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Any content you create should always be worth sharing:

PR is about seeking third-party endorsement and conversation. The social web is about conversation and persuasion rather than pure broadcasting of advertising messages. Social media takes away the control that was the norm for traditional advertising. Now you need to … Continue reading

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The challenges facing the social media guru in your company!

Social media is not about resources or budget. Both help but they do not define success. I hope we can all seek comfort in the fact that some of the leading organisations have very small social media teams. Nokia has … Continue reading

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SEO and Adwords..the 21st century sales team

Many forward-thinking businesses are increasingly reliant upon Google’s Adwords system, as a means of generating conversions. It makes complete sense for a whole number of reasons. The Adwords system is completely user-centric, whether you are someone typing in a search … Continue reading

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Measuring our social media efforts is the only way to improve them

Google Adwords is undoubtedly an excellent advertising tool. Not only does it provide relevant ads to users at the very moment they are looking for something, but from the advertiser’s point of view, a range of measuring tools enable them … Continue reading

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Who is going to be your in-house social media strategist??

In a few years time, the role “social media strategist” will be commonplace in any serious, forward-thinking organisation. At the moment, alarmingly, there seems to be a school of thought that a few meaningless tweets and a monthly blog post … Continue reading

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How do you measure your social media efforts?

Companies are frantically jumping on the social media bandwagon. Blog posts here, tweets there. But not all are stopping to measure whether their efforts are actually having any sort of effect or not? Actual bottom line sales from social media … Continue reading

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M&S at the forefront of social commerce

Marks & Spencer, so often maligned for being a haven for wooly jumper aficionados, has been working hard behind the scenes to shed this image. The company is now working with Bazaarvoice to add social commerce capabilities to its online … Continue reading

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How the biggest companies profit from social media

There is a lot of debate around at the moment, as to whether social media can actually generate a profit. Is it  nothing more than being “social”, or can we actually increase sales and profits by spending the time to … 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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34% of e-retailers say social marketing has increased sales, study says

The 34% of online retailers who say social marketing helps to increase sales participate in five or more forms of it-the most common being social network pages, customer ratings and reviews, and blogs-compared to fewer than four by retailers who … Continue reading

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