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Weekly Link Round Up – 05-17-13

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Who Wields Real Influence on Social Media? (BusinessInsider.com)

Influencers can be found in every nook and cranny of the Internet. They share stories about brands, and the more influential they are, the more people listen to them. As a result, their stories have a huge impact on the success of a business.

Traackr and Nimble Partner to Close the Loop on Influencer Marketing (CNBC.com)

Traackr, a leading platform for influencer marketing, and Nimble, creators of the insightful relationship management platform announced an integration of their services to help social businesses better facilitate end-to-end influencer marketing.

How Marketing Legend Guy Kawasaki Manages His Social Media Presence (Blog.Hubspot.com)

One of social media marketing’s biggest and most popular influencers reveals the secrets behind his incredibly active and popular social media profiles, which enable him to reach and influence millions of users every day.

What Mad Men Can Teach Us About Social Media Marketing (SocialMediaToday.com)

Hit TV series, Mad Men helps us realize that in social media, each post we share is an opportunity to connect and a chance to win potential clients. Conversations that we make on different social media platforms are like a potential pitch to your customers, and we mustn’t miss an opportunity to make a lasting impression.

[INFOGRAPHIC] Do Facebook Friend Recommendations Influence Purchasing? (MarketingPilgrim.com)

This fun and colorful infographic helps clear up the age-old question about the importance of recommendations in the purchase process, specifically those done through friend recommendations on Facebook.

Weekly Link Round Up – 04-19-13

Friday, April 19th, 2013

7 Tips for Marketing to Sports Fans on Facebook (SocialSportsScene.com)

It’s important to be creative and entertaining to make Facebook a special place for sports fans and keep them coming back. Through exclusive content and promos, teams and sports-related businesses can retain a loyal following of fans and customers.

Athletes and Social Media: Untapped Goldmine or PR Landmine? (HuffingtonPost.com)

In less than 48 hours, Kobe’s post about his torn Achilles heel received over 400,000 likes on Facebook, with many in the media using the word “rant” to describe it. This article explores how social media can serve as a platform for authentic communication between superstar athletes and their fans.

The North Face: 5 Social Media Marketing Tips (Business2Community.com)

For sports merchandise retailers looking for social media marketing inspiration, The Wishpond Blog invites you to take an adventure with a social marketing trailblazer, The North Face. Recognized by Outdoor USA Magazine for its social media excellence, the company has been at the forefront of social marketing innovation for years.

Social Media Spearheads Rugby League World Cup Marketing (SportsBusinessInsider.com)

Organizers for this year’s Rugby League World Cup have made a couple of shrewd moves to ensure the financial security of the tournament. An effective social media campaign has given Cup organizers a cost-effective vehicle to directly interact with fans, establish grassroots programs, and bypass a local media that at times pays less attention to the rugby league.

MLB Swings the Social Media Bat [INFOGRAPHIC] (VoxMagazine.com)

For this year’s MLB Opening Day, Silverpop did a study on social media fans use to interact with their favorite baseball teams. Alison Lewis gives us the highlights and presents the study’s results together in a fun, colorful infographic.

A Look at Facebook’s New Cover Image Rules and How to Use them to Your Advantage

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Image by Stefan Kloo

As of last week, companies now have more freedom regarding the type of cover images they can post on Facebook. The social media giant has recently – and quietly – changed its guidelines from a set of stringent, anti-marketing rules to a more relaxed definition of what a cover image must be.

 

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Handling Social Media on a Global Scale

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Approximately 80% of Facebook’s and around 70% of Twitter’s users are found outside the United States and Canada. With a carefully orchestrated social media strategy, a company can reach out to a global market and increase the visibility of its brand.

 

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of the Blog in 2013

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

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Although marketers are constantly a-buzz with new ways to reach their audiences, there are some approaches that have been tried, tested, and still hold salt today. One of these is the blog. In fact, according to Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence report, blogs currently hold the same rank as Facebook when it comes to influencing a purchase.

But why would you still consider investing in blogging when all the action is happening on Facebook?

 

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Weekly Link Round Up – 03-08-13

Friday, March 8th, 2013

What Facebook’s New News Feed Means for Marketers (Mashable.com)

Facebook recently launched its first major redesign of the News Feed since 2009, making it more visually rich and giving users new choices for filtering what they see by different feed categories. The changes seem to be great for users who want better control on their homepages, but marketers have different reactions to it.

The Implications of Facebook’s News Feed Update on the Travel Industry (tnooz.com)

Photos, videos and other rich media are beginning to be more important, especially now that Facebook launched its new News Feed. Organizations in the travel industry need to create posts that enable subscribers to see the most relevant news without any clutter to help their social media campaigns make the most out of this update.

How Facebook Slew the Mobile Monster (TechnologyReview.com)

From near zero last May 2012, Facebook’s revenue from ads on mobile devices rocketed to $305 million in the last months of the year. That figure amounted to 23 percent of its overall ad sales and helped lift its shares back above in January. Now that Facebook launched its new redesign with bigger ads, we wonder what this can do to the social media site’s mobile apps in the coming weeks.

Facebook News Feed Redesign Gives Marketers What They’ve Pined For: Bigger Ads (AdAge.com)

Facebook characterized the redesign of its website as a bid to utilize more of the real estate within a page by making posts, ads, and friends’ photos bigger and eye-catching. We explore the impact of these changes after the updates have started rolling out on desktops today, and in the coming weeks.

4 Tips for Using Facebook’s Redesigned News Feed (Entrepreneur.com)

As a business owner, the new Facebook News Feed changes represent an opportunity to more visually represent your brand on the social media website. Rick Mulready shows us how we can take advantage of the new News Feed look.

Weekly Link Round Up – 02-15-13

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Valentine’s Day in the age of Facebook (USAToday.com)

While love manifests itself on Facebook in a fragmented way through likes, shares, and tags on photos, the power of Big Data could provide a way for people to create new relationships. This may be possible due to how long Facebook has been studying our romantic connections.

Can Big Data + Big Dating = True Love? (ReadWrite.com)

In another example of Big Data harnessed to bring people together, dating sites and applications have long been using innovative tools and powerful infrastructure to match people. But are these effective when it comes to helping users find true love?

6 Brands Say We Love You to Facebook Fans on Valentine’s Day (SocialFresh.com)

With love in the air, there’s no doubt that brands are following suit. While we’ve already passed the day of hearts, it’s still worth looking back at some notable brands that celebrated love in an interesting way.

Four Valentine’s Day Campaigns To Inspire Your Digital Marketing (KrishnaDe.com)

For some campaigns, the love doesn’t end with a funny picture or a quirky message. Some brands go the extra mile to reward their customers in different ways, whether though displaying customer messages through shop windows or allowing them to drop a hint about a gift they liked.

The Analytics of Valentine’s Day [INFOGRAPHIC] (SocialMediaToday.com)

As always, marketers are on the lookout for interesting analytics to report. This year, some took a look at web traffic and behavioral data across several online dating sites. What they found was something remarkable: Valentine’s Day might not be what everyone thinks it is on the internet.

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