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2013 Social Media Trends and Your Business
Social media is becoming a pervasive activity among Americans across a variety of platforms and demographic segments. As a marketer, the evolving social media landscape provides new opportunities that require reassessing your current social media strategy.
Here are seven research findings to help guide your 2013 social media strategy going forward based on data from Edison Research and Arbitron in their Infinite Dial 2013 research.
Tags: Arbitron, Barack Obama, Chart, Edison Research, Facebook, Oreo, Research, SAS Sortware, social network, Twitter
Facebook Goes Mobile: 10 Research Charts & Analysis
Social media, mainly Facebook, and mobile devices are changing how we connect and this has significant marketing implications based on March, 2013 research of US respondents between 18 and 44 by IDC sponsored by Facebook. 10 Charts and analysis you need. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Tags: Chart, Facebook, IDC, Research, smartphone
Social Media Does Not Drive ROI [Research]
On social media, engagement by itself isn’t sufficient to drive business ROI. While research shows that engagement is a major social media objective for the majority of businesses, it’s not an end in itself nor does it necessarily translate to sales and/or profits. Includes research and input from seven social media experts. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Tags: Ascend2, Chart, Coca Cola, Dave Kerpen, Derek Halperin, Engagement, Jay Baer, Joe Pulizzi, Michael Stelzner, Research, Ric Dragon, ROI
Millennials Marketing: Mobile & Social Media Required
Don’t underestimate the buying power and influence of the Millennial Generation, those people born between 1977 and 2000. Despite often being classified with Gen Xers, Millennials are starting to exhibit distinct characteristics of their own that marketers need to understand in order to create appropriate products and messaging. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
7 Actionable Social Media Tactics To Rock Your Marketing Plans
While consumers have wholeheartedly embraced social media, marketers are following their prospects and customers to these platforms reluctantly because they remain challenged to show ROI for their efforts.
Despite this, marketers plan to increase their social media budgets and integration of their marketing efforts largely to use social media advertising. Based on new research by Nielsen, here are seven actionable marketing insights on social media advertising complete with the research charts and related tactics to help your marketing.
Instagram Hearts Visual Content Marketing (7 Charts)
About 60% of the top brands are on Instagram. Is yours? If not, you should reconsider because Instagram is the current see and be seen social media site that’s giving Pinterest a run for its money. Owned by Facebook, Instagram has 90 million monthly active users, 40 million photos per day, and 8,500 likes per second according to Simply Measured. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Tags: Chart, comScore, Instagram, Pew Internet, Photo, Pinterest, Research, Simply Measured, Twitter
Social Media and Branding: Is It Worth The Money?
While over 90% of brands use some form of social media, they don’t put their marketing muscle behind their social media execution. Recent research by Technorati raises questions about the disconnect between being on social media and using it as an effective marketing conduit. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Tags: Chart, comScore, Oreo, Research, Technorati
Social Media: Do You Know Where Your Audience Is? [Research]
With social media consuming an ever greater share of people’s time, marketers are increasing their investment in social media marketing programs.
Research reveals that marketing dollars are following prospects and consumers to social media. The question is: are you investing in social media platforms where your customers spend their time. New research from Pew Internet reveals the demographics of US social media participants. Here are seven insights and actionable marketing tips.
Social Media and Content Marketing: 5 Trust-related Elements Your Marketing Needs
Social media and content marketing require customer trust to help build and extend your 360° brand.
Without trust, customers won’t believe what your brand represents or what you say on your site, on third party sites or on social media. Even worse, they won’t buy from you, regardless of whether you’re a B2B, B2C, not-for-profit or solopreneur.
To this end, Edelman’s 2013 Trust Barometer reveals five trust element marketers must take into account when developing their social media and content marketing plans. Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog analyzes the data.
Tags: Chart, Edelman's 2013 Trust Barometer, Research, Trust
5 Content Trends Every Marketer Needs In 2013
We live in a multi-screen world. We have screens designed for use everywhere from public transportation to the bathroom. These screens provide new ways for us to consume content all day long. Now one device can do everything multiple devices did.
The use of multiple screens and different devices has changed our content consumption habits. There are four main ways we consume content: focused use, dual input, info snacking and time shifted. This enables us to consume more information in less time.
Here are 5 content trends marketers need for 2013.
Tags: Business Insider, Chart, Ereader, Nielsen, smartphone, Tablet, television
Social Media: What Works and What Doesn’t
As we continue as consumers to increase our use and time on social media, our habits and expectations evolve to meet an ever greater range of needs. In turn, this requires that marketers change their approach and use of these platforms as communications, advertising and engagement channels. Here are twelve social media facts with charts. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Does Pinterest Trump Facebook For Sales? [Research / Charts]
Are you distributing your social media budget effectively between Facebook and Pinterest? Before you answer, you must know what your business goals are, where your target audience is, and how effective each site is for attracting your specific market to achieve your objectives. (Research and charts included) Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Tags: Bizrate, Chart, Dan Zarrella, Facebook, Lab 42, Nielsen, Pinterest, Research, Shareholic
