More companies in the Inc. 500 are using social media as part of their business and marketing strategies, and they are seeing success and viewing social media overall as more valuable.
Social Marketing
PR Newswire and MultiVu launch ARC for Marketing.
PR Newswire and its broadcast and multimedia division, MultiVu, announced the launch of ARC for Marketing, a dynamic, multimedia and social media platform designed specifically for marketers to provide for deeper audience engagement through all online channels.
What makes Facebook fan pages successful?
Well-known brands like Coca-Cola and Starbucks have had success turning their Facebook fan pages into popular sites with millions of fans. Local businesses are also leveraging the site and can learn from their global neighbors.
Brand Values yield clues to Social Media Influence.
Consumers planning to make large-ticket purchases are active on a variety of digital channels as they make their way through the purchase funnel. The media usage habits and preferences of intended audiences must inform marketers’ decisions about where to target them, and whether social media efforts make sense for their brand.
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Social Media Analytics to identify effects on Societal Issues and Brands.
Knowledge Networks is expanding its social media offerings to include custom analytics, giving marketers and researchers comprehensive information about social media’s effects on product categories and how “SoMe” (a.k.a., social media) conversations reveal people’s feelings about specific products or topics.
22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in 2010 campaign
Some 21% of online adults used social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace in the months leading up to the November, 2010 elections to connect to the campaign or the election itself, and 2% of online adults did so using Twitter. DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE.
Where the True Growth Lies – The market for digital media.
With projection of better than 6 percent growth over the next five years, it is widely believed that media and entertainment sector is expected to continue with the success it has enjoyed over the past decade. Consensus forecasts suggest that most of the growth will come from new digital media that was designed from inception to be interactive. DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE.
7 in 10 Marketers have little understanding of Social Media conversations surrounding their Brand.
Alterian announced the results of its 8th annual survey that polled nearly 1,500 marketers, agencies, marketing service providers and systems integrators from across the globe. This year’s topic, “How Engaged is Your Brand?” examined marketing expenditure, social media measurement and the level of personalization across digital channels.
By Jemilly Castro – Zubi Advertising
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How Twitter (finally) became relevant for me… or at least extremely useful
Now I, like any normal and reasonable tech obsessed human being, jumped on the twitter bandwagon as soon as I was aware it existed. Don’t ask me when this was, but it couldn’t have been that long ago, four years ago tops. I then investigated, played around with it and made unimportant posts about my everyday life. I quickly became bored with it, uninterested really. I had no true use for it, other than to sporadically read any random thoughts from those I deemed worthy enough to follow.
By Jemilly Castro – Zubi Advertising
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The Pros, Cons & Learning Curve of Social Media.
Social media has opened the door, or more accurately, many doors, to increasingly numerous ways for people to interact with others, customize their online experiences and receive positive, enriching benefits from their activity therein. In fact, two in five Americans say that they have received a good suggestion for something to try as a result of their use of social media (40%), 15% say they have made a connection regarding a job opportunity, and one in ten say they have found a new apartment or house through their social media use (9%).
Social Plays vital role in Corporate Responsibility, Green Initiatives.
We recently released our Vitrue 100, which annually ranks the “most social” brands by measuring “social mentions” across the vast social web. For this article, we drilled down to see what companies on our Vitrue 100 list had powerful and successful “green” and “socially responsible sustainability” programs. Although the brands on the list generated their buzz from many tactics, we believe that having successful green initiatives and sustainability programs can have a powerful effect on brand loyalty and brand awareness. And that can truly drive some positive social buzz.
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Social Media Strategists look hard at ROI this Year.
Marketers and social strategists hope to develop better ways to determine return on investment for social media outreach in 2011.
