Pinterest Becoming ‘Goto’ Site for Brands; Future of Social Commerce? | Social Commerce Today

This is why I love Pinterest.  This is a nest of potential buyers looking at great images and ready to buy.  This social site is the most like shopping and looking at catalogs than any of the other social sites like Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, etc.  Take a look at the special detailed in this [...]

How to Create a Social Media Strategy for Your Business | Social Media Examiner

What are your marketing goals and how can the Internet help you accomplish those goals.  Just posting on Facebook and Twitter is not a plan and probably will not help you reach your goals or ROI.  Like they say, “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.”  The Internet Marketing channel works.  Its no [...]

4 charts that show how social media drives sales relationships

Pretty much the same reasons your customers signed up for your email campaigns.

The top reasons people press the “Like” button on Facebook is to have a sales relationship with a brand - either to receive promotions, coupons, stay informed and show their support for companies.  In other words, when consumers are on Facebook, what we are saying to [...]

77 Percent Of Us Want To Get Marketing Messages Via Email & Theres No Close Second Place, Study Says

To be honest, not a whole lot of Internet Marketing strategies that actually work have changed since 1999. Ya, Ive been doing Internet Marketing that long and longer; 1995.  eMail is still king of conversions and SEO drives customers to your website.  Facebook is the new AOL and blogging and twitter are just more [...]

More Smartphone Users Taking Pictures, Updating Statuses at Restaurants [INFOGRAPHIC]

I know before I go to dinner I am also checking reviews on Yelp and Google Maps.  I have not embraced letting everyone know I am not home but I am in an older demographic at 48.  My wife and I do post good review of restaurants on Facebook and used friend recommendations to [...]

Social Media – Six Ways to Prepare Your Brand for Social Media’s Visual Revolution : MarketingProfs Article

As social media continues to evolve, one reality is coming into focus: Brands are becoming more visual.

One indication is the emergence of new kids on the block, such as the image-driven social network Pinterest. Another is the recent updates to more established social platforms, such as Facebook’s Timeline. What’s clear is that brands [...]

Report: Pinterest is third most-visited social site – CNN.com

I love Pinterest.  If you are a big affiliate marketer or ecommerce business with products that take great pictures, then Pinterest is a perfect way to market your products.

Think back six months. You probably never had heard of a little website called Pinterest.

Now it’s the third most-visited social-networking site in the United [...]

Colorado study says Facebook, Twitter use contribute to drop in youth driving | TechKnow Bytes — Colorado technology — The Denver Post

I wonder what this looks like Nationally and how this effects shopping and ecommerce, especially if kids aren’t driving to malls or the movies.

Coloradans are driving less, and rising gas prices isn’t the only reason.

A new study by CoPIRG finds that the use of technology, from smartphone apps to social networking sites [...]

Is Social a Fad for Media? | Digital Quarters

Is Social a Fad for Media?

by Ben Elowitz

I feel like a lot of my posts lately have been beating the social drum, so I need to clarify my perspective.  Social isn’t just a fad.  It isn’t just a channel, or an alternate distribution medium.It’s actually turning into the new ether.  As in [...]

Official Declaration of War – Facebook blocks Google+ ad – Yahoo! News

The war has officially started.  I guess the claim that you can’t patent a chair is becoming a reality.  Oh well, these social sites come a go, AOL, MySpace, Facebook and now maybe Google+ .  GMail is a big monster in the room along with search.  If Google can get people moving over like [...]