Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

I understand channel conflict, Timbuk2, but this is just plain not being hungry. I mean developing and inserting a subtle collection of gentle nudges that can help increase the conversion rate by a statistically significant amount. Go look at your ecommerce conversion rate. Go look at your ecommerce conversion rate.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 30, 2013

According to a report by Nielsen on social media Americans spend three times more time on social media than reading their e-mail. of online time is spent reading e-mail and 23% on social. The juicy bit of the study is that more than 70% of social networks users shop online. Black Friday data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2019

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the 30 percent of all small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Increase customer leads and conversion.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. It needs to be a conversation. What channels will you use (e.g., Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Do you need to process user-contributed media? Other types of users?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. It needs to be a conversation. What channels will you use (e.g., Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Do you need to process user-contributed media? Other types of users?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corporate wallet.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Social Trends Show where we meet social experts, brand owners, bloggers and all sorts of creatives got a high degree of ultra cool recently. Now Meera incidentally, also wears another hat of being the social media guru at Zoho. Meera love comics, travel, art, food, books, conversations and the internet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2016

The Clear-Cut Guide to Social Media Engagement written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. billion active social media users — nearly 1/3 of the global population. Do you want to improve your engagement and glean more benefits from social? The Principles Behind Engaging Social Audiences.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Boost this move by emphasizing urgency through marketing channels and prominently displaying countdown timers on your website. These can include leveraging social media, sending out email newsletters, and putting up website banners. It’s not enough to create promotional campaigns for your target market, though.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Social Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All | Web Strategy – [link]. Verizon Seeks to Shake Up Fees for TV Channels – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2014

Why Social Media is a Must for all Companies written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. While younger demographic groups are higher users, all ages are on social media. Social media is all around us and has become a daily part of people’s lives.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 23, 2023

It is because of their campaign on digital media, including social media platforms. And that’s what makes the difference in sales and revenue of a company. Therefore, it is necessary to use social media marketing and suggestions for a perfect social media campaign to stay ahead in the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

Social media connections, if they exist, are buried elsewhere or reserved for monitoring purposes only. Social media is here, and is the preferred mode of communication by a large segment of your customers, so make it a positive differentiator for your business. Guide customers to the right social media channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” You need to be there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Social media connections, if they exist, are buried elsewhere or reserved for monitoring purposes only. Social media is here, and is the preferred mode of communication by a large segment of your customers, so make it a positive differentiator for your business. Guide customers to the right social media channel.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

You need to establish good relations with your customers in order to generate more sales and social media is the best place to find and attract new audiences. One of the biggest advantages that social media offers is you can reach a lot of audiences and increase your sales without spending a lot of money.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2018

In fact, the top four industries that hire more people in readiness for the seasonal period are retail, hospitality, tourism and media. Conversely, those same candidates are 3.5 Why not have a chatbot-based conversation with them to find out how they are getting on and garner some feedback about their time with your organization?

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 6, 2015

So, you have your social media team in place. You have a strict schedule to regularly publish on all major channels. How do you know that your social channels are actually giving you leads? Is social media working for your business? You have even set aside a budget for paid promotions.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Turns out this conversation is pretty important and what many people want to do. So did the media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the half of all small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Increase customer leads and conversion.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Companies with a high LTV have a strong brand image , earn word-of-mouth and organic referrals, and enjoy “search monopolies”—conversions by brand name search. had a problem: tons of traffic but no conversions.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Freemium to paid conversion rates for SaaS businesses hover around the 2% mark on a good day. Now, there are many methods you can use to try and increase your conversion rate. Great user onboarding is imperative for steering your users in the direction of conversion, and it all starts with activation. for freemium users.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2014

It’s just that content marketing and social network participation are (collectively) more important. We are on the front line of small biz SEO – we have dozens of SEO clients and have seen first-hand how client companies with both active blogs and social media networks handily outperformed their competitors in 2013.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The standalone apps support using multiple accounts, conversations with optional end-to-end encryption , and playing games. A chatbot (or bot) is a piece of automated software that engages in a conversation with people. Marketers want to reach more prospects, generate more leads, and improve conversions.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 9, 2018

They’re owned by someone else, and if that social network ever fell apart, your business would too—at least if it was relying on that one website (or app) for leads. Get on social media. When I talked about social media being “rented space” I meant everything I said. However, these “rented spaces” are risky.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Increased investment in Facebook as an engagement/acquisition channel has translated into requests from CEOs, CMOs and other CxOs about the return on that investment. As Facebook is a very young channel, it is not surprising that everyone's struggling with the answer. The Client could still do massive media buys (TV!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the new book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” You need to be there.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

I think we all know by now that a conversation is happening on Twitter and that this extends to talking about brands. Twitter is the new CRM (customer relationship management) channel. It’s almost like they’ve been given the right to wiretap our conversations and know what we’re telling our friens about them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. When it comes to social media for your business, expect a high learning curve, but rest assured it’s not rocket science. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2011

But in the vibrant and dynamic social media landscape, where attention spans are ever decreasing, how can you make your online newsroom even more attractive and useful for the interested visitor? How can you take your online newsroom to the next level and create a Social Media Newsroom?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Choosing the Right Marketing Channels for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. As of October 2017, there are roughly sixteen marketing channels available to us. Businesses need to get very, very good at getting clients in just a few of these channels.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Every introduction of new social media platforms chip away at current banner holders like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Everyone mistakenly thinks of Twitter as a distribution channel for witty snark and links to off-site content. For me, Twitter is still the #1 social network because it is (or can be) *truly social*.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2012

When it comes to social media, most experts agree that one of the worst things that small- and medium-sized businesses can do is to jump onto the social media bandwagon without a proper game plan. Here are some points when navigating the social media space: 1. Understand your customer. Know your objectives.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 17, 2014

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Write Good Content. image source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 20, 2015

I talk to a lot of business owners and authors who don’t “get” social media. Unfortunately, simply posting occasional announcements about upcoming sales or telling people why they should use your service or read your book is not social media marketing and it’s not helping you. Let me introduce you!”. How does that happen?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The 1M/1M Channel on Stanzr. The first of these discussions was about a new social media marketing platform called Stanzr, from San Francisco-based Voluble, that we are using at 1M/1M. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market. I thought that was brilliant.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2014

Takeaway : Video content is also easy to share via social networks, and software developers have prioritized video integration in site creation. Takeaway : The Q&A approach will put your testimonial subject at ease, and will allow you to direct the conversation toward those key messages you identified. Go forth and conquer.

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