SMB execs looking to widen their exposure have a quick and easy strategy to potentially integrate into their social media marketing plans. Twitter has launched a new initiative for SMBs by providing a boost to its existing Promoted Tweets program. The company is also expanding its intiative to syndicate Tweets. Twitter launches ‘Quick Promote’ Last week Twitter announced […]
What kind of traction is your current marketing content getting? Tons of shares, visits, and comments? Great! Very little of anything? You’re not alone. B2B marketers often spend a lot of time creating great content that provides hefty value to readers. Yet it’s easy to forget that you’ve got to deliver that valuable content to an audience […]
How can a B2B company or marketer keep an eye on all that social media chatter surrounding their space? It takes time, well-planned strategies and knowledge of what’s relevant and what’s pointless. Also, how can a B2B marketer wade through all the spam infecting the social Web? According to Nexgate, there was an increase of 355 […]
One of the reasons we love social media is that it’s free. We can share and connect with others without a paywall. Marketers love social media because it’s a free way to find out exactly what our audiences are thinking and talking about. We use it to fuel our content production and overall strategy planning sessions. […]
Hashtags are to social media what iPhones are to Silicon Valley: they’re everywhere. Hashtags are used in everything from campaigns by major companies to updates from your friends. Marketers try to capitalize on hashtags and use them in the most effective way possible, but it can get confusing and overwhelming to anyone trying to make a lasting impact. By […]
As social media continued to evolve in 2014, businesses big and small scrambled to keep pace. In these four TEDx talks, global business influencers discuss ways in which companies, employees and individuals can maximize the potential of social media. We’ve embedded the video in this article to let you watch every talk easily from just one page. […]
Twitter has now become one of the latest Internet giants to establish its own native video player. Following in the footsteps of YouTube and Facebook, the microblogging behemoth allows verified Twitter users to upload and share videos that are under 10 minutes. It is unclear when the video service will be rolled out to the entire Twitter community. […]
Will we soon see Alibaba buying eBay? Could Walmart bolster its e-payment strategy with a PayPal acquisition? Those are some of the predictions posited by Jason Del Rey in Recode, as he looks forward to what may be a blockbuster acquisition year in e-commerce. Alibaba, overflowing with valuable stock following the biggest IPO ever, is poised […]
Hardboiled marketers and executives often require you to justify the value of any expense and investment of time. How will it contribute to the bottom line? What’s the ROI of social media? It’s ironic that these (relatively) new kinds of marketing are often held up to high scrutiny required to justify the expenses and asked […]
Twitter cofounder Ev Williams joined a new venture fund aiming to assist companies working to change the world in a positive way. The altruistic company, dubbed Obvious Ventures, calls itself a “world positive” venture capital company, and writes on its website: “We’re entrepreneurs. We’ve helped a lot of companies launch, grow, and generate great financial […]
What do Jersey Shore and Beliebers have in common with complex B2B sales cycles and communications? Absolutely nothing! But in nearly four years as the Social Marketing Manager for Much, MTV Canada, M3 and E! at Bell Media, while bridging the gap between boy-band fandoms and the bottom-line, I learned a few key lessons that […]
The holiday season is in full sleigh bell swing, and businesses are seeking to boost revenues in the final weeks leading into Christmas. What was once a marathon now has become a sprint. B2B companies understand it makes sense to engage with their audience on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere and sending them best wishes for […]
Your social media team has been hard at work compiling strong content to publish on your social feeds. You have conversion tweets lined up, content call-outs, image-heavy posts for Facebook, a few fun items for Google+, and a video with descriptions for your YouTube page. But before you give everyone the green-light to publish, follow our tips below […]
You likely have analytics tools to find engagement statistics for your daily tweets. But what if you could see data directly within your tweets moments after posting? It could be reality thanks to a new Twitter experiment reported by TechCrunch. If deemed successful, Twitter will “show many you how users are clicking on the links in the […]
Businesses publicizing their products on Twitter and Facebook might actually be better off without investing all their time solely into these social networks, according to a study by market research firm Forrester. Entitled “Social Relationship Strategies That Work” the research reveals how little return on investment these networks actually offer. In a finding that might surprise many […]
The Harvard Business Review proclaims that “content is king” in digital and social media marketing. Yet many lawyers and law firms remain mired in the past, using websites, LinkedIn pages and Twitter accounts mostly to shout “Me!” to the world. Used properly, social media starts a conversation. But whether it is LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube, the […]
As a business, Twitter is probably one of your most important tools to use to track blogs, trends, news, or influencers in your niche. Unfortunately, as great as the platform may be, following hundreds or thousands of people and brands comes with a price: a rapidly changing timeline. Does it mean that you should follow […]
This week, Twitter held its first “analyst day” where the company shared details of its plan for the service, its future and how it believes it will increase revenue from its users. “We want Twitter to be nothing less than the very best way to keep up with your world,” CEO Dick Costolo said at the beginning of the event. […]
The great debate among media, advertising and marketing professionals continues: Is native advertising a strong strategy? How you answer that question usually depends on where you ply your trade. The question has different meanings to different industries. Are native ads a threat? A trick? An opportunity? The future? Is it even fresh thinking or just an age-old tactic varnished with a […]
One of those reassuring little white lies we tell ourselves as marketers is this: People make linear decisions. It’s simpler to draw straight lines about people’s behavior, so to date we have typically pushed people through carefully scripted marketing processes. But does that really reflect people’s actions and the ways they find information? Of course […]
