Social Media Marketing

Nicki Gauthier

Nicki’s Facebook Contest Research Notes

November 1st, 2011
by Nicki Gauthier

Facebook contests can be a great way to increase interest and drive traffic. I recently did some research to review successful and creative Facebook contests and why they were successful. Todd Wasserman posted a great article: 4 Successful And Creative Facebook Contests on OpenForum.com. Here are key notes I pulled from the article:

The prize …

Posted in Blog, Facebook, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Tools, Web Marketing Best Practices

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Lorrie Thomas

Marketing is Earned, You are Not Entitled to It – Free Whitepaper

October 21st, 2011
by Lorrie Thomas

Rachel Meranus, Vice President, Marketing & Communications at PR Newswire (one of my favorite media mavens!!) shared a brilliant whitepaper called “Earned Media, Evolved” that is a MUST-READ.
I rarely read all the free content I get from companies, but this one really made me think and I hope you take the time to dive into …

Posted in Online PR, Social Media, Social Media Marketing

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Nicki Gauthier

Donuts and Sophia Grace for Breakfast?! Friday Funnies

October 21st, 2011
by Nicki Gauthier

My secret trendsetter hipster weapon is my sister.  She emails, calls, and basically tracks me down to share all of the great web stuff out there in the wild wild web.  I am taking this foggy Friday morning to share MUST SEE videos that my sister passed along to me.
JDilla “U-Love” Donut video by talented …

Posted in Art Therapy, Blog, Comic Relief, Marketing Sugar, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social television, Viral Phenomenon, Wild Web Marketing Videos

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Nicki Gauthier

Social Media Marketing Tips

October 14th, 2011
by Nicki Gauthier

I made a list of my favorite social media tips to be prepared for a social media panel that I will be participating in next month. There are over 50 tips on my list, and here are some highlights:
#1. Before you dive deep into social media: know who you are, know your audience, and know …

Posted in Blog, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Web Marketing Best Practices

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The Impact of Real Time Analytics upon Measurement of Social ROI

October 8th, 2011
by internationalmanofmystery

The relationship between social intelligence solutions like http://www.PeopleBrowsr.com and Real Time Analytics from Google – http://ow.ly/6RyAU – signifies a profound shift in measuring the ROI of marketing within social networks. We can now see the passage from tweet to website to shopping cart visibly. The path from social object to online purchase just gained more …

Posted in Blog, Social Media, Social Media Marketing

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