Technorati Media 2013 Digital Influence Report

According to brand marketers,social spend in 2013 will increase substantially. Despite this increase, however, spending on social makes up only one-tenth of brands’ total digital budget. On the flip side, blogs still are one of the most influential mediums, ranking high with consumers for trust, popularity and influence. The disconnect between brand marketers and influencers is a result of a challenge they both face – a lack of uniform metrics to effectively measure the success of influencer marketing campaigns.
At present, brands primarily look to comScore/Nielsen ranking for identifying and selecting influencers first, yet influencers are not well represented in these indices. Furthermore, when gauging the success of campaigns, where influencers are monitoring traffic/pageviews, brand marketers are measuring Facebook likes.
Looking at social platforms, Facebook and Twitter are the most popular social platforms for bloggers, which are the platforms that generate the majority of blog referrals and shares, as well as those from which bloggers are generating revenue. For consumers, YouTube, Facebook and Google+ are the most popular platforms. As for brands, 90 percent have a presence on Facebook, closely followed by Twitter and YouTube, but Google+ was not as popular a platform.

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The Social Business Textbook Must Read!

By their very nature, social media and thus social business are constantly evolving and social practitioners must sprint to keep up. And social is growing; brands now rely on an average of 29 employees to manage over over 20,000 daily interactions across 50 social accounts.

While social media practitioners must continue to expect and adapt to change, it is important to take note of the lessons we have already learned and to bring new members of growing social teams up to speed.
The Spredfast Social Business Textbook establishes a foundational curriculum that gets back to basics, outlining eight major social business concepts with thorough explanations, textbook examples, and thought-provoking questions throughout to assess social media aptitude.
The Spredfast Social Business Textbook syllabus covers several important subjects, from social listening History to the Chemistry of combining paid, owned, and earned media. This 46-page Textbook provides an in-depth review of key concepts, strategies for success, planning action items, and brand examples for practical application.

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The 83 Best Social Media and Mobile Marketing Tools

The 83 Best Social Media and Mobile Marketing Tools for Small - to Mid-Sized Businesses 

eBook by Jamie Turner and Erik Qualman

Jamie Turner is the Founder and CEO of the 60 Second Marketer, an organization that provides marketing tools, tips and tutorials for businesses around the globe. He is a regular on CNN and HLN on the topics of social media and mobile marketing and is the co-author of How to Make Money with Social Media and Go Mobile.

Erik Qualman is author of Socialnomics and Digital Leader whose list of social media tools and technologies was eminently helpful in creating this e-book. Erik is a well-known keynote speaker on the topics of social media, marketing and digital leadership.

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The Definitive Guide to Social Marketing

The Definitive Guide to Social Marketing
A Marketo Workbook

Social marketing has become an integral part of our lives and continues to evolve. A few years ago everyone was talking about the importance of B2B companies being active and creating pages on sites such as Facebook and Twitter– now the conversation has shifted and is moving towards the idea that every marketing campaign must be social.

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About Social CRM and Social Customer Lifecycle

Social data is the missing piece of any CRM platform, and incorporating this data will help brands understand and market to consumers like never before. Learn the key advantages of such an approach as well as how to overcome the common challenges to marrying social data to the CRM.

• Gather more accurate data 
• Learn who your customers really are 
• Drive stronger marketing initiatives 
• Unite your organization 
• Overcome common challenges  

Why Your CRM Needs to Go Social

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Engaging Consumers Where It Matters Most

How to Win Fans and Influence People In Today’s 

“Social Customer Lifecycle“

Whitepaper by Wildfire (division of Google)

According to global study of 28,000 consumers in 56 countries conducted by Nielsen, online consumer recommendations are the second most trusted source of brand advertising, second only to “recommendations from people I know”. This means that consumers are looking to information from their peers and networked connections, offline and online, to assist in evaluating and choosing between options while making purchase decisions.

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