Webinars

Certain individuals have always wielded outsize influence on the decision-making of others in their social groups, but not until the age of the social web have there been systems to easily quantify and measure social influence - rather, it was subject to perceptions about credibility and personal brand. But now gut feelings are being...[read more]

For the most part, the people who register for your webinar are qualified leads. Some will be competitors because they want to see what you’re up to and will want to copy you, but most will be people who want to do business with you.[read more]

ROI can be the three scariest letters in social media. You know that there are benefits social media activity that justify the cost, but how do you convince the C-suite? The answer depends on what you’re trying to achieve with your social efforts. Are you trying to use social as a sales channel, or create brand awareness and drive low-...[read more]

Watch the webinar replay:Download the slides: Evaluating Your Social Listening Tools: Is Your Social Media Analytics Solution Working for You? | Webinar Replay from Social Media TodayAbout the webinar:Sponsored by You're now generating mountains of data with your social media efforts and your team has been producing actionable reports...[read more]

Five years ago, a person exclusively charged with managing a company’s social media strategy was a novelty. Today, social has a reason to be integrated into every department. Customers don't differentiate between your advertising, sales, or service teams when they're communicating with your company. But how do you develop a consistent...[read more]

planking/creative commons

Using a bit of emotional appeal can go a long way. Whether it’s humor, nostalgia, or guilt – the more human your content, the more it will resonate with your audience. People share things that make them feel something – happy, sad, and even confused.[read more]

Kare Anderson

On this episode, Bryan Kramer hosts Kare Anderson, Emmy award-winning journalist and author of “Moving from Me to We." Kare believes that “we have to build more authentic collaboration in order to bring more originality to our stories,” and discusses her collaborative experience and philosophy.[read more]

Twitter/OREO

During April 2nd's #SMTLive webinar, almost one thousand tweets went out into the twittersphere discussing "Content Marketing That Works: Just-in-Time Vs. Planned" and below are some of our favorites. Tweets ranged from quoting the panelists, to engaging with them, to listeners actively helping each other out with valuable resources.[read more]

During our webinar yesterday for #SMTLive, hundreds of tweets flew around discussing "Why are Visual Features Vital to Social Marketing?" Tweets ranged from quoting the panelists, to engaging with them, to listeners actively helping each other out with valuable resources.[read more]

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For anyone about to present a webinar for the first time, the online experience can be just as nerve-wracking as its offline counterpart of physical presentations in a room filled with strangers. Don’t sweat the small stuff, and take my tried and true webinar tips into consideration![read more]

Click here to view the slideshow.Sponsored by Visual content - photos, infographics, graphs, videos or illustrations - is often proven to catch more attention and travel further on the social web than text alone. Can marketers build effective messages into these shareable pictures and graphics?Today, images are created and shared...[read more]

Customer service social media

Customer service has reached a stage where the focus is on real engagement, not just listening. But what must still take root is the idea that companies should reach out proactively as soon as customers show signs of dissatisfaction or need for assistance, rather than waiting for them to get in touch.[read more]

Sponsored by Through today's technology, your business likely has increasing access to information about how customers and potential ones behave, especially online - consuming media, interacting with friends,...[read more]

How can you monetize Facebook while maximizing the effect of your limited time? Most small businesses recognize the potential of Facebook as a tool for getting noticed and generating sales leads among target audiences - in fact, many business owners are finding that Facebook functions well as their primary or sole online presence, as it'...[read more]

What are leading companies doing to meet the challenge of relating to their customers in a human way? And why should they even try? We know that a wealth of analysis shows that the cost...[read more]

Sponsored by How do you sell in a world where you no longer have an informational advantage over customers? In 2013, many of your customers are likely as knowledgeable about your products as you are. They know who your other customers are, who your competitors are, the product specs and how they compare to competitors, and they’re all...[read more]

There’s been a lot of noise about the falling participation rates in lead generation webinars. Like most strategies, the success or failure resides in the implementation of it. I've discovered the one major flaw that kills live webinar attendance figures.[read more]

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Sponsored by Reaching the right online voices can make crucial differences for you brand and your sales - but the customer with the most Facebook friends or Twitter followers isn't necessarily the trusted authority that your company needs to recruit. How can you find and incentivize the influencers that will actually make a positive...[read more]

Sponsored by Your customers make up a community, whether it’s visible to you or not, and your brand is almost certainly a topic of their discussions. More than more than a few thousand Facebook “Likes” or Twitter followers, a community is a place where like-minded people convene to share ideas, stories, and support. Are you cultivating...[read more]