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- Douglas KarrJul 24, 2015
Visual Content Drives Comprehension, Engagements and Conversions on Social Media
Have we yelled enough about visual content? I don’t think so. Utilizing a variety of types of visual content continues to be effective. I was explaining this process to a local retailer this week and they were really having a difficult time believing the impact that daily visual content shared online could help their business. While I was there, I…
- Jeff FosterMar 10, 2015
The New Big Deal of Influencer Marketing – with Examples
I should start by saying don’t miss Douglas Karr’s presentation on influencer marketing at Social Media Marketing World! What is Influencer Marketing? It means convincing influential people, bloggers, or celebrities with big followings to promote your brand on their online accounts. Ideally, they would do it for free, but you pay to play. This is a growing market, and the…
- Douglas KarrJan 20, 2015
Ready to Ramp Up Your Instagram Marketing?
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t put too much time into Vine, Instagram and sharing images on social media. I want to, but it’s just so much easier to provide a tip via text than it is to grab a graphic, do some design, and share something that is just as meaningful, but gets a ton more…
- Douglas KarrJan 13, 2015
TrendSpottr: Transform Social Noise Into Actionable Early Signals
Prior to social media’s prominence, there was a lawn care company that recorded all of it’s customer calls and categorized them by topic. The system turned into a sales engine because they could identify, geographically, issues that were cropping up in the region and then send highly focused emails based on the trending topics. Lawn care lovers would see the…
- Douglas KarrSep 13, 2014
Stats That Will Help Get You More Instagram Likes and Follows
A few weeks ago, Jenn Lisak spoke with Dave – also known as Kewiki – about visual communication strategies online. If you’ve not followed Kewiki… his account is a must follow. He’s nearing a quarter of a million followers and the incredible visual work he puts online daily will take your breath away. Dave is a great example of how…
- Douglas KarrJun 22, 2014
How Social Marketing Stacks Up with Traditional Advertising
I’m not opposed at all to advertising and paying for promotion, but many business owners and even some marketers don’t distinguish the difference. Often, social marketing is seen as just another channel. While it is an additional strategy to add to your marketing, social offers a far different opportunity. Social media has been disrupting the advertising landscape ever since it…
- Douglas KarrJun 3, 2014
Social Media for Unsexy B2B Industries
In all honesty, I’m not sure sexy really matters when we speak about social media. The ability to teach, observe, respond and promote in an unsexy business to business industry may not capture a ton of attention – but it can absolutely capture the right attention from the audience seeking your business, product, or service out. If you work for…
- Douglas KarrMay 4, 2014
CoPromote: A Social Promotion Platform for Publishers
CoPromote is a social marketing platform where users opt in to share one another’s content. CoPromote is a network of publishers recommending one another. Some of the key features of CoPromote that help brand/content creators increase their organic reach include: Intent – All CoPromote members sign up to the service with the intent to share another’s messaging, whereas with Facebook,…
- Douglas KarrMar 12, 2014
Which Social Media Platforms Drive the Most Sales?
Wow… to better understand how social media is impacting the e-commerce industry, Shopify analyzed data from 37 million social media visits that led to 529,000 orders. Here are some highlights from the infographic they shared: Nearly two thirds of all social media visits to Shopify stores come from Facebook. An average of 85% of all orders from social media come…
- Douglas KarrJan 30, 2014
Using Digital Asset Management to Streamline Social Promotion
We have two clients right now that have millions of customers nationwide. The pressure to scale a social media strategy that promotes, reacts and responds to that size of network is no small undertaking – and truly impossible without the use of workflow and automation. What businesses don’t realize is that the curation and workflow tools to simplify the ability…