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  • Cats and Bacon: Why They Continue to Go Viral Online [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    Why are cats and bacon so absurdly popular on the Internet? Why aren't, say, puppies and ham as popular? Check out the following infographic to find out more about the startling popularity of cats and bacon and how marketers can harness that popularity.

  • #SocialSkim: Social Media This Week, Including Twitter's Media Blog and IKEA

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Social moves so fast, you won't believe how it's changed this week. Check out Twitter's new media blog, dedicated to innovative social promotions in real time. See why an IKEA product got lots of online love—to IKEA's great dismay. And find out whether branding can actually give meaning to life. Skim for... nirvana?

  • How to Use Visual QR Codes to Increase Customer Engagement 25%

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Though hundreds of millions of QR Codes are being generated every year, it seems customers are not scanning them as much as marketers were expecting. The key to unlocking that problem is engagement.

  • Holiday Email Campaigns: Global Trends and Benchmarks

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    The most popular types of email sent by marketers during the holiday season (October to December) are "percentage off" and "dollar amount off" offers, yet consumers often do not differentiate those from standard mailings, according to a recent report.

  • Four Marketing Rules We've Learned From Zombies

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Zombie takeovers are the monster event of the moment. And they hold lessons for us marketers. In addition to learning to never get bitten, and to sever heads off completely, those lessons include some worthwhile marketing tactics.

  • Do Computers Know Your Customers Better Than You?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Can a computer really understand and interpret your customer's needs? We know computers can win in Jeopardy! and chess, but can they compete on personal interaction? In business to customer communication, it seems a computer just might, in many instances.

  • How Consumers Use Local Search on Their Mobile Phones

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    The top two local categories that consumers search for on their phones are shopping and food/beverage, and the least searched for category is construction, renovations, and repair, according to a recent study.

  • Five Ways Improv Comedy Made Me a Better Marketer

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    By day, I am a marketing manager, and I truly enjoy what I do. By night, I am a comedian. The basic principles of improvisational comedy have proved useful not only in marketing but also in other areas of my professional life.

  • Five Online Marketing Metrics You Should Monitor Every Day

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Many online marketers get too wrapped up in measuring data that, though useful, is not the most important for understanding how your website is performing as a marketing channel. Here are five online marketing metrics you should be looking at every day.

  • Born to Blog: Author Mark Schaefer Talks to Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    Mark W. Schaefer has written three books, including best-sellers Return on Influence and The Tao of Twitter. His marketing blog, {grow}, has won numerous international awards. I invited Mark to Marketing Smarts to discuss his recent book, co-authored with Stanford A. Smith, Born to Blog.

  • How Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest Sharing Affects Sales

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Pinterest is the social network most likely to drive spontaneous purchasing, whereas Twitter and Facebook users are more likely to make social media-related purchases of products they were already considering, according to a recent report.

  • Three Gaffes to Avoid in Marketing Content and Public Speaking

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Writing

    The typical business communications mistakes I read and hear rarely reach the level of farce or slapstick. They're more missteps that detract from your message. Here are three of them to avoid.

  • Summer Forecast for Millennials: More Work, Less Fun [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Asked how they expect this summer to compare with last year's, nearly 40% of US college students surveyed characterized summer 2013 as "real-world: more work and less fun," according to a recent report.

  • Increasing Marketing's Relevance to the Business [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    The results of the 11th annual Marketing Performance Management Survey are out. Find out about the key findings in this infographic.

  • Poll: Choose Your Social Network

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Marketing is full of choices, so let's have some fun with the social platforms of choice: What social media outpost works best your brand? And which do you love to use personally? And which would you choke, if you could?

  • Seven Things Marketers Need to Know About iOS7

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Apple just unveiled iOS7—a radical transformation of the world's most popular smartphone and tablet operating system. Apple is preparing for a rapidly evolving mobile world, and so should marketers. Here's how.

  • What's the Value of Being the Top Google Search Result?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    A website with the first position in Google results receives 33% of the traffic for a keyword or phrase, compared with 18% for the second position, according to a recent report.

  • The Google Graveyard: A Resting Place for Great Ideas [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Recently, Google Reader became the latest product laid to rest in the Google graveyard. Though beloved by its (relatively small) fan base, Google Reader just wasn't popular enough to merit existence. Here's a look at other great Google products that didn't last.

  • #SocialSkim: Social Media This Week, Including the Usual Suspects (AKA, New Tricks and Tools)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Happy post-Independence Day! Fireworks may still be exploding in our ears, but as usual we've got a bunch of new tricks and tools for you this week. Read about Vine's latest marketer-friendly features, and learn how to target Twitter users from your email list, as well as embed Instagram Videos. Skim for social liberation.

  • Seven Tools to Monitor and Promote Your Personal Brand

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Good personal branding is all about presenting yourself as both personable and professional. In this article you'll find seven tools and services to help you automate the growth of your personal (or business) brand.