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  • Social CRM: Measuring Relationships (the Wrong Way, and the Right Way)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    If you've invested a lot in social media, you hopefully have a growing number of people talking about you. If so, who are they? Which ones are driving the conversation? Do your social CRM measurement tools tell you anything?

  • Forrester: User Attitudes Toward Email Improving

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    Attitudes toward email marketing have improved over the past four years: Consumers delete fewer promotional email messages without reading them and are more likely to forward such messages to others, according to a report by Forrester Research.

  • Just What Do Marketers Do, Anyway?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Product value isn't defined by quality or price; it relies on marketing and customer insight. Without them, a $1,000-a-minute violinist is a $32-a-day subway performer. Learn to find your $1,000-a-minute market.

  • Google Android Overtakes RIM, Apple

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    Google Android surged past RIM BlackBerry to become the most popular smartphone platform in the US, accounting for 31.2% of market share as of January 2011, up 7.7 percentage points from the previous three-month period, according to data from the comScore MobiLens service.

  • Secrets of Case Study Winners: How B2B Marketers Can Create Successful Programs

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Though social media has brought clients and vendors together, it's still a tough sell to get clients to agree to do case studies. But the B2B marketers who produce dozens of case studies know a few secrets... and this article shares them with you.

  • Retail Offerings on Facebook Up 60%

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Retailers ramped up product offerings on Facebook in 2010: Some 7.6 million products—valued at roughly $3.78 billion—were offered on Facebook via SortPrice-built storefronts in 2010, up 60% from the 4.6 million products offered in 2009, according to a report by SortPrice.

  • SEO Must-Know Basics: The Hows and Whats

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Search engine optimization (SEO) is a common theme of website-redesign projects these days. RFPs dedicate entire sections to the topic, but it's still confusing to some. Here are the must-know, fundamental basics of SEO.

  • Deal-a-Day Spending to Reach $3.9B by 2015

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    US consumer spending on deal-a-day offers is forecast to reach $3.9 billion by 2015, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.1% over the next four years, from an estimated $873 million spent in 2010, according to BIA/Kelsey.

  • Five Myths About the Youth Market: Busted

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    The youth market is hotly pursued by scores of brands in so many industries. But the youth demographic is fraught with myths. To help reinvent your marketing efforts and boost results, here are five common myths—busted.

  • Companies Banking on Cloud Technologies to Grow Sales

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    With sales growth the biggest challenge for business leaders in 2011, many say they are planning to deploy cloud technologies this year, hoping to shorten sales cycles and acquire new business, according to a survey from Hatsize.

  • Today's Greatest Marketing Secret: Telling Stories in Eight Words or Less

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Humans need their stories to be fast, frugal, and fascinating. That's why marketers need to tell their stories in Micro-Scripts. Learn the greatest marketing secret about your customers that'll get you results.

  • YouTube Tops Facebook, Twitter in User Satisfaction

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Although Facebook is the most widely used social networking site in the US, users of YouTube are more likely to recommend that site than users of other popular social media websites—including Facebook and Twitter—are likely to recommend those sites, according to a study by Netpop Research.

  • Avoid the High Cost of Untargeted Marketing

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Targeted campaigns have become a necessity for companies trying to meet the demand for customer personalization. Learn how to replace your mass outreach with tailored messages that'll reap results and increase brand trust.

  • CMOs: Budgets Shifting; Social Spend, Optimism Up

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Though social media spending is projected to constitute a growing share of companies' overall marketing budgets over the next 12 months, CMOs say, integrating social marketing into their overall strategies is still a challenge, according to a survey conducted by Duke University and the American Marketing Association.

  • Seven SMB Marketing Trends for 2011

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    This will be the year online advertising turns its attention to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Many SMBs could get overwhelmed by the number of new online marketing tools. Here are seven trends that'll create the biggest opportunity—and confusion—for SMBs in 2011.

  • What B2B Email Marketers Want to Improve Most

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    Breaking through email clutter is a top priority for B2B email marketers: 66% say they are working to improve the relevancy of the content they deliver in email marketing programs, according to a report by BtoB Online titled B-to-B State of E-mail Marketing Best Practices..

  • The Real Reason Your Email Marketing Is Insufferable

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Many companies ditch email marketing because it doesn't yield results, but the truth is—it's underperforming because they don't care about it. Here's how you can give your email campaigns a little love, and watch them flourish.

  • SMB Twitter Use Doubles

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Social media has become an important marketing tool for small businesses, particularly younger firms: 32% of small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) in operation for 0-6 years use Twitter, compared with just 7% of those in business for 11+ years, according to a report from BIA/Kelsey. Meanwhile, Twitter use among SMBs doubled, from 9% in 2009 to 19% in 2010.

  • Clicking Me Softly: A Five-Day Crash Course in Conversion (Day 5)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    So far in our crash course on conversion, we covered the economics of conversion, why homepages aren't the best way to get results, and how to effectively use landing pages and calls to action to boost conversion. Our final installment covers page optimization and testing.

  • Younger Generations Using Social Channels to Find Websites

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    Though natural search engine results drive the most website traffic, online consumers are increasingly using emerging channels to navigate to websites, with social media having the greatest influence on younger generations, according to a report by Forrester.