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Consumers and Social Media New Research : Social Media Examiner and Sprout Research1

Consumers and Social Media New Research : Social Media Examiner and Sprout Research1 | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it

What Do Consumers Think About Social Media?
We found it interesting that "being responsive" on social media was the #1 thing consumers rate as a purchase intent influence. This is why we prefer to curate, coach and reward using social media more than push sales or other one-sided agendas. 

Social media is a conversation and the more marketers use it to signal their commitment to listening and being responsive the more social media works. Using social media as digital print ads never work and will never work. 

 

That said, #2 on the list is making offers, so using social media as part of conversational program where part of that conversation is sharing deals, specials, and offers makes sense. There's a link to the Sprout Research that powered this post and both are worth reading. 

Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Interesting summary of a Sprout Research report on how consumers view social media. Both are worth reading. 

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Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2014 Winners!

Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2014 Winners! | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it
Get the best social media tips and advice from the winners of Social Media Examiner's Top 10 Social Media Blogs for 2014. (Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2014 Winners!

Via Maria Margarida Correia, luigi vico
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

As much as I appreciate Top 10 lists my advice is form your own "Top 10". Several bloggers I trust and depend on such as Jeff Bullas and Brian Solis aren't on this "Top" list and thats fine as it points to the limitations of "Top 10". 

Here is onw Social Media Examiner compared sites:

Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists. Each of the social media blogs were analyzed based on a number of factors, including content quality, post frequency and reader involvement.

So, take a list like this for what is worth and see if you can add to your Top 10 list. I like blogs that someone owns so plan to check out:

http://www.jonloomer.com/ 

http://dustn.tv/ (Know Dustin from GPlus he rocks :). 

http://dannybrown.me/blog/  

I'll start there and let you know what I find, hope you will do the same. Marty  

Kara K.'s curator insight, February 3, 2014 3:08 PM

Good list of places to start checking out frequently to see if they have any insight into new social media outlets or how to utilize them. 

Carlos Bisbal's curator insight, February 3, 2014 3:42 PM

10 Blogs de Social Media ganadores del 2014 en Social Media Examiner

 

Deberías seguir cada uno de estos blogs ya que en ellos podrás encontrar los mejores consejos y asesoramiento sobre Social Media. Se trata de los ganadores del Social Media Examiner Top 10 Blogs de social media para el año 2014.

Amy Williamson's curator insight, February 5, 2014 4:33 AM

Top social media blog of 2014. Learn tips and tricks from the professionals!

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New Research: Facebook Social Login Large & In Charge, Twitter Cust Service Growing Too

New Research: Facebook Social Login Large & In Charge, Twitter Cust Service Growing Too | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it

Discover 4 surprising social media research findings about how consumer behavior on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram affect your social media strategy:

* We like Facebook for social login.
* Customer service via social nets grows especially on Twitter.
* Youngsters NOT unfriending Facebook.
* Instragam fastest growing site globally.


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I'm not a big fan of Facebook marketing, but may need to rethink that at least on the social login and "trust mark" side of the equation. Not surprised to see customer service growing on Twitter (duh). Think what it will do when most companies understand that Twitter is NOT broadcast push platform but a pull conversation media.

Instagram growing fastest doesn't surprise. Visual marketing is growing and growing and growing with Instagram leading the charge. Surprised to see Pinterest so far down the list since they occupy much the same space, but Instragram is more mobile phone friendly.

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17 Social Media Books You Would Read If You Only Had The Time

17 Social Media Books You Would Read If You Only Had The Time | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it
Discover the books read recently by social media pros and the key takeaways they had to help improve their social media marketing.


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Great list just purchased 5 of them on Amazon, now if I only had the time to actually READ anymore (lol). I buy the book because having a book laying aournd staring at me with those "read me now" eyes makes me more guilty than injecting something else I'll never open into my Kindle or iPad.

Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Here is what I just purchased on Amazon:

Contagious - been thinking a lot about viral marketing fter launching http://www.curecancerstarter.org. 

Epic Content Marketing  - Pulizi is a trusted source on content marketing since he heads the Content Marketing Institute and was preaching content marketing when most IMers were still wondering what "content marketing" is. 

Ignore Everybody - looked interesting and agree the more purple your cow is the better these days. 

Spreadable Media - creating cultural memes, ideas that spread, is a very different thing than "marketing". Want to learn how to change my process to get more "spread" out of my media (lol). 

 Have Read

Platforms - not really the book I thought it was, an explanation about how to build an effective social marketing engine, more HOW TO social media (front end).

Tribes By Godin - a must read. 

NO BS Social Media - must read. 



 

Martin (Marty) Smith's comment, December 19, 2013 12:45 PM
Let's hope some health care providers read "contagious" Luigi :). Thanks for the Scoop. Marty