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  • B2B Marketers Satisfied With Twitter, Await Revenue

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    Fully one-half (52%) of B2B marketers say they are satisfied with their return on investment (ROI) in Twitter—and among those who attribute direct sales to Twitter, that satisfaction level is 66%, according to a survey from BtoB Online.

  • Social Media Passion Index: Golf Brands

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    Consumers love the Callaway Golf Company—and are more passionate it than for any other golf brand in the US, according to the NetBase Brand Passion Index, which measures the intensity of consumer passion for brands among users of online communities.

  • Facebook Grows, Others Stagnate; Interaction Levels Steady

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    Most social networking sites have lost active users in the past six months, but Facebook has bucked that trend, a new study finds. Eight out of ten active social media users (80%) have an account on Facebook, up from 71% six months earlier, and among them 54% visit Facebook at least once a day, according to a survey from Performics, conducted by ROI Research.

  • Average Value of Facebook Fan: $136.38

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    Consumers who are Facebook fans are more valuable to brands: On average, Facebook fans spend $71.84 more per year on brands they are fans of than consumers who are not fans, and they are 28% more likely than non-fans to continue using that brand, according to a study by Syncapse.

  • Social Media Popular Among Older Americans

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    Social networking is not just for the young: 27% of Americans age 50+ say they now use social media websites, with Facebook the most popular—used by 23% of adults age 50+—according to a survey from AARP.

  • Twitter 101: Seven Tips for Effective Marketing

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    To be an effective marketer on Twitter, you must first stop thinking like one... because marketing on Twitter requires a shift in your mindset: Twitter is all about simple conversations; you can't use press releases, marketing copy, or other one-way communication tactics and expect results.

  • Video—Personal Branding's Killer App

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    It's hard to stand out. There are myriad other marketing professionals with seemingly similar credentials and experience. Yet differentiation is key to your success. How do you cut through the clutter and get people interested in who you are and what you have to offer?

  • Effective Customer Listening Requires More Than Keywords

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    Is it your job to listen to and analyze social-media messages and direct customer feedback about your product, brand, or service? Effective listening and insights analysis allow you to track not just the volume but also the meaning of online conversations across a complex web of consumer-interaction channels.

  • Creating a Unique Mobile Experience With iPad—Which Industry Will Be First?

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    The iPad has the potential to provide an all-in-one tablet that people are going to use everywhere—on their couch, while on vacation, and from all the places in between. No doubt brands are salivating at the chance to use the device to connect with consumers. Since many are hitching their wagons to the device—how can you, as a marketer, take advantage of the iPad?

  • Social Media Users Want to Rant, Influence

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    Nearly two-thirds (64%) of online consumers use social media, and among them over one-third (34%) say they have used social media as an outlet to rant or rave about a company, brand, or product, according to a Harris Poll.

  • Most Americans Wake Up to Email

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    Nearly six in ten online consumers (58%) say they start their day by checking email, whereas 20% head straight to search engine sites and 11% check in with Facebook, according to a study by ExactTarget.

  • B2B Customer Engagement: High Priority, Low Marks

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    Most B2B marketers say customer engagement is a high priority both within their marketing organization (72%) and across their entire company (58%), but they don't rate their company's level of customer engagement highly, according to a survey from the Business Marketing Association.

  • LinkedIn Delivers B2B Traffic, Wikipedia More Leads

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    Among social media channels, LinkedIn accounts for the greatest number of referred visitors to B2B websites, but Wikipedia is more effective at delivering relevant and serious leads, according to a study by LeadForce1. In addition, visitors referred to B2B websites from Wikipedia spend more time on those sites once they arrive.

  • Five Things to Think About Before You Launch Your Next Website

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    Most companies do a fairly good job keeping pace with technologies. But the harder, yet more rewarding, work involves keeping up with how people use the Internet to learn, communicate, shop, and entertain themselves. By matching your Web presence to your customers' Web habits, you stand the best chance of winning their confidence and cash.

  • Winning Facebook Tactics for Today's Search Marketer

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    Facebook has more than 400 million active users who collectively spend more time on the platform than on any other website in the world, sharing detailed information about their likes, dislikes, and preferences. No wonder advertisers are salivating at the chance to reach Facebook users with precisely targeted ads.

  • Blogosphere Dominated by Younger Americans

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    The blogosphere is now dominated by younger adults age 21-35—those who have grown up during the blogging revolution—and bloggers in the US account for the plurality (29.22%) of blog posts worldwide, according to a study by Sysomos.

  • PR/Comms, Not Marketing Controls Digital, Social Media

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    New digital and social media tools are more likely to be under the strategic and budgetary control of corporate PR and communications rather than marketing departments, according to a study by the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

  • Millennials Swayed by WOM, Interactive Media

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    Millennials are hard to sway using traditional advertising and media channels that don't promote interaction: Only 17.7% say their favorite TV spot has led them to purchase an advertised product, while nearly one-half (48%) say that word-of-mouth communications influence them more than TV advertisements, according to a study from Mr Youth and Intrepid.

  • B2B Less Engaged in Social Media Than B2C

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    Fewer than one-half (45%) of B2B companies have only the basics of a social media presence—such as a Twitter and Facebook account, or a company blog—and only 32% are engaged in social media on a day-to-day basis, according to a survey from White Horse.

  • Consumers: CPG Sites for Info, Offers; Facebook for Connecting

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    Consumers are more likely to visit a CPG website—rather than social networks—for brand information and promotional offers, but they prefer Facebook for connecting with other customers and sharing opinions about CPG brands, according to a survey from Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods.