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Trey Robinson sur Twitter : "How To Leverage the Power of Infographics on #SocialMedia: (via @BrettRelander) Okt. Getriver sur Twitter : "Really awesome 14 #Instagram campaigns of 2014 Check it: by @becksgibz #socialmedia #growth. The 14 Best Instagram Campaigns of 2014. 3 Digital Marketing Strategies you Should Not Ignore. Everyone loves something for free.

3 Digital Marketing Strategies you Should Not Ignore

The marketing message varies but the core tactic involves the word “free”. Phrases such as “buy two and get one free”, “free holiday for purchases over $1,000” and the online shopping favorite of “free shipping” are the bread and butter for all marketers. When you are starting your blog, website or start-up you usually don’t have a big bucket of money to throw at marketing.

Traditionally you did something like a letter box drop, a direct mail after buying an expensive list from a database marketing company or you hired a telemarketing company to call people and annoy them. In the digital marketing world it could be buying Google Adwords and commencing a digital marketing campaign that uses key words and phrases that people would use to find your product or service when searching online, it could also be Facebook ads targeting your city and target demographic. So How do You Get Free Traffic? 1. Five years ago SEO consultants were all the rage. 2. 3. 4 Ways to Maximize Your Social Content for Mobile. Plus.google. Average Organic Reach Of Facebook Posts As more and more people - and content - compete for the same amount of space in the newsfeed - less organic content gets seen.

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(That's true of posts by profiles as well, although the numbers aren't quite as bad.) This chart only graphs through February and the numbers have continued to fall. It's estimated that they will soon reach a 1-2% range (and stay there). Impactbnd. You've probably heard a picture's worth a 1,000 words.

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Well that old adage still holds true. Pictures are a lot more than the 140 character limit Twitter gives you. Unfortunately, your audience doesn't communicate in just 140 characters. That will soon change when Twitter begins to take a new approach to implementing visual content. How else do you expect to grab their attention? We can all agree that pictures are better than words. The 10 Commandments of Twitter. When I stumbled upon Twitter 54 months ago I was bemused, flummoxed and even curious.

The 10 Commandments of Twitter

What is this social network that keeps me to 140 characters, sounds like a bird and seemed…well…. pointless? I tweeted here and there and collected 31 followers in 90 days of meandering. Even followed people with large Twitter tribes on topics as diverse as food, photography and politics. Malcolm Turnbull, the local senator must have thought I was a Twitter groupie. Luckily he didn’t report me for stalking. My progress on Twitter was slow, confused but persistent. Obsession on Twitter is not unknown. She moved onto boyfriend number twenty seven. Twitter is more powerful than you think Twitter’s sometimes chaotic nature does make management of the torrent of tweets seem like herding cats. How to Make an Infographic of your Twitter Profile. Computer technology at its birth was complicated and extremely difficult to use.

How to Make an Infographic of your Twitter Profile

It was the sand box of geeks and engineers. You had to have a degree in computer science to play with the big mainframes of IBM and Hewlett Packard. It was the age of “big iron”, water cooled monsters that took up rooms to crunch data that is now seen as simple tasks and can now be performed on your iPhone. Computing for the Masses The advent of the personal computer brought computing to the masses. Software emerged such as Word, that enabled people to easily write their own documents and by-pass the secretary with the type writer. The emergence of the smartphone has now put a computer and publishing machine in your pocket. The Holy Grail The holy grail of computer visionaries has been to make computers as easy to use as electricity. Steve Jobs said this about technology “The best way to create value in the 21st century is to connect creativity with technology”

5 solid tips for making sure your social media and business objectives meet. New businesses are jumping onto the social media bandwagon everyday and more of them are moving away from the novelty of just having social media profiles and trying to figure out the ROI of this medium.

5 solid tips for making sure your social media and business objectives meet

Many people have tried to create formulas for measuring success with social media, but it is not an easy task. Many are creating and planning various social media strategies without considering their overall business objectives. 15 Reasons (Stats) Why Social Media Marketing is Essential in 2013. The following is an excerpt from our free ebook, "44 Incredible Social Media Statistics: The Newest Data to Help Plan Your Strategy.

15 Reasons (Stats) Why Social Media Marketing is Essential in 2013

" For the complete list of stats, check out the full ebook. It's a new year, which means you can expect a slew of new social media options to sprout in the coming year. It's never been more important to utilize social media marketing for your business than it will be in the coming year. Facebook recently unveiled 'Graph Search,' a more personalized search function that will render any business not already on Facebook a dinosaur.

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