Social Networking has been around for years, it transformed from a place to catch up with old friends from college or find a new band to the top online marketing platform in less than 5 years. There are several recent studies that cover a wide range of statistical data, use and success from all of…
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Social Networking Studies in Successful Social Marketing Timing, Posts, Interaction and Reach
Social Networking has been around for years, it transformed from a place to catch up with old friends from college or find a new band to the top online marketing platform in less than 5 years. There are several recent studies that cover a wide range of statistical data, use and success from all of…
Loyalty is Created and Earned by Doing What is Right
With a challenging economy, high unemployment and an unclear future the value of loyalty has never been higher. Today most companies have lost sight on the things that should be the MOST important such as service, support, solutions, respect, results and loyalty. When the economy tanked dozens of the builders and real estate customers we work with…
The Art of The Facebook Flirt
When I refer to a ‘Facebook Flirt’ it does not involve trying to pick up a date from a social network. Many forget the social aspects of social networking which often leads to failure. People buy from people and they will buy more from people they know and like. There are easy to spot trends on…
Sales & Lead Generation Success with Social Marketing, Social Networking
A recent business survey reported 39% of business to business (B2B) marketers are generating leads from Facebook, and 19% generated sales from Facebook. Business to Consumer (B2C) marketers have higher success with Facebook at 67% generating leads and 39% generating sales. The numbers reverse on the professional oriented LinkedIn with data from the August “State…
Social Marketing is about Interactions, Questions, Creating Buzz
Having a Facebook page or Twitter account is not enough to be successful with Social Marketing. The search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo) entered into agreements with the top Social Networking websites and classified sites (Craigslist, eBay) to place content from those sites in the search engine results. This is why when you search for a…
Pinterest Now # 3 Social Network Behind Facebook & Twitter
The Experian “2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report” shows social networking has 91 percent of adults using social media regularly. Social networking usage has changed dramatically with Pinterest taking over with the 3rd highest usage numbers ahead of Google+, LinkedIn and MySpace. Pinterest traffic increased 50% in just January and February of 2012 with…
Websites, Online Marketing, SEO, Social Networks, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Blogger & Success
The one question every business owner asks when we meet for a consultation is “What do I need to be doing to rank higher on Search Engines and reach more customers?”. The answer is a complicated one since there is no one thing that will lead to online success, it requires specific properly setup and…
Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Blogger, Twitter, Google+, SEO & Online Marketing
The one question every business owner asks when we meet for a consultation is “What do I need to be doing to rank higher on Search Engines and reach more customers?”. The answer is a complicated one since there is no one thing that will lead to online success, it requires specific properly setup and…
Internet Advertising Continues to Grow
Internet advertising in the US has hit new highs reaching $7.88 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2011, a 22% growth from the 3rd quarter of 2010. Although Internet Advertising has increased significantly and remains the fastest growing segment of advertising it still has a relatively small portion of overall advertising at 15.9%. The December 2011 report from Zenith Optimedia…