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  • Top Brands With 'Social Currency': Subway, Google, Target

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Subway, Google, and Target took the top 3 spots on a ranking of 25 global brands for most effectively reaching their customers via social media, according to the 2013 Social Currency Impact Study by Vivaldi Partners.

  • Top 10 Content Marketing Strategy Mistakes, and How to Correct Them (Part 2 of 3)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Does your content sound like everyone else's? Did you do any research before producing your content? Do you always use the same media format? And do you tailor your content according to venue and audience?

  • Data-Rich and Insight-Poor [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    To find out how businesses are handling the deluge of information that's become available to them, Infogroup Targeting Solutions and Yesmail Interactive sponsored a study, then produced an infographic to highlight some findings.

  • Email Volume Up 5%; Opens Highest on Saturdays, Sundays

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    Email volume increased 5.4% in the fourth quarter of 2012 vs. the same period a year earlier, though volume levels varied dramatically by industry, according to the Experian Marketing Services 2012 Q4 email benchmark report, which also found that email open rates were on average highest on Saturdays and Sundays.

  • A Quick-and-Dirty Social Media Analysis That Won't Cost You a Dime

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Social media is full of numbers, but most of the time we don't use them in any actionable way... because social metrics are often too complicated. But here are some easy (but rough) calculations that will give you a general idea of success. They may not be perfect, but they will give you actionable insights you need to succeed online.

  • Digital Influence: Blogs Beat Social Networks for Driving Purchases

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Blogs are more influential than social networks in shaping consumers’ opinions and purchase decisions, according to Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report. Even so, brands seem to be investing more on other social channels, particularly Facebook, than on blogging.

  • How to Get More Facebook Shares [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Facebook marketing expert Mari Smith offers 14 tips to boost your content's visibility and viral sharing on Facebook—all in this infographic by ShortStack.

  • Stop FUD From Paralyzing Your Marketing

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Changes in technology, marketing channels, and customer behavior challenge a lot of tried and true tactics that worked in the past. The result is fear, uncertainty, and doubt about what will work. That kind of FUD often stands in the way of necessary action.

  • SXSW Insights, Pinterest Analytics, Vine ROI, eBay, Etsy... The Week in Social Media #SocialSkim

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    As SXSW winds down, insights come flying: See videos on the most buzzed-about tech and startups, and learn to tell better brand stories via social. We've also got tips on ROI-effective Vines, Pinterest's new analytics service, updated mobile advertising guidelines, and the usual tidbits about Twitter, Facebook, Google... and even Etsy and eBay.

  • Number of 'Zero-TV' Households Reaches 5 Million in US

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    About 95% of Americans watch TV using traditional cable or satellite options, whereas the other 5%—the so-called "Zero-TV" viewers—are bucking tradition (because of cost or lack of interest) in favor of nontraditional devices and services, according to a report by Nielsen.

  • How to Conduct Focus Groups: Seagate's Example

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Seagate, a leading provider of hard drives and storage solutions, realized that they knew very little about a very big target market: college students. So it conducted focus groups to gain insight. Looking to host your own focus group? Here are steps you can take to put together a program.

  • A Market Research Survey on a Shoestring Budget: How I Did It

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    I'm a solo-preneur and a guy, and I run a women's jewelry and accessories store. I needed data to understand women's jewelry-buying habits. So I designed a survey, ran a contest, and marketed it via lifestyle bloggers. All for less than $350. Here's how.

  • Mobile Advertising: Which Industries Are Taking the Lead?

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    In 2012, the government services industry (i.e., political advertisers during the election) recorded the biggest year-over-year growth in mobile advertising spend on Millennial Media's platform, up some 860%; still, retailers and restaurants remained the biggest spenders.

  • How to Evaluate and Select a B2B Teleprospecting Partner

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Many marketing organizations are now placing an emphasis on the role of teleprospecting as a component of their B2B lead generation strategy. Here are seven steps (and an RFP outline) that can help you locate, evaluate, and select the right teleprospecting partner.

  • Are Your Clients Worth Keeping? Four Questions to Help You Find Out

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Focusing on ways to increase customer retention rates is a key to real growth, but you also need to determine whether certain customers are the right fit for your business. Ask these four questions to help you decide just that.

  • The Art of Marketing Operations: Steven Bushong of Disney ABC Talks to Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    Steve Bushong's background in systems engineering, and his experience with sourcing, procurement, and operations, gave him a unique perspective on how marketing can and should work in today's complex media environment.

  • Affluents Upbeat About Economy (and 2 in 3 Multitask Regularly)

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    Buoyed by stock market gains as well as improvements in the housing and job markets, optimism among affluent Americans (who, BTW, apparently ascribe their own productivity to multitasking regularly) has reached a six-month high, according to Ipsos MediaCT's February 2013 Mendelsohn Affluent Barometer.

  • Hey, B2B: Grow Up and Get a Social Media Strategy, Will You?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Many B2B marketers are still avoiding social media. They wonder whether it works and how in the world they can tell whether it's working. Let's put that excuse to rest once and for all, shall we?

  • The Post-PC Revolution [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: None

    Google estimates that by 2013 more people will use mobile phones than desktops PCs to go online. After gathering research about the migration of PC users to mobile, Moovweb created this infographic.

  • Small Business Marketing: Top Tools for Finding and Keeping Customers

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    Small businesses say tools such as online surveys and loyalty tracking systems are most effective at engaging existing customers, whereas daily deals and Internet ads seem more effective at attracting new customers, according to a survey from Constant Contact.