Did You Hear The One About The Marketer Who Didn’t Use Pinterest?

Ok, I admit there’s no punch line to that query or maybe there is now that I think about it. The punch line would be ‘they were soon looking for another job.’ Now I know what all you marketers and brand managers and brand marketers and everyone out there is thinking ‘gee Steve, a little […]

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What Are Some Local Social Best Practices? Lessons From Walmart

Despite their often massive fan bases and nationally recognized names, major brands have struggled to create vibrant, engaged audiences in social for years. If the recent numbers on Walmart’s local approach to social are any indicator (and I think they are), the secret may lie in taking a few notes from the little guys. Namely, […]

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Infographic: Is Your Social Media Marketing Campaign On Track?

With more than 900 million active users on Facebook, over 360 million Twitter accounts and at least 161 million LinkedIn profiles, social networks have become a hub of business leads waiting to be discovered. When social media is used effectively, these business leads can quickly be converted into sales. But you need an effective strategy […]

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Want to Use Social Media Successfully For Sales? Then Pay Attention

Many marketers are embracing the new approach of using social media to listen to their customers first—and then forming a strategy. It’s the ability for a brand to go beyond just listening and to deeply understand the behaviors and motivations of its audience that truly drives success and, ultimately, sales. I recently read a great […]

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Why Social Media is the Ultimate “Pay-it-Forward” for Marketing

Is your organization stuck in social quicksand?  Is social not delivering the payoff you once hoped it would?  Have you read every Twitter Best Practices article on Mashable until you are now dreaming in “Top Ten” lists, but to no avail? Well, you only need to change the way you think to be successful. Social […]

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To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

Followers don’t just find you. Brands on Twitter must make their presence known. Time and time again I see small businesses start a social media campaign without a strategy, becoming demotivated with digital culture when their social media efforts go unnoticed. Having a powerful presence on a platform, such as Twitter, doesn’t happen overnight — […]

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Are Brands Royally Screwing Up On Social Media?

The title of my post is a paraphrasing of a quote said by Roger Warner, Managing Director of Content & Motion, a Social PR firm in the UK, which would probably account for the use of the word “royally.” Mr. Warner was referring to a study recently done by his firm on the use of social media […]

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