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  • How Americans Use Social Media, and Why They 'Friend'

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Americans are using social media—online forums, blogs, and social networks—to conduct a huge variety of every-day activities, from professional networking and consumer products research to entertainment and dating, according to a survey from NM Incite.

  • Eight Ways to Segment Link Prospects

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Link building is probably the most difficult aspect of SEO. Quality links that bring results are hard to get... unless you have a link-building strategy that targets specific, meaningful market segments.

  • What Marketers Don't Get About Social Media Audiences

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    There appears to be a disconnect between what marketers think consumers want from social media and what consumers actually want: Most senior marketers say consumers "want to be heard," but consumers say they want exclusive offers in exchange for interaction, according to a report by the CMO Council.

  • Marketing Smarts Podcast: Have You Killed an Innovation Today?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    It's not always clear that the organizations that call for innovation actually want it. In this episode of Marketing Smarts, professor and author Dave Owens discusses the constraints that hamper creative thinking—and kill innovation.

  • Eight Common Mistakes of Promotional Marketing

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Sometimes promotions work, and sometimes they bomb. But what makes a promotion tank? Here are eight deadly sins that companies commit—and that you should avoid—when planning and executing promotions.

  • Free Shipping Day Drives Holiday E-tail Sales to $30.9B

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    US retail e-commerce spending for the first 46 days of the November-December 2011 holiday season reached $30.9 billion, up 15% from the corresponding days in 2010, according to data from comScore.

  • 15 Lead Magnets (Plus 7 Best-Practices) to Help You Capture and Convert

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    Is your business throwing Web traffic in the trash? If you're not capturing the traffic you spend big bucks to get, it's time to re-evaluate your lead-capture strategy by looking at the effectiveness of your lead magnets.

  • Social Marketing Going Mainstream, but Experimenting Is Still Key

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Brand managers are split on the current state of social marketing in their organizations: 50.8% say marketing via social media is already mainstream or will become so by the end of 2012, but nearly an equal proportion (49.2%) say social marketing will likely still be characterized by continued experimentation by the year-end, according to a report by the 2012 Pivot Conference and Brian Solis.

  • How Not to Craft a Professional Bio

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Writing

    How effective is your professional bio at building reputation, gaining clients, and generating income? Here are five detailed critiques of real-life professional bios that'll help you avoid common pitfalls in your own bios.

  • Social Media Chatter Reveals Mobile Shoppers' Frustrations

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Many consumers are unhappy with recent mobile shopping experiences, according to study by Tealeaf; among social media conversations related to mobile shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2011, 58% expressed praise for mobile commerce, but 41% reflected frustration with mobile experiences.

  • What Every New Business Should Know About Google's Ranking of Names

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Picking your brand name is crucial, and making sure that it's Google-friendly is even more important. Before you choose your brand name, learn three major facts about how Google rates and ranks personal and business names.

  • Corporate Marketers Shifting Spend to Branded Content

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    More than three-quarters of US corporate marketers say they are aggressively (16%) or moderately (62%) shifting spending from traditional marketing to branded-content marketing, according to a study by the Custom Content Council (CCC) in partnership with ContentWise.

  • Six Steps for Rebuilding Your Brand After a Crisis

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Public Relations

    It's amazing how quickly a brand can find itself in a crisis, struggling to salvage its reputation. But your brand doesn't have to suffer. Learn six steps to take—before and after a crisis—that'll help rebuild customer confidence.

  • Most Marketers Can't Measure ROI of SEO, Social Media

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    More than four in five marketing executives (82%) say they expect campaigns to be measured, yet few can effectively evaluate the ROI of key channels such as public relations (18%), search engine optimization (24%), and social media (26%), according to a survey from Ifbyphone.

  • Marketing Smarts Podcast: How Will This Brand Live and Breathe?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    In this week's Marketing Smart's podcast, writer and social media manager Shannon Paul discusses the elements of a social strategy, the keys to effective content marketing, and the art of "being human."

  • Use QR Codes so You Don't Get Thrown Away After Tradeshows

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Want to leave a lasting impact on tradeshow attendees? Go mobile. Learn three ways to maximize your tradeshow success using QR codes—and five key considerations for using them most effectively.

  • Local Business Marketing: Daily Deals Up; Facebook Ads Slowing

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Group deals are gaining popularity among local businesses: 12% of surveyed local merchants say they have offered a group-deal promotion, up 33% (3 percentage points) from the 9% who said so in June 2011, according to the seventh annual MerchantCircle Confidence Index.

  • Four Event Marketing Predictions for 2012

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Tablets, social media, QR codes, and hybrid events all redefined tradeshow and event marketing in 2011, but what will 2012 bring? How can marketers embrace the latest trends to make their events more exciting and engaging?

  • Marketers to Integrate Social Media and Email in 2012

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    More than two-thirds of business leaders (68%) say they plan to integrate social media with their email marketing efforts in 2012, and 44% plan to integrate mobile with email, according to a survey from StrongMail.

  • Why Predictive Modeling Is Hot... and Five Things You Should Know to Do It Well

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    If you want to better predict the relationship between marketing inputs and customer behavior, predictive modeling may be your answer. Here are five essential tips to consider before you get started.