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7 Keys To An Engaging Framework For Social Media Mktg

Startup Professionals Musings

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The next thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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Too Many Small Businesses Still Ignore Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation: Integrating To Drive Growth

ConversionXL

With a tactical understanding of two different marketing strategies: demand generation and lead generation. While your competitors pump out gated ebooks and “state of the industry” lead magnets that generate low-to-no intent MQLs, tap into existing demand to build a pipeline of high intent leads.

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Ego Metrics: What Measurements Matter?

Duct Tape Marketing

Ego Metrics: What Measurements Matter? The problem is that some of these metrics aren’t meaningful. In fact, some of the most visible metrics are the most misleading. This is possibly the most visible metric in social media, but many of those followers are inactive or even inhuman robots. photo credit: samuiblue.

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How to Create a Marketing Playbook for Consistent Campaigns

ConversionXL

This tells us its social media team, blog content writers, website copywriters, and everyone else, are aligned on their task execution. If a social media follower clicks through a casual post to see a formal sales piece, their experience changes, as does their impression of Visme as a brand. Marketing strategy. Measurement.

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7 Steps To A Winning Social Media Marketing Campaign

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Pixabay Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management.

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Tips For Tracking Your Website Performance Metrics

YoungUpstarts

It starts with setting goals and then tracking your website performance metrics. For those who aren’t sure where to start, use this useful guide to help you accurately track performance metrics. Know which metrics to watch. How can you know how to track your performance metrics if you don’t know which ones to watch?

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