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- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Does Your Business Follow Social Media Etiquette Best Practices?
Social media etiquette… the expression makes me squirm. There’s always someone trying to apply a set of rules to everything nowadays, and I can’t stand it. Of course, there are unacceptable online and offline behaviors, but the beauty of the platform is that you’ll see the results whether you follow the so-called rules. Here’s an example… I follow a large…
- Analytics & Testing
The World of Social Media Monitoring and Analytics
The first bit of data on this infographic is pretty fascinating… the growth of the analytics tool market. In my opinion, it points to a couple issues. First is that we’re all still seeking better tools to report and monitor on our marketing strategies and second is that we’re willing to apply a larger percentage of our marketing budget to…
- Advertising Technology
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…
- Marketing Infographics
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…
- Content Marketing
Smart Ways to Combine Content Marketing with SEO
The folks at Blogmost.com developed this infographic and named it Little Known Ways to Build High Quality Backlinks in 2014. I’m not sure I like that title… I don’t think companies should focus on building links anymore. Our local search experts at Site Strategics like to say that new strategies require earning links rather than actively building them. More importantly,…
- E-commerce and Retail
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…
- Marketing Infographics
A Field Guide to Navigating Social Media
This infographic from Lemonly and 9clouds providing insight into how to navigate social media is quite unique. The goal was to paint a clear picture to answer three questions that 9clouds always received – What networks should I be using? Why should I use Pinterest or Google Plus or [insert network]? What network is best for my business? The social…
- Marketing Infographics
How Are We (vs You) Using Social Media?
I’m not sure when Heat designed this inforgraphic, but it’s so good that I had to share it. The reason why it’s good is because it’s an honest look and comparison of how marketing professionals utilize social media versus the average, non-marketing person. I don’t believe enough leaders in this industry paint an honest picture of social media usage. Many…
- Content Marketing
How to Grow Your Business Using Content Marketing
This is a fantastic analogy that Dendrite Park has provided that I couldn’t agree with more. They present a multi-faceted approach to your content marketing strategy that requires a great base and grows from there! This is a wisdom tree of content marketing for your business. The solid roots (IT infrastructure, SEO and analytics) are necessary to sustain the trunk…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Movable Ink: Real-Time, Personalized and Tested Email Marketing
The majority of email platforms are static… once the email leaves the provider there is no way to change the content. That’s unfortunate, though, since actionable events can happen in that gap. Perhaps you’re an e-commerce company and you’re now out of stock of the sale item. Do you want folks to open and click through only to find the…
