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- Marketing Infographics
Small Business and Social Media
Postling is a small business social media application that allows businesses to publish to any of the popular social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Facebook Photos, and YouTube. Postling provided this infographic – providing some insight into small businesses and their use of social media. It’s important to note that the data was pulled only from…
- Analytics & Testing
The History of Web and Social Analytics (Through 2011)
We love infographics… and if you haven’t noticed, we now have a category just for the Infographics. We love infographics so much that we’ve started to develop and design our own infographics and some for our partners and clients. This one was created for our client, Webtrends, and provides a social media and web analytics history. Here is a history…
- Content Marketing
The Message Produces Results
When we’re marketing, a lot of times, we think solely about the results. I want to convert this many prospects, we want people to be aware of Product X, I want this many retweets/shares, etc. Don’t get me wrong, it is definitely important to track these things in order to know if our marketing message are working. However, I have…
- Marketing Infographics
Social Media Timing
Some very intriguing stats on social media timing from @danzarrela, put into a beautiful infographic by the folks at Kissmetrics. Utilizing techniques to schedule your social media engagement can maximize the exposure your content will get in social networks. Included are stats for Facebook and Twitter on what days and times are best to maximize the audience size and the…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Facebook: The Largest Marketplace on Earth
I can already hear the screams from the rafters… how dare you mix up dollars and cents with a social network. Those of you who have read my blog for a while understand that I’m not a Facebook fanboy. However, I’m slowly becoming more and more influenced by the incredible stats that Facebook continues to post… and advising my clients…
- Marketing Infographics
Social Media Usage by US Region
While Silicon Valley, New York and Chicago may be the hot-beds of technology, media and advertising, a new survey shows that small and mid-sized businesses in the Great Plains and Southeast are leading the nation in social media adoption. Looking at the national findings, 75% of respondents say their business does not currently have branded social media sites. Do these…
- Analytics & Testing
Who is Really Your Target Audience?
One of the fundamental misunderstandings about online media is identifying who your target audience is. Too many people focus in on whether or not their prospects are there. This week, we worked with one company who complained that his C-level prospects simply weren’t online. I’m not going to argue whether or not that’s true. But online media is composed of…
- Content Marketing
Copying Content is Not Okay
First my disclaimer: I am not an attorney. Since I am not an attorney, I’m going to write this post as an opinion. On LinkedIn, a conversation started with the following question: Is it legal to repost articles and other content that I find informative on my blog (of course giving credit to actual author) or should I speak with…
- Content Marketing
Q&A: Reinventing Business Forums
Over the past year, various question and answer interfaces have been popping up across the Internet, including Quora, Opinionaided, and LinkedIn Answers. The concept of Q&A isn’t a new one, but the application has shifted from general topics to business applications. The original players in this field, Answers.com, Ask.com, Quora, etc., were used for general questions such as “What are…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
The Thunderbolt is Killing the iPhone
Walter Piecyk, BTIG Research analyst claims the HTC Thunderbolt is actually outselling the iPhone in 28% of Verizon stores. I know why. This month we’re kicking off some posts on mobile devices. Understanding the technology that is being adopted is important for marketers to understand. Mobile Internet growth is accelerating much faster than anyone had expected. One example: searches of…
