15 Actionable Takeaways From Social Media Marketing World 2013
Did you miss Social Media Marketing World in April?
Or perhaps you were there but weren’t able to attend all the sessions you would have liked to.
In this article I’ve assembled for you 15 actionable social media marketing takeaways from some experts who presented at the event.
Here’s what they had to say.
#1: Prepare for Social Displacement
Michael Stelzner
With maturity of any new industry comes disruption. Just as email, the web and search disrupted entire industries several years ago (e.g., the postal service, print publications and traditional sales), we can also expect a lot of online disruption to happen because of social media.
- Facebook messages are displacing email (it’s becoming easier to send your friend a Facebook message rather than find their email address).
- Asking friends rather than searching (more and more people are asking their Facebook friends or Google+ circles for referrals instead of searching online for a product or service).
- Listening to podcasts is beginning to replace radio.
2013 Social Media Marketing Industry Report
Are you wondering how your peers are using social media?
Wondering if you should focus on Pinterest or podcasting, or put more effort into Facebook?
In our fifth annual social media study, more than 3000 marketers reveal where they focus their social media activities, how much time they invest, what the rewards are and where they’ll plan their future efforts.
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3 Simple Ways to Measure Your Social Media Results
Are you looking for better ways to measure your social media activities?
Do you know if your social media efforts are worthwhile?
Social media measurement is one of the most frustrating challenges business face.
In this article I’ll show you three simple measurement strategies that can fit into one of your future campaigns.
Why Measure?
In order to measure the effectiveness of your social campaigns, it’s critical that you know your objective.
How to Network Using LinkedIn Groups
Are you a member of a LinkedIn Group?
Do you spend time networking in LinkedIn Groups?
LinkedIn Groups are great way to build credibility and make new connections that can ultimately help grow your business.
With over 1.5 million LinkedIn Groups, it can be difficult to find relevant Groups and determine which ones might be the best for you to join. It’s also important to find Groups that are well-managed.
Unfortunately there are many LinkedIn Groups that are not well-managed, which makes the experience within these Groups less than optimal.
You are sure to find a LinkedIn Group of interest to you.
Not to worry, I’m going to give you some insights on how to find the quality groups you can leverage most for your LinkedIn strategy!
How to Generate More Leads With Your Blog: 5 Tips
Does your business have a blog?
Would you like your blog to bring in more leads for your business?
You already know you need to create awesome blog content, but there’s more to business blogging than just that.
You also need to include a few tactics to help you bring in the leads you want.
Here are some useful tactics to entice and capture leads used by top marketing business blogs!
#1: Place Opt-In Forms Around Your Blog Content
There are several areas on your blog that you can use to introduce visitors to calls to action such as free trials, free consultations or a simple mailing list opt-in form. These areas include your header, sidebar, the end of blog posts, your About page and your footer.
Unbounce, a landing page software creator, encourages people to try their software or sign up for their mailing list in their sidebar and post footers.
Unbounce has lead generating calls to action in their sidebar.
Email and Social Media: Why Marketers Need Both
Do you use email marketing for your business?
Are you wondering how email and social can work well together?
To learn how email marketing can integrate with social media, I interview DJ Waldow for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast.
More About This Show
The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner.
It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing.
The show format is on-demand talk radio (also known as podcasting).
In this episode, I interview DJ Waldow, co-author of The Rebel’s Guide to Email Marketing. He’s also the founder of Waldow Social, where he consults with businesses that want to improve their email marketing. DJ also co-hosts The Work Talk Show podcast.
DJ shares why you should focus on email marketing and work it into your social media activities.
You’ll learn how to grow your email list using social media and get your blog readers to take action.
Share your feedback, read the show notes and get the links mentioned in this episode below!
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26 Social Media Marketing Tips from the Pros
Are you looking for actionable tips to improve your social media marketing?
Are you wondering what the common themes of social media experts are these days?
This April, 1,100 passionate marketers from every corner of the world traveled to San Diego for Social Media Marketing World (#SMMW13), to find out.
The number of conference takeaways and buzz was immense.
For this article, I’ve focused on 26 takeaways from SMMW13, including notable quotes by presenters and their session titles.
CATEGORY: Calls to Action
#1: Get More Leads With Calls to Action
Throughout the conference, the topic of calls to action (CTAs) came up in numerous sessions. What is a CTA?
A social media call to action is an integral and often overlooked element of an effective social media strategy. Social media gets prospects, customers and the public primed to want to find out more about your offering or to engage with you further, but you must lead them to the next step in your sales or other conversion process.
