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12/03/2012 10:16 AM

Social media 'comes of age,' Nielsen says - Washington Post

CIO Today Social media 'comes of age,' Nielsen says Washington Post Americans spent 121 billion minutes on social media sites in July 2012 â€Â" a staggering figure that works out to about 230,060 years spent posting, liking and tweeting. That's the latest number from the Social Media Report, an annual snapshot by Nielsen ... Social Media Use Exploded in 2012, Led by PinterestPC Magazine Nielsen: Social media has grown out of infancy stagesZDNet Social media statistics 2012Examiner.com USA TODAY -NBCNews.com (blog) -CIO Today all 384 news articles »

12/03/2012 07:27 PM

Social Media, Donald Trump, and Why "Like" Just Doesn't Work - Forbes

Social Media, Donald Trump, and Why "Like" Just Doesn't Work Forbes Social media can easily lead you down deep rat holes that are fascinating but totally antithetical to getting any real work done or, just as easily, lead you to something that kicks your creative juices into high gear or answers some problem. It's hard ... and more »

12/03/2012 01:31 PM

Social media and literature make friends at the first Twitter Fiction Festival - New York Daily News (blog)

Social media and literature make friends at the first Twitter Fiction Festival New York Daily News (blog) Twitter hosted its first fiction festival last week, inviting users to create their own stories in 140-character installments. It was an effort to reinvigorate literature and explore the social media site's abilities to support dialogue between writers ...

12/03/2012 02:16 PM

Social Media: PR's Entrée to Marketing's "Big Idea" - Forbes

Social Media: PR's Entrée to Marketing's "Big Idea" Forbes As a digital native and an integrated communications practitioner, I'd like to shout from the mountaintops that social media is the single most important medium that has changed the way brands must approach marketing strategy and stakeholder engagement.

12/03/2012 03:49 PM

Heart Association Says Social Media Can Help Combat Youth Obesity - Education Week News (blog)

Healthline (blog) Heart Association Says Social Media Can Help Combat Youth Obesity Education Week News (blog) Several recent studies and initiatives suggest that social media could be a useful tool in helping prevent the spread of childhood obesity, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) published online today in the ... Scientific Statement Examines Role Of Social Media In Fighting Childhood ObesityForbes Social Media Is the Next Intervention for Childhood ObesityHealthline (blog) all 16 news articles »

12/03/2012 01:47 PM

The Ethics of Social Media Marketing - Huffington Post (blog)

Business 2 Community The Ethics of Social Media Marketing Huffington Post (blog) A sensitive topic we've all grappled with as social media professionals is the subject of ethics in social media marketing practices, specifically: the proper uses of, often times, very personal data. The story is complex and one blog post will ... Anonymously Engaging In Social Media Is Bad Practice. In Real Life, It's Creepy.Business 2 Community all 2 news articles »

12/03/2012 01:21 AM

Social Media Help Diabetes Patients (And Drugmakers) Connect - NPR (blog)

NPR (blog) Social Media Help Diabetes Patients (And Drugmakers) Connect NPR (blog) The companies even created their own social media sites. "Our primary platform is our blog Discuss Diabetes," explains Dennis Urbaniak, the head of diabetes at drug giant Sanofi US. They also have a Twitter account, a Facebook page, and a diabetes ... How Social Media Can Help Connect Diabetic Americans With Drug ...ThinkProgress Experts Concerned Over Drug Firms' Sponsorship of Blogs, Online ForumsiHealthBeat all 43 news articles »

12/03/2012 10:00 AM

Does your school use social media for emergency alerts? - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Does your school use social media for emergency alerts? Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) So my question is: Is your school using social media to alert parents to emergency situations? I am really surprised the school system used Twitter and not a Facebook page for the school to alert parents. The percentage of people on Twitter is ... and more »

12/03/2012 06:54 PM

Social media posts complicate death notification procedures - Bakersfield Californian

Social media posts complicate death notification procedures Bakersfield Californian It's unclear what went wrong in the chain of notification, but the incident points to the issue of keeping up procedures in the age of social media. There have been a number of issues across the country where next of kin found out about their family ... and more »

12/02/2012 10:47 PM

NAB launches social-media centre in Melbourne - ZDNet

NAB launches social-media centre in Melbourne ZDNet NAB launches social-media centre in Melbourne. Summary: NAB's new social-media command centre is nestled within the bank's training academy in Melbourne, houses seven staff, and now offers week-long social-media customer support. Spandas Lui ... Yes, social media is risky - Find a way to make it workComputerworldUK (blog) Social Media, The Unending Final ExamBusiness 2 Community Stop Selling on Price: Nine Ways Social Media can HelpPCBDesign007 Business Spectator -iTWire -Australian Techworld all 11 news articles »

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12/03/2012 01:39 PM

Cyberset is Leading Businesses into the New Frontier of Internet Marketing - Sacramento Bee

Cyberset is Leading Businesses into the New Frontier of Internet Marketing Sacramento Bee Cyberset Corp., a search engine optimization company based in Los Angeles, has proudly served a wide array of businesses over the years, helping them become leaders in their respective industries through robust Internet marketing campaigns. and more »

12/03/2012 06:07 AM

Internet Marketers Can Volunteer To Help This Holiday Season - Marketing Pilgrim

Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketers Can Volunteer To Help This Holiday Season Marketing Pilgrim Last year, I wrote a post for Marketing Pilgrim about ways that marketers can use their skills to give back to the community. With the holiday season already upon us, many people are looking for volunteer opportunities, so this seems like a great time ...

12/03/2012 09:34 PM

Polk's Business People: Chrissanne Long, Co-Owner of Marketing System ... - The Ledger

Polk's Business People: Chrissanne Long, Co-Owner of Marketing System ... The Ledger Long, 35, is an Auburndale High graduate with a bachelor's degree from Florida State and a master's in Internet marketing from Full Sail University. She and Craig Hosking co-own Marketing System Blueprints, which specializes in online brand awareness ... and more »

12/02/2012 03:03 AM

Toronto Internet Marketing Company â€Â" Powerhouse Presents Their Prize ... - Equities.com

Search Engine Journal Toronto Internet Marketing Company â€Â" Powerhouse Presents Their Prize ... Equities.com Powerhouse Internet Marketing is proud to introduce their brand-new highly rated Client Dashboard. Powerhouse has gone a step further by building our very own Client Dashboard to make our costumers fully grasp what it is we've done and are doing for ... Local SEO and Savvy Internet Marketing by Top Ten Website Marketing Benefit ...Melodika.net (press release) Powerhouse Upgrades their E-commerce Service in Comparison to Other SEO ...International Business Times (press release) Are You Guilty of These 3 Marketing Bad Habits?Search Engine Journal all 17 news articles »

12/03/2012 10:35 AM

9 Online Marketing Trends For 2013 - Business 2 Community

9 Online Marketing Trends For 2013 Business 2 Community I have a hard time separating the concepts of 'online marketing' and 'digital experience', because to me they are one in the same. Just like customer experience is your brand, the experience your visitors have online is your marketing. You are either ...

12/03/2012 04:15 PM

6 Ways To Properly Market A Video - Business 2 Community

Business 2 Community 6 Ways To Properly Market A Video Business 2 Community When people talk about the importance of video marketing on the Internet, they aren't kidding. Market A Video Video really is one of the best ways you can spread word about your business, and of course, there's the always-present chance of the video ... Video Traffic Academy Reviews: Online Video Marketing TrainingSBWire (press release) all 7 news articles »

12/03/2012 11:07 PM

Announcing the Underground Online Seminar 9 2013 Review and Bonus ... - Equities.com

Announcing the Underground Online Seminar 9 2013 Review and Bonus ... Equities.com The Underground Online Seminar provides high-level Internet marketing information from real-world, in-the-trenches speakers quietly making their fortunes online. Topics will include selling content, eCommerce, SEO, email marketing, blogging, social ... and more »

12/03/2012 08:37 AM

30DC Announces the Official Launch of the MagCast Digital Publishing Platform ... - Sacramento Bee

30DC Announces the Official Launch of the MagCast Digital Publishing Platform ... Sacramento Bee To date, 30DC has focused MagCast on the Internet marketing and business opportunity industry vertical with the majority of sales coming from that market segment. By concentrating on that market first, and acquiring a sizeable number of Internet ... and more »

12/03/2012 04:02 AM

5 Things You Need to Know, Including Internet Marketing: Dec. 3 - Patch.com

5 Things You Need to Know, Including Internet Marketing: Dec. 3 Patch.com This week, marketer and author Mike Dolpies offers Internet marketing tips. 4. Book talks. The Concord Public Library hosts a book discussion at 12:10 p.m. featuring Elizabeth Levy and “Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness,” in the Shakespeare ... and more »

12/01/2012 08:15 AM

New Internet Marketing Survey Trys to Set the Record Straight on the Organic ... - Equities.com

New Internet Marketing Survey Trys to Set the Record Straight on the Organic ... Equities.com About Orange County SEO Orange County SEO is a company dedicated to raising clients' search engine rankings through proven and targeted internet marketing strategies. Orange County SEO works hard to optimize client search engine rankings through ... and more »

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12/03/2012 06:34 PM

NAB's lucrative search marketing up for grabs - AdNews

AdNews NAB's lucrative search marketing up for grabs AdNews EXCLUSIVE: National Australia Bank's (NAB) search marketing account, one of the most profitable in the country, has been placed out to pitch after the bank's recent appointment of Mindshare as its media agency. The banks confirmed the pitch has been ...

12/03/2012 07:04 AM

Are You Guilty of These 3 Marketing Bad Habits? - Search Engine Journal

Search Engine Journal Are You Guilty of These 3 Marketing Bad Habits? Search Engine Journal As digital marketers, we spend so much time worrying about things like link building techniques and on-site optimization best practices that we seem to forget that running a business online is about much more than technical website performance ... Local SEO and Savvy Internet Marketing by Top Ten Website Marketing Benefit ...Melodika.net (press release) Toronto Internet Marketing Company â€Â" Powerhouse Presents Their Prize ...Beaumont Enterprise all 17 news articles »

12/03/2012 12:09 PM

NIB pitches search marketing - AdNews

AdNews NIB pitches search marketing AdNews EXCLUSIVE: Australian private health insurer NIB has pitched out its search account, as six agencies compete to lead the company's strategy in the highly competitive and lucrative insurance search marketing sector. NIB confirmed the process, and said ...

11/30/2012 09:12 AM

Lessons Learned: Presenting at a Search Marketing Conference - Search Engine Journal

Search Engine Journal Lessons Learned: Presenting at a Search Marketing Conference Search Engine Journal Presenting at a search engine marketing conference, like the SMX East 2012, had been a goal of mine since I got into the industry just under five years ago, but even though I felt like an expert in the field for what I was presenting, I never thought I ...

11/29/2012 08:45 AM

Cracking the Code on Facebook Search Marketing Success - Search Engine Journal

Search Engine Journal Cracking the Code on Facebook Search Marketing Success Search Engine Journal From a search marketing perspective, the sheer volume of data on Facebook presents both an opportunity and a challenge when it comes to developing customized, effective campaigns that deliver results. Based on experience with advertisers spanning ... and more »

12/03/2012 01:39 PM

Cyberset is Leading Businesses into the New Frontier of Internet Marketing - Sacramento Bee

Cyberset is Leading Businesses into the New Frontier of Internet Marketing Sacramento Bee Cyberset Corp., a search engine optimization company based in Los Angeles, has proudly served a wide array of businesses over the years, helping them become leaders in their respective industries through robust Internet marketing campaigns. and more »

11/28/2012 11:07 AM

Can Search Marketers Own 'Programmatic Marketing' & 'Big Data'? - Search Engine Land

Search Engine Land Can Search Marketers Own 'Programmatic Marketing' & 'Big Data'? Search Engine Land The one case where search marketers have 'stolen' real revenue from display teams has been within Facebook advertising (not the new FBX exchange) â€Â" when launched Facebook advertising was obviously the domain of media buyers, but when they ...

12/03/2012 03:06 AM

Construction Marketing Ideas and Strategy from ByReputation's New ... - Equities.com

Construction Marketing Ideas and Strategy from ByReputation's New ... Equities.com A new service brought in by ByReputation allows construction marketing to use organic search engine optimization, local search directories, and content marketing to reach out to new clients. To get a free construction marketing consult from an expert ... Oilfield Equipment Marketing Ideas and Strategy from ByReputation's New ...DigitalJournal.com (press release) Aviation Marketing Ideas and Strategy from ByReputation's New Aviation ...Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) all 17 news articles »

12/03/2012 10:28 AM

Should You Count Ratings Out In Google Local Rankings? - Search Engine Land

Search Engine Land Should You Count Ratings Out In Google Local Rankings? Search Engine Land For years now, there has been some discrepancy between statements from Google Local engineers and general optimization advice from some local search marketers where reviews and ratings are concerned. So, what's the skinny? Rating values may ...

12/03/2012 10:08 PM

Video Marketing Isn't Just for Consumer Brands Anymore - 1to1 Media

1to1 Media Video Marketing Isn't Just for Consumer Brands Anymore 1to1 Media Better SEO. Search engine optimization remains a key foundation for effective content delivery and inbound marketing. Authentic, frequent, engaging content means more visits, shares and links, regardless of how Google evolves its search algorithms. What's the Difference Between SEO and Content Marketing?Business 2 Community Social Media Marketing Classes for Small Business Announced By JM Internet ...Equities.com 17 Ways to Get De-indexed by GoogleSearch Engine Journal Melodika.net (press release) -Mashable all 45 news articles »

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12/03/2012 10:24 AM

FCC rules for SoundBite on text-message marketing opt-out - Bizjournals.com

FCC rules for SoundBite on text-message marketing opt-out Bizjournals.com The ruling was sought by SoundBite Communications (Nasdaq: SDBT) of Bedford, Mass. a mobile marketing and customer experience management company. SoundBite petitioned the federal agency on behalf of a number of organizations in an effort to ... FCC Ruling Permits Confirmation Text Messages for 'Opt-Out' CustomersJD Supra (press release) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | FCC Clears the Way for Businesses to Send ...Linex Legal (press release) (registration) all 8 news articles »

12/01/2012 11:42 AM

3 Mobile Marketing Technologies to Watch in 2013 - Customer Think (blog)

3 Mobile Marketing Technologies to Watch in 2013 Customer Think (blog) Mobile, mobile and mobile. If someone asked you to describe the top three digital marketing trends for next year, that might be your answer. As 2012, the year of social media, draws to a close; it's time to start planning for 2013. For marketers that ...

12/03/2012 09:43 AM

Getting under the skin of mobile marketing - Cream (blog)

Getting under the skin of mobile marketing Cream (blog) There is no doubt left that we are now, nearly all of us, addicted to our mobile phones. It's estimated that we interact with our little slabs of metal and glass between 40 and 80 times a day â€Â" and that's just an average. The real figure for many of us ...

11/27/2012 07:55 AM

What Mobile Marketers Can Learn From The Papa John's Lawsuit - Forbes

Marketing magazine Australia (blog) What Mobile Marketers Can Learn From The Papa John's Lawsuit Forbes Mobile marketing has become quite ubiquitous I would say as it seems not a day goes by where we are not reading about something relating to mobile marketing. For example last week's announcement by Orbitz highlighting the fact that smartphones now ... Community spirit over the mobileFinancial Express It's the year of mobile… againMarketing magazine Australia (blog) 4 Tips For Capitalizing On Untapped Mobile ConversionsMarketing Land Chief Marketer all 5 news articles »

11/28/2012 06:05 AM

Mobile Marketing: How To Generate Loyalty On The Go - Forbes

Mobile Marketing: How To Generate Loyalty On The Go Forbes It's important for marketers to think about what that actually means for them. According to a recent Pew Internet report, 46% of American adults own a smartphone. We're deep in a world of mobile dominance, and an effective strategy to capitalize on ... and more »

12/02/2012 07:39 AM

Mobile marketing successes far outshine social media - QR Code Press

QR Code Press Mobile marketing successes far outshine social media QR Code Press The shopping season has now been hopping for over a week, and the data regarding the impact of mobile marketing and social media is flowing in, making one thing perfectly clear: one is far outshining the other in its results. and more »

12/03/2012 07:46 AM

Retailers Investing More in Digital Marketing for Holidays, BDO USA Survey Finds - PYMNTS.com

MediaPost Communications Retailers Investing More in Digital Marketing for Holidays, BDO USA Survey Finds PYMNTS.com With Google reporting that four out of five consumers plan to use their mobile devices to shop this year, it's clear that mobile marketing is becoming increasingly important. Half of the CMOs surveyed say they have included mobile in their marketing ... Finally: Big Boxes Leverage Mobile, SocialMediaPost Communications Best Buy vice president on the impact of mobile technologies on retailThe Guardian (blog) all 10 news articles »

12/03/2012 03:07 AM

TheDayGroup.net Responds to General Lack of Mobile Funding - Equities.com

TheDayGroup.net Responds to General Lack of Mobile Funding Equities.com “We've done our research,” commented a spokesperson for TheDayGroup.net, “and we've found that the mobile marketing departments at many corporations are quite starved. You would think that these companies would have bigger budgets. However ... and more »

11/29/2012 12:30 PM

Ten Ways to Optimize your Mobile Marketing Efforts - iMedia Connection (blog)

iMedia Connection (blog) Ten Ways to Optimize your Mobile Marketing Efforts iMedia Connection (blog) Smart marketers know how to move mobile users to the narrowest point of the purchase funnel by leveraging contextual information to positively impact user engagement and improve overall ad-supported mobile media experiences. Greater relevancy to your ...

12/03/2012 06:22 PM

How B2B Marketers Can Improve Conversion Rates - TopTenWholesale News

TopTenWholesale News How B2B Marketers Can Improve Conversion Rates TopTenWholesale News This is the center of your online marketing efforts. Paid search ads send visitors to your site, typically to a specific landing page. SEO efforts drive organic traffic to your site, and mobile marketing drives visits to your website or mobile site ... and more »