Tag Archives: advocates

A Visualization of the “Social” Landscape…

Posted 24 March 2010 | By | Categories: Marketing, PR, Research, Social Media, Strategy | 446 Comments

For those of us working on the front-lines of social marketing, we’re often faced with the challenge of clients telling us they are looking for one thing (i.e., “We want to identify and directly engaging 5,000 of our most passionate customers by developing a customer community”), but measuring the success/value of such initiatives against another [...]

3 Steps to Influence Purchase Decisions Online

Posted 29 September 2008 | By | Categories: Marketing, Research, Social Media | 173 Comments

A new report from MarketTools reveals that nearly 70% of Americans visit blogs, communities or social networks.  Of all respondents in the study, nearly half have been influenced in their purchase decisions by social media. Your product is being talked about everywhere by everyone.  A single product review can be seen by millions.  This realization [...]