Social Media

Like it. Buy it. tweet it. Shopping has always been a social experience. People get together and go out and buy things. Then they show friends what they've bought. And they tell everyone about the great deals they got. Download this mini-ebook to learn 11 ways you can use social media to power your sales.

Discover the latest research on the fundamental impact UGC is having on brands, and how it can drive audience acquisition, boost engagement and optimise commerce.

Companies that systematically identify and energize their enthusiastic customers (AKA "Brand Advocates") to recommend their brand and products online are getting at least a 10X ROI in media and sales value. Download this Zuberance whitepaper to learn more.

Today’s fastest growing companies are using repeatable marketing and sales 2.0 techniques to grow revenue predictably and reliably. Through real-world statistics and case studies, this paper outlines how the tools unique to marketing automation systems can be implemented to reap significant increases in the bottom line.

Learn Facebook’s Rules of Engagement so you can make your content more sharable and searchable – and avoid violating the terms of service. This eBook will give you a thorough understanding of Facebook principles, and the general rules that apply to content and behavior.

Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC), have broad potential to provide huge business value, while simultaneously presenting potentially overwhelming challenges. The rapid technology changes supporting SMAC and the overall complexity involved demand a systematic approach to building out your SMAC capability.

Why Your Audience Feasts on Social Integration.

We are living in the most revolutionary era in human communication since the invention of the printing press. For the past few years, marketers have ‘woken up’ to consumers who have the power to express their views anytime and anywhere. ‘Social’ is hot, and if nothing else, a response to this awakening. Now, the lines between paid, owned and earned media have been blurred, if not erased. Social media crosses the barrier between the three. It’s fast-paced and chaotic. We partnered with the research firm Sentient Services and surveyed more than 200 consumers about their attitudes, opinions and beliefs about brands and social media integration. The respondents come from all over the country, with all different incomes, lifestyles, and social media habits. Universally, the data supports what we’ve already seen in action: consumers want to engage with brands that integrate social media, and they prefer to do business with social brands. Let's get started!

We are living in the most revolutionary era in human communication since the invention of the printing press. For the past few years, marketers have ‘woken up’ to consumers who have the power to express their views anytime and anywhere. ‘Social’ is hot, and if nothing else, a response to this awakening. Now, the lines between paid, owned and earned media have been blurred, if not erased. Social media crosses the barrier between the three. It’s fast-paced and chaotic. We partnered with the research firm Sentient Services and surveyed more than 200 consumers about their attitudes, opinions and beliefs about brands and social media integration. The respondents come from all over the country, with all different incomes, lifestyles, and social media habits. Universally, the data supports what we’ve already seen in action: consumers want to engage with brands that integrate social media, and they prefer to do business with social brands. Let's get started!

Discover this year’s biggest social marketing trends in our Social Intelligence Report. You’ll learn where the greatest opportunities are in paid, earned, and owned social—and you’ll discover new tools and strategies for building stronger engagement and better results.

Managing a large Facebook Page (500,000+ Fans) comes with a unique set of challenges. While it’s great to have a large audience - it provides fantastic opportunities to generate high ROI from social - an audience of such scale comes with equally fantastic challenges. You need to be prepared in order to succeed.

The What, Why & How of CRM Integration This report contains insights from C-level executives, business analysts and IT engineers, and systems integrators and consultants who design and implement data integration for their enterprise clients.

Did you know you reach only a fraction of your fanbase every time you post a branded message on Facebook? Whether your fans receive your content in their newsfeeds depends on a Facebook algorithm called EdgeRank. We partnered with the experts at EdgeRank Checker to uncover what makes EdgeRank tick-and how you can use it to your advantage.

To compete in the new environment of always connected, highly informed consumers, retailers need to leverage five trends to realize higher conversions and larger transaction sizes. Find out how you can apply these 5 trends to your business.

In the Social Media Pocket Guide, discover best practices for developing full-scale programs. The guide outlines the business case, content strategy, real-world examples and measurement methods for the 6 best ways to use social media.

This guide will allow you to prove and improve ROI/ROO, assist in defining KPIs and showcase how to best leverage digital in today’s changing experiential marketing landscape.

This Ultimate Guide will give you practical and concrete steps you can take right now to instil a data-driven culture in your organisation.

Email effectiveness remains strong but the connected marketing organization fuels growth

According to Time, as much as 40% of social network users are exposed to some form of malware.

The old adage, "you get what you pay for" may no longer be true when it comes to traditional paid media investments. Effectiveness of traditional advertising and paid media - TV, newspaper, print - is on the decline, so marketers are choosing to push their dollars to social advertisements. In fact, 62% of marketers expect to increase their spending on Facebook marketing, along with other social media sites, over the next year. Marketers now must focus their attention on getting more from their advertising efforts by making sure that their media strategies work together. This means their paid media must work with their owned media to get more consumers to engage and participate - thus driving more earned media and amplification for their brand. Download here to learn more!

The old adage, "you get what you pay for" may no longer be true when it comes to traditional paid media investments. Effectiveness of traditional advertising and paid media - TV, newspaper, print - is on the decline, so marketers are choosing to push their dollars to social advertisements. In fact, 62% of marketers expect to increase their spending on Facebook marketing, along with other social media sites, over the next year. Marketers now must focus their attention on getting more from their advertising efforts by making sure that their media strategies work together. This means their paid media must work with their owned media to get more consumers to engage and participate - thus driving more earned media and amplification for their brand. Download here to learn more!

Leading brands use social media to attract and nurture brand evangelists, to generate leads and make sales, and much more. Here are 8 tips that Sysomos recommends for building your brand with social media.

Getting the right people excited about your brand is a powerful way to increase brand awareness and make sales. But how do attract influencers and get them talking about you? Here are 6 tips from Sysomos.

A comprehensive user management platform provides the essential tools for improving acquisition, creating engagement and building intelligence. Use this guide when evaluating prospective vendors to select the right user management platform partner.

By 2017, Millennials - currently in their mid-teens to mid-30s - will have more spending power than any generation. And they're the proxy for all consumers, so capturing them helps you capture everyone else, too.