
Great article from Marketing Profs. shows the seven social marketing channels & activities with the highest ROI:
Ratings & Reviews Your Company/Brand Community Your Company/Brand Blog Participate in Industry Blog/Forum Facebook LinkedIn Twitter
Also interesting to note: The high percentage of CMO’s responding that they either don’t know or have zero ROI for their activities. [...]
Still wondering if Facebook is the place for your online ads to appear? Stop guessing – Silicon Valley Insider published their top performing market segments and their ad performance based on Clickthrough rate & Cost-Per-Click.
Top 5 performers:
1. Tabloids and blogs
2. Media & Entertainment
3. E-commerce
4. Travel
5. [...]
Quora is awesome.
If you haven’t checked it out, here’s a few quick reasons why I think it has the chance to change the way information is shared & discovered.
I see it as a unique combo of Twitter and a Blog. (Tlog? Blitter?) Maybe even a dash of Linkedin Q&A’s. The [...]
Want to test yourself? Talk to a group about the basic, simple principles behind some of your business strategies.
That’s what Tim Eddinger, Josh Pies and I did today at the Victor Chamber of Commerce Social Media Breakfast hosted at Auction Direct USA.
A quick survey showed nearly everyone in attendance using [...]
Keeping a consistent presence anywhere online, especially Facebook, is more than a full-time effort. Unless you’re among the creative elite, have a seven figure ad spend and an army of support superstars, you’re in for a mighty challenge.
Plus, if you’re in [...]
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Foursquare continues to raise the bar with their new features.
Users are becoming more familiar with the general concept and the potential benefit they can deliver. Foursquare ‘s next big push is to provide the ability to generate relevant recommendations based on your activities, locations and even items on [...]
So what’s twitter been working on recently?
1st item – Location Based Tweets. (The meh choice)
This is probably the only location based marketing feature I don’t even notice. Why? Users can put their location in their bio. Sure – it may not represent their current location, but of all things location, this [...]
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Dan Zarella dug up some great insight regarding the best words to use, and the best to avoid, to get more people to share you content. If anyone knows, its Dan. (Self proclaimed Social Media Scientist)
Dan stated that adjectives don’t work as well as verbs & nouns; big [...]
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