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Google Domination is Good for Your Business

As the world’s single most powerful media and technology force, Google is doing more than just changing the interactive marketing machine for small and mid size business. They’re biting, chewing and spitting out old notions of interactive marketing. Google is making “small” and “fearless” a competitive advantage. They are reconstituting and democratizing the very notion [...]

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Social Media Marketing ROI, Not Snake Oil

When it comes to results of social media marketing, I find myself agreeing with some of social media’s loudest critics. Valid critics complain that common indicators of social media engagement don’t plainly map to return on investment measurements (ROI). And they’re right. That’s why I don’t represent Twitter follower counts, for example, as an exclusive [...]

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YouTube Humanizes B2B Social Media Marketing

YouTube is a powerful media channel with serious value for mid market B2Bs. Despite being one of the largest search engines, YouTube’s size and SEO influence is frequently overlooked. The numbers are stunning. Twenty hours of video are uploaded each minute. YouTube CEO, Chad Hurley, recently proclaimed that the site has well over one billion [...]

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Social Media B2B Marketing ROI Finally Emerges

Finally!  We have a credible study that substantiates social media marketing ROI for major B2B brands. The research found that companies with the highest levels of social media engagement increased revenues by 18% in the last 12 months, while the least active declined by 6%. Above and beyond correlating financial performance with deep social media [...]

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Social Media Segmentation, Content, Reach, Frequency, Engagement

Modern social media marketing still requires some traditional media campaign methods.  Even though the channels and mediums are changing, successful new media campaigns depend on thoughtful target audience segmentation, media selection content strategy reach, frequency and engagement. Target Audience Segmentation As the social web matures, rich actionable data is emerging for B2B and B2C marketers.  [...]

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Social Media Marketing and Compliance for Regulated Industries

As regulated industries, financial services and life sciences are anxious to use social media for marketing.  But, SEC and FDA compliance concerns are sidelining modern marketing initiatives for pharmaceuticals, health care, device manufacturers, insurance services and financial advisers.   CIOs and compliance officers are struggling to balance social marketing opportunities with risk and regulation. How can [...]

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Chicago Media-Marketing & Advertising August Meetup

ChirpUp joins CMM&A for networking and discussion about media, marketing, advertising, and public relations. Topic: "Why You Can't Afford Not to Blog"

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