Social Marketing: Page 312

  • Why Viral Brand Tweets Can Be Terminal

    "We're sure your 320 followers will understand."Just 46 simple characters, yet they caused so much damage.When it comes to customer service, Twitter can be a magnificent thing. Customers can interact with brands quickly and efficiently and it allows brands to give themselves a personality beyond ...

    By • Oct. 30, 2014

  • How to Staff a Star Social Support Team

    As you step inside any contact center or meet with any support manager, there is always one common theme: staffing. It is no secret that social has completely changed the way companies staff support teams. Understanding how social has upended certain hiring practices while reinforcing others is e...

    By • Oct. 30, 2014

  • Social Startups: Spot.IM Frees Website Owners from External Social Platforms

    "While existing social networks provide an effective way for publishers to reach new users and drive traffic to their website, Spot.IM gives site owners the ability to keep those users, and the conversation they have, in the place where the content was created," said Nadav Shoval, CEO and co-foun...

    By • Oct. 30, 2014

  • What Google's Recent Algorithm Updates Mean for Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]

    If you are a small business owner who finds Google's alliterative algorithms Penguin and Panda to be intimidating territory, you're not alone. You have enough on your hands with running a business and maintaining a website without having to decipher what each Google algorithm update means for you...

    By • Oct. 30, 2014

  • 3 Steps Toward Inspiring Your Community

    Over the past several years, inbound marketing has wildly become the most successful and influential form of marketing. Not that outbound marketing has expired, but brands are becoming more aware that relationships drive inspiration, inspiration drives conversations, and conversations drive brand...

    By • Oct. 30, 2014

  • Loyalty Is the Hidden Reward of Social Engagement

    It's no secret that social engagement is one of my favourite topics and something that I feel is not discussed thoroughly enough when people post about the best practices for social: earning loyalty.Maybe that's why I was so impressed during a recent session at The Social Shake-Up this September ...

    By • Oct. 29, 2014

  • How to Utilize Customer Relationship Management for Brand Success

    There is more to a CRM than what meets the eye. It is not only a typical database utilized by the agents within a call center setting to call or receive calls from customers. Though CRM can sort the customers and help agents within a call center, but the real worth of Customer Relationship Manage...

    By • Oct. 29, 2014

  • Are You Outsourcing the Social Aspects of Your New Business Efforts?

    One of the more common sentiments shared at The Social Shake-Up in Atlanta - and a personal cause of mine - was the advice not to outsource your social media and customer relations communications to a third party.In other words, don't ask your agency to do the talking for you. As skilled as the s...

    By • Oct. 28, 2014

  • How to Get the Most Value from Online Feedback

    Some brands are overwhelmed by the amount of feedback they receive; they are rendered paralysed by it and they end up ignoring every type of input, thus disconnecting from their current customers, potential customers and other opportunities. We've talked about how feedback is important, but when ...

    By • Oct. 28, 2014

  • Google+ Social Media Marketing Secrets

    The social ID and networking platform, Google Plus, has millions of active users. This, along with helpful business components, makes it a great platform to build on. So how do you get more Google Plus followers? Here are ten ways that work.1. SearchThis is the most basic way to get followers. Fi...

    By • Oct. 28, 2014

  • CEO and Employees Must Have Skin in the Game for Employee Brand Advocacy Programs

    Have you tried implementing an employee brand advocacy program only to find you are constantly hitting internal road blocks?Do you struggle with getting the buy-in from key stakeholders? Do you feel like you are herding cats getting even your pilot program off the ground?A successful employee adv...

    By • Oct. 27, 2014

  • Best Free SEO Tools

    Having the right tools makes the job much easier, don't you think? Luckily, there are plenty of completely free SEO tools that you can use to help you out in improving your SEO strategy. Here are some of the best free SEO tools available:Bing WebmasterIf you are seeking the alternative for Google...

    By • Oct. 27, 2014

  • Social Customer Service: Talk Is Cheap, Action is Much Tougher

    The growth in social customer service appears to have stalled. Now the early adopters are out and about, the expected next tranches are nowhere to be seen. New names remain scarce.That said, it remains a popular blogging topic. The same old '5 tips' formula continues to appear. Is this serving th...

    By • Oct. 26, 2014

  • Social Business Trends 2014 [INFOGRAPHIC]

    A new global study by HootSuite of 750+ enterprise organizations reveals that the majority of businesses believe a social media presence is important to the bottom line, yet they face challenges in turning social data into something actionable.Here are some key findings from the study: 88 percent...

    By • Oct. 26, 2014

  • We Fired Our Best Employee: Here's Why

    Three years ago, in my college dorm room, I decided to start a design firm. Since then, we've grown to become boogie, a design-driven social media agency with a team of eight working out of two offices in Albany NY and Brooklyn NY.As with any business, we've had our ups and downs, but one of the ...

    By • Oct. 24, 2014

  • 11 Tips for a Social Media Plan That Rocks and Rules

    So, you want to put together a social media plan that: doesn't break the bank or take all day, every day, for the rest of your life; expresses your brand messages; and hey, how about this? Converts internet surfers into loyal customers and raving fans.Good luck with that!I can't promise you a soc...

    By Anna Colibri • Oct. 24, 2014

  • What's the Next Evolution in Customer Relations? Meet the Customer Experience Team [INFOGRAPHIC]

    For years, Customer Service was the only department responsible for customer relations. However, when customers ask more complex questions related to sales, marketing, or product development, the customer service team isn't properly equipped to provide smooth replies and inquiries. In these insta...

    By • Oct. 24, 2014

  • How Social Media Evolved into a Service Channel

    The battle lines between traditional marketing and social media were drawn in 1999 when The Cluetrain Manifesto was created. The promise of the world without advertisement and outbound marketing appealed to many, myself included. Generating revenue without expensive advertising would be a game ch...

    By • Oct. 24, 2014

  • Flexible Consumption: What Makes Cloud the Ultimate SMB Play

    Whether at work or on the couch enjoying your favorite show, it is hard for even a few minutes to go without hearing something about the cloud. It's here, we get it and by in large we like it; at least what we know about it.However, the average small business owner is still trying to figure out w...

    By • Oct. 24, 2014

  • "But What Should I Tweet?" Said the Small Business Owner

    As a business owner, by now you already know that using social media such as Twitter can give your website or brand a boost in search engine rankings. Indeed, according to some internet marketing experts, participating in social media is not optional but mandatory if you're serious about establis...

    By • Oct. 23, 2014

  • New Hootsuite/Nielsen Survey Confirms the Value of Social for Business

    A survey released today underscores the importance of social to business, but also reveals the challenges businesses have dealing with the amount and types of data produced by social.Social media software company and consumer ratings giant Nielsen surveyed employees in medium to large-scale enter...

    By • Oct. 22, 2014

  • 11 Tips for Businesses Starting Out on Social Media

    It's not enough these days just to have a website. Lots of people think that having a website equals online presence. You build it, they will come.Wrong! An online presence is meaningful engagement with your internal and external stakeholders. Your site won't even get near the right eyeballs on G...

    By • Oct. 22, 2014

  • Why Build an Online Community?

    These days community building seems to have a major focus on Social Media. How to attract followers in their thousands, how to be available 24 hours a day to engage with your audience and how to listen socially, are all topics you're likely to come across. Search any popular search engine for the...

    By • Oct. 22, 2014

  • 5 Easy Ways to Promote Internal Advocacy and Retain Top Talent

    Google's new London office is due to open in 2016 - and the internet is already buzzing about what looks like one of the most VIP workspaces in the world. Mashable reports that it will have an open-air swimming pool, an indoor football pitch, a climbing wall and a roof garden - all in the very he...

    By • Oct. 22, 2014

  • Love, Not Buzz: Why Your Brand Needs Customer Advocacy

    Being a marketer is tough.There are whole industries designed to ignore you. You strategically run a commercial during the finale of a widely popular show - only to have your audience DVR it. You run a radio spot during rush hour, hoping to catch people during their commute, but they change the s...

    By • Oct. 21, 2014