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10 Startling Statistics that Prove Why Your Business Should Use Social Media

Social Media Explorer recently published an article highlighting the following statistics on social media: Time spent on social networking sites increased 277% in 2009. Web users are 51% more likely to buy from your brand if they follow you on Facebook 60% of web users are more likely to recommend your brand if they follow [...]

How to Listen to Your Customers Online

You know how when you’re eating in a restaurant and you don’t like the food, and the waiter asks you “How is everything?” What do you say? “Oh, everything is fine, thanks.” Your customers are doing the same to you — they’re not telling you what they don’t like about you to your face. But [...]

Hub Mentality Isn’t Just For Businesses

By the way, database marketing doesn’t just apply to business. It also applies to every project where widespread influence is the goal, including but not limited to non-profit ventures, think tanks, personal blogging, and politics. In fact, Hub Mentality was central to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008. In What Americans Really Want…Really, Dr. Frank [...]

Build Community Loyalty Rather Than Incentivizing Bargain Hunters

Jeff Sexton, copywriter for Future Now, published an excellent article on Social Media Examiner entitled “Are You Unknowingly Bribing Your Social Media Fans?” He warns against a pattern of “ethical bribery” that engages your customers on a purely economy level. It trains them to always look for the incentives, rather than stay loyal to the [...]

5 YouTube Channels For Small Business Advice

Mashable recently published a great article listing five YouTube channels providing excellent education for small business owners. Their list of five includes the following: Harvard Business Publishing Google Business U.S. Small Business Administration Robert Scoble Fast Forward Not only will you learn applicable knowledge for your business, you may discover some ideas to leverage YouTube [...]

Socialnomics

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Brian Solis on the Future of the Social Web

Thanks to Eric Dowd for bringing this insightful article to my attention. It reinforces why your organization must embrace and institute Hub Mentality™ as soon as possible to harness the power of these trends. Brian Solis highlights key points of this report that details the evolution and future of social media, including the following tidbits: [...]

Is Social Media a Fad?

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“The Economics of Influence” Webinar Recording Released

This week The Center for Social Leadership sponsored a webinar entitled “The Economics of Influence: Using Hub Mentality™ to Increase Your Influence & Wealth.” We recorded the webinar and you can download it for free by clicking on the following links: Webinar Audio Recording Webinar PowerPoint Presentation We had issues with the recording, so the [...]

PR and ROI–Two Old Acronyms with Two New Meanings

This is a tale of two acronyms and how they’ve changed.  In a time where costs could be measured to the penny and big advertising budgets ruled the day, companies measured their effectiveness and success in many ways.  Two of the most popular acronyms were PR and ROI.  PR stood for Public Relations and ROI [...]

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April 5, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Better business, Blogging, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, New Media, News, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Technology Tools

Congratulations On Your New Job Title!

April 4, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Better business, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Hub Mentality, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Search Engine Optimization, Writing

Your Customers Need a Commitment

March 31, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Better business, Better Websites, Branding, Hub Mentality, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, MESS Method

It’s All About Asking the Right Questions

March 30, 2011
by: Bryan HydeBetter business, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Persuasion Architecture, Website Conversion

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March 29, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Branding, Economics, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Social Media

Adapting to The New Social Selling Environment

March 28, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Better business, Community Engagement, Hub Mentality, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Social Media

Getting Your Message To Your Customers

March 25, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Hub Mentality, Marketing, Writing

Setting Your Social Marketing Goals

March 24, 2011
by: Bryan HydeAdvertising, Blogging, Branding, Hub Mentality, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Social Media, Social Networking, Website Analytics