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Google Search to include social network posts

Google Social search was introduced in 2009. This was created to help us find more relevant public content from our broader social circle; given that the recommendation of a friend is the most powerful selling tool. Today this has taken … Continue reading

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Social Media means your company can punch way above it’s weight!

The online audience does not care about how large the company is that they are talking to. It is well down on the list of priorities; if at all. If you can provide your followers with original content and interesting … Continue reading

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Using social commerce tools to enhance traditional marketing initiatives

Probably the most common buzz words with the online marketers these days are social marketing, online social interaction and social media. But what this prefix ‘social’ actually means for any business is a big question mark. All these basically come … Continue reading

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Its sensible to embrace Online reputation management

If you are the owner of a business you may already be aware of how your potential customers are using the internet as a way to help them make decisions on which product and brand to purchase. Whether you own … Continue reading

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Making the social media opportunities work for you

One of your main online marketing strategies should be through Social Media outlets. Why? Because it’s 2010 and that’s just how it’s done. When using Social Media sites your main focus should be on sending direct targeted traffic to your … Continue reading

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Social Networks and Gaming on the increase

Chances are, you’re here by way of a status update on Facebook, a tweet on Twitter or some other method of sharing on a social network. A study released today by Nielsen – says that people now spend a quarter … Continue reading

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How to keep selling online through the economic downturn

After years of growth rates of in the double digits, e-commerce sales are projected to increase at a single-digit pace from now until 2012. There are two forces acting toward this trend: the economic downturn has added additional downward pressure … Continue reading

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Social Commerce..it's the future. Try it!

Social networking has been growing exponentially and throughout that speedy process newer and newer platforms have been evolving and making a name for themselves in small niches. Marketers have realized there is money in this evolution and they are targeting … Continue reading

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8 "social tactics" you can use to drive more sales

We have discussed before in this blog, how important it is to have a clearly defined social media strategy. In large organisations, social media marketing accounts for roughly 1-5% of digital marketing budgets; and this figure is increasing, as companies … Continue reading

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Using social media to the max!

E-tailers are constantly searching for new ways to connect and build a long lasting relationship with their customers. However, a close examination reveals that they fail to use even the existing social commerce tools to the optimum. A quick look … Continue reading

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