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  • 2012 CES Wrap-Up: Top Trends, Devices, and Brands

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    Tech brands Microsoft and Motorola generated the most Twitter buzz at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held January 10-13 in Las Vegas, each accounting for 5% of #CES-tagged Twitter mentions during the annual event, according to a study by Simply Measured.

  • You Botched That Marketing Email. Now What?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Mistakes will happen—even to the very best email marketers. The key is responding appropriately. Learn six email blunders you may encounter, along with guidelines for rectifying them quickly and effectively.

  • Digital and Direct Marketing Jobs Rebounding in 1Q12

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    Digital and direct marketing hiring is expected to rebound in the first quarter of 2012, according to the Bernhart Associates' Quarterly Employment Report: More than one-half of employers plan to add marketing staff over the next three months, as layoffs continue to fall.

  • Marketing Smarts Podcast: Are You the Problem?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    Why is it that so many books, supposedly about marketing and business, seem more focused on self-actualization and personal empowerment? Author Julien Smith answers that question in this week's Marketing Smarts podcast.

  • Websites: Strategy Is Fun Too, You Know (Well, Fun-ish)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Websites

    It may be boring, but a thorough discovery and strategy-development process is essential before a website redesign. Here are five important elements of a redesign plan you should have in place and readily available... before the fun design stuff starts.

  • Top Shopping Tools: Web Browsers, Smartphones, and Facebook

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    Among the various digital shopping channels available to consumers today, when discovering new products, most online shoppers prefer to use websites via PC or laptop or browser-based mobile sites via smartphone rather than mobile apps, according to a new study by Zmags.

  • Content Marketing Trends for 2012: What's in and What's Out

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    No doubt about it: 2011 was a big year for content marketing. Twice the number of marketers implement content marketing vs. the number of those who use print, television, and radio advertising. But what's in store for 2012?

  • Integrating Social Media Still Challenges Marketers

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Although most US companies use social networks—66% have a Facebook page, 51% have a Twitter account, and 44% have a LinkedIn page—only 16% say their social marketing efforts are fully integrated across the organization, according to a study by InSites Consulting.

  • Personal Branding Trends for 2012 (Part 2)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Personal-branding expert William Arruda offers six more trends to keep in mind and on top of in 2012 as you continue to build, improve, and polish your own personal brand as a marketer in tune with the times.

  • Top Social Networking Trends and Need-to-Knows

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Social networking was the most popular online content category in the world as of October 2011, accounting for 19% of all time spent online, or one out of every five minutes, according to a whitepaper by comScore.

  • Free Friday: Downloadable B2B Content Marketing Report 2012

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    On this Free Friday at the MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog, we're offering you the downloadable "B2B Content Marketing: 2012 Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends" report.

  • Writers for Hire: How to Get What You Pay for on Elance

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    When working with freelancers, "let the buyer beware" is a good rule of thumb. If you aren't careful in the due-diligence process, you may be in for more than you bargained for (literally). How can you make sure you don't get burned?

  • Mobile Email Audiences Up 28%

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    Some 89.6 million Americans used their mobile phone to access email for work or personal purposes during the three-month period ended November 2011, up 28% (19.5 million) from the 70.1 million who did so a year earlier, according to comScore Data Mine.

  • Hilarious Outtakes from Super-Famous Business Book Authors [Video Blooper Reel]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Check out the hilarious moments in this video blooper reel from MarketingProfs's Take 10 Author Series—10-minute webcasts with best-selling authors in marketing and business.

  • Why Marketing Needs Objectives... Not Just Goals

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Many companies have the same overarching goals: increase sales, decrease costs, and reduce churn. But why don't they all succeed? It all boils down to mindfully setting objectives and implementing strong tactics to support them.

  • Apple Forecast to Gain Share as Smartphones Surge

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    Despite Android's firm grip on the smartphone market, Apple's iOS is expected to reap the benefits of increasing consumer demand in smartphones over the next six months, according to a new report by Yankee Group.

  • Marketing Smarts Podcast: How Useful Is Your Marketing?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    We all know that our marketing materials solve our problems. But do they solve other people's problems? I invited Laura Fitton, founder of oneforty, to explore the idea of useful marketing in our latest Marketing Smarts podcast.

  • What's Wrong With This Picture? The Stauer Chronograph

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Writing

    We've all seen them—those disastrous ads that make us cringe as marketers. Here is a detailed critique of one ad—gone terribly wrong—that'll help you avoid a host of pitfalls in your ad copy.

  • Mobile Social Media: Top Apps, Deal Sites, and More

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Social consumers—people who are active on various social networking sites—use mobile devices broadly in their social activities, such as checking in with social networking sites, sharing content, playing games, and finding deals, according to a study by the Pivot Conference.

  • Why the 5 Pillars of Online Marketing Matter Now More than Ever

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    When is the last time you had a crash course in online marketing and took a hard look at the pillars your marketing strategy is resting on? MarketingProfs guest blogger Dan Mckee helps you revisit these ideas.