The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “How to use social media monitoring to generate viable leads”. Joel Windels says, “There are numerous advantages for businesses in using social media monitoring tools, most of which are regularly discussed. But one of the benefits that is quite often overlooked is lead generation. The figures are rather extraordinary. 68% of marketers claim to have created leads from social media sites and 55% have closed deals found from a social media lead. This article is aimed at explaining how to navigate the key areas of creating... [...]
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The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Twitter Stock Soars on Day 1 and Other News You Need to Know”. Stan Schroeder says, “Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. The first day on the New York Stock Exchange was a promising one for Twitter. The publicly traded stock opened at 73% up from its IPO price of $26 per share. Facebook is still all about the Likes, but the social network is also... [...]
Jay Baer‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “Social Circles – Use Social Media to Build a Touchpoint Corral″. Baer says, “There are very few sure things in social and email marketing… The open rate for email is 25% on average. The reach of a Facebook post (without paying to promote it) is approximately 5% – 15%. The reach of a tweet is almost impossible to determine. If you buy promoted tweets, you’ll receive impressions data”. Social Circles – Use Social Media to Build a Touchpoint Corral Jay Baer’s ‘Convince & Convert’ Blog [...]
The latest MOZ blog post is titled “4 Conversations That Don’t Involve Rank Reports – Whiteboard Friday”. Dana DiTomaso says, “With the controversy over the value of keyword rankings, many marketers are looking for other ways to report their progress. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Dana DiTomaso shows us several conversations that show results without even mentioning rank reports”. 4 Conversations That Don’t Involve Rank Reports – Whiteboard Friday MOZ Blog [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Curalate Study Finds Instagram Images With Blue Hues Win More Likes”. Amy Gesenhues says, “After analyzing over 30 image features of eight million Instagram photos, visual analytics provider Curalate found images with blue hues received 24 percent more Likes than photos with predominantly red hues on the photo-sharing platform. Scheduled to be released next week, Curalate’s Instagram study also discovered single-colored images were more popular than images with multiple colors, winning 17 percent more Likes.... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Ashton Kutcher on Digital Innovation, Risks and Big Rewards”. Adam Popescu says, “Ashton Kutcher is the new face of Lenovo, helping the world’s top PC maker market and even reportedly design its new line of tablets. A far cry from the onscreen dimwit he portrayed early in his career, the 35-year-old actor is perhaps most recognized these days for his recent film role as Steve Jobs and for investing some $100 million in major startups Skype, Spotify, Uber and Airbnb”. Ashton Kutcher on Digital Innovation, Risks and Big Rewards Mashable.com [...]
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “The Benefits Of Using WordPress As A Content Management System”. Renee Shupe says, “What began as a blogging tool in 2003 has grown in less than a decade to become the largest self-hosted Content Management System (CMS) platform in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. In simple terms, a content management system allows you to manage your content in a structured environment. It stores all of your documents, images, videos and any other type of online content in an organized... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “YouTube has updated its comments system. Here’s the YouTube community’s predictable reaction”. Christopher Ratcliff says, “The YouTube comments section, I think I can say without hyperbole, shows humanity at its very worst. This trolling, homophobic, misogynistic, spam-filled netherworld where most ‘conversations’ end with one commenter comparing the other commenter to Hitler, is the most poorly managed outpost of intolerance and ignorance. However, YouTube has unveiled new changes to clean up this town;... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Wibbitz Turns Articles into Easy-to-Digest Video Summaries”. Eva Recinos says, “More and more people read articles on their smartphones, using their work commute on a train or a visit to their doctor’s waiting room to catch up on the latest news. But with so much reading on tiny mobile devices, a readers’ vision might begin get a little strained. A new app called Wibbitz lets your eyes take a break from text by creating quick video summaries that combine the biggest facts in the article with easily recognizable images. For... [...]
Jay Baer‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “Do You Know When to Create and When to Curate?″. Baer says, “Paul Haskell, Social Media and Content Marketer at Omaha Steaks, joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss curation versus creation on different platforms, success in visually focused social media platforms, and the culture at a family-owned company. Read on for some of the highlights and tweetable moments, or listen to the full podcast”. Do You Know When to Create and When to Curate? Jay Baer’s ‘Convince & Convert’ Blog [...]