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Stop Listening to the Social Media and Digital Marketing Gurus

If you want to succeed in the online world today you must build your own social media, digital marketing and branding plan and strategy. Although there are many social marketing gurus happy to give you free advice, you must be careful who you listen to and be sure you are focusing on the right technologies, strategies and tactics for your business and audience.

3 Reasons Your Boss Didn’t Approve Your Social Media Budget and Plan

Ever feel as if your boss, c-suite and colleagues just don’t “get it?” Do you have what you think is an amazing social media or digital marketing plan? However, you just can’t seem to get the budget approval nor the buy-in you need to be successful? You may have even been hired or specifically tasked with creating this fantastic plan, yet it seems nobody wants to support you to make it a reality?

The Reason Why Your Social Media Delivers No ROI in 2018

The truth is that although many marketers are “doing social media,” far fewer are utilizing social media in a way that brings positive result or return on investment. Take a listen to episode 246 of the Social Zoom Factor podcast where I share with you The Number One Reason Your Social Media Has Zero Return on Investment and How to Fix it.

2018 Content Marketing Trends, Statistics + Editorial Calendar Template

Smart marketers and leading brands both big and small know that content is at the core of every social conversation with prospects, current customers, online community members and more. It is content that delivers value, context and inspires the reader, viewer or listener to open, click, read, listen, share and even buy from you.

How to Partner with the Social Media Agency Your CEO Just Hired (and not get fired)

It’s Monday morning. You arrive into the office, grab your cup of java, open up your laptop and start digging into your email. One particular email grabs your attention. It’s from your boss or maybe even your CEO. Subject line reads… “New Social Media Agency Kickoff Meeting Tomorrow.” Hmmm… this is coming as quite a…

How to Define Social Media Goals, Objectives, KPIs and Success

The modern social marketer of today needs to know how to set goals, build a well thought out plan, balance the use of owned, paid and earned media. They must know how to tap into the power of influencer marketing, paid advertising, visual marketing and list goes on!

7 Steps to Build a Pinterest for Business Plan

Do you have an interest in Pinterest for Business but don’t know where to start in developing your Pinterest for Business plan? If you answer yes to this question then you have landed on the right blog post today! Take a listen to the 217th episode of the Social Zoom Factor to learn the “7 Step Success Strategy to Build a Pinterest for Business Plan!”

Pinterest for Business by the Numbers – Should Your Business Have an Interest in Pinterest?

Do you have an interest in Pinterest? How about Pinterest for your business? Would you like to tap into a social network that can help you generate leads, sell more product and deliver you more blog or website traffic than Twitter? If yes, you can’t ignore Pinterest.

How to Prioritize Social Networks for Your Business

How do you prioritize what social networks you invest in for business success? How do you know where you should engage? How do you determine where your audience is hanging out online so you can build the most meaningful relationship with them as possible? How do you achieve a positive ROI using social media and digital technologies and strategies?

You Can’t Buy Brand Advocates or Social Media Friends

The social media ecosystem over all is moving to pay to play. What this means is that brands and the marketing leaders within must not only purchase media that in the past use to be free, but that they must also know how to develop and execute an integrated program and strategy that organically attracts, inspires and engages community.

Customer Experience: The Future of Business & Marketing #AdobeSummit 2016 Recap

In March I spent almost a week with 10k digital marketers at the Adobe Summit event. 2016 was my 2nd year being paid as an Adobe Insider to cover the event.

How to Get Your Social Media Marketing Budget Approved

Take a listen to the 198th episode of the Social Zoom Factor podcast and learn how you can setup a 6 month plan for budget approval. The key is to earn the trust and respect early on in your social media program so that you can earn the needed budget in later phases of your project. The podcast will provide you with the foundation to help you win support of even the toughest to please c-suite executive and stakeholders as early in the process as possible!

10 Things to Ask Yourself Before Hiring a Social Media Agency in 2016

Check out episode 197 of the Social Zoom Factor podcast for 10 Questions Every Brand Must Answer for Themselves Before Contacting a Social Media Marketing Agency.

10 Ways to Improve Customer Experience with Social media

Your brand is not what you say it is or what you write for your corporate Twitter bio, Facebook profile or LinkedIn company page. Your brand is what people say about you. Your brand is what and how you make people feel.

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