Monthly Archives: February 2014

How to Speed Up Your Content Curation Process |

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Make content curation faster and easier by combining Feedly and IFTTT to become the go-to expert in your niche and provide more value to your clients.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

If you don’t know how to join the accelerating content curation movement, this basic article will get you started. Major points:

 

Why Content Curation?

#1: Use Feedly to Find Articles

#2: Use IFTTT (If This Then That) to Collect Feedly Articles

#3: Choose and Curate Content

Via @GregorSIDERIS 

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5 Ways to Use Twitter Scheduling to Enhance Your Marketing

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These Twitter scheduling tips and tools will help you execute a more effective social media strategy.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Many people think it’s not a good idea to schedule your social media posts. But it’s also not a great idea to fill up your followers/friends streams with dozens of posts. If you want to try scheduling, here are some great tips to get started:

 

 

#1: Find Out When Your Followers Are on Twitter

 

#2: Share Content Throughout the Day to Maintain Visibility

 

#3: Schedule for Holidays and Events

 

#4: Join Discussions in Real Time

 

#5: Take Advantage of Real-Time Opportunity

 

Via @FredMcMurray

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6 Ways to Measure B2B Content Marketing Performance

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CMI research has found that content marketing clients understandably want to be able to tell how their organization is doing in relation to its peers. Find out how to demonstrate B2B content market…

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

For that skeptic that doesn’t think you can measure social media ROI . . .

 

Via @bowden2bowden

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That Esurance Super Bowl Stunt and Finding the Real Value of Social Media

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So here’s the deal: Instead of buying a Super Bowl ad, Esurance bought the first ad AFTER the Super Bowl.  And they saved $1.5 Million in the process, then

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

The sad, sad case of eSurance who, as the author points out, doesn’t get that social media is not about clicks or followers, but about relationships and bottom line success. Yes, their post-SuperBowl ad was a great success, if you define success as a lot of tweets . . .

 

See on www.mackcollier.com

You’d Be Surprised By What Really Motivates Users | TechCrunch

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Earlier this month, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone unveiled his mysterious startup Jelly. The question-and-answer app was met with a mix of criticism and head..

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Hint: It ain’t cash. It ain’t the lame cents-off coupons you’re dropping on Facebook.

 

Read to find out.

 

Via @EricTaubert 

See on techcrunch.com

3 Ways to Boost Your Lead Generation With Social Media |

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Boost social media lead generation by gating content, amplifying your audience with social ads and optimize social ad conversions with Google Analytics.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Three simple recommendations for improving lead generation with social media:

 

#1: Gate Enticing Content With a User-Friendly Form

#2: Amplify Your Audience With Focused Social Ads

#3: Optimize Social Ad Conversion With Google Analytics

Via @GregorSIDERIS

 

See on www.socialmediaexaminer.com

SAPVoice: Content Is King And The Corporate Website Is Dead

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According to some trend watchers, a little research, and a few live examples, the corporate website as we know it may be ready for some disruptive evolution.  Corporate website visits for most large brands are declining. Your best content is lost among too much product promotion. And more attention is being […]

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Does your corporate site suck? Yes, it does. One reason is it’s probably organized the way your corporation is organized. This is called showing the corporate underpants.

 

Even the world’s most savvy marketer, Coke, recently declared their corporate site lame and did a makeover.

 

Here are the major points from this article:

 

Corporate Websites Should Facilitate Moments of Authentic Interaction

 

Content Is King And The Corporate Website Is Dead

 

Brand Publishing Is Not Just For Consumer Brands

 

 

See on www.forbes.com

Why you’ve already missed the hottest marketing opportunity

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The best opportunity goes to the marketers who identify it well before it’s hot, not the ones who join at the frothy peak.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

Check out this mind-blowing piece of data from this article:

 

The first online banner ad, for AT&T, 44% click rate. Today’s average click rate for an ad the same size (468×60) rounds off to a nice even 0.0%! The only 44% you are likely to find in today’s banner discussion is the percentage of people with an ad blocker installed.

 

Be on the wave or under it.

Via @NealSchaffer 

See on www.businessesgrow.com

Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2014 Winners!

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Get the best social media tips and advice from the winners of Social Media Examiner’s Top 10 Social Media Blogs for 2014.

Mike Ellsworth‘s insight:

I’m not a big one for following blogs, but you can’t go wrong following these:

 

#1: Jon Loomer

#2: RazorSocial

#3: Socialmouths

#4: Post Planner

#5: Dustn.tv

#6: Danny Brown

#7: Boom Social

#8: Jenn’s Trends

#9: Top Dog Social Media

#10: Simply Measured

Via @TheSalesLion

See on www.socialmediaexaminer.com

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