Thursday, December 12, 2013

How to develop a world-class LinkedIn profile

Twitter broadens keyword matches to improve ad targeting | S&P 500 will add Facebook this month | YouTube net ad revenue is estimated in billions
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December 12, 2013
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Twitter broadens keyword matches to improve ad targeting
Twitter has made it easier for marketers to target ad campaigns by expanding search results to include synonyms, alternate spellings and lingo. An advertiser who selects the words "love" and "coffee," for example, would also match a tweet that said "I really luv this coffee" and "I really adore coffee" without specifying those variations. The expansion is automatic, but marketers can specify limits as well. TheNextWeb.com (12/11), PCWorld/IDG News Service (12/11)
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S&P 500 will add Facebook this month
Facebook will join the Standard & Poor's 500 this month, securing its position as a blue-chip company. The move is seen as a measure of redemption for the social network after its troubled initial public offering last year. Reuters (12/11), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model)/Tech Now blog (12/11)
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YouTube net ad revenue is estimated in billions
YouTube should net nearly $2 billion this year in global ad revenue out of a projected $5.6 billion gross, according to an eMarketer estimate. YouTube has grown rapidly in recent years, a fact that eMarketer attributes largely to surging consumer demand for viewing content across devices. eMarketer (12/11)
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Starbucks combines branded content, ads in Flipboard holiday campaign
Starbucks is blending sponsored content and full-page holiday-themed ads and a call to action in the Flipboard mobile application. The campaign directs users to Starbucks' 33-page "Happy Holiday Handbook" and invites them to find their favorite seasonal drink. Mobile Marketer (12/12)
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Study: Social sites lag in driving online retail sales
Retailers have ramped up their social shopping efforts on sites such as Facebook and Pinterest, but only about 2% of online purchases made since Nov. 1 came via consumers clicking on social posts, according to e-commerce analytics provider Custora, whose clients include Etsy, Bonobos, One Kings Lane, Fab, Birchbox and Revolve Clothing. Organic search drove the biggest portion of online sales, followed by direct visits to retailers' websites and applications, e-mail marketing and paid search. Advertising Age (free access for SmartBrief readers) (12/11)
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The Takeaway
How to develop a world-class LinkedIn profile
It's amazing how few people make the most of their LinkedIn profiles, LinkedIn's Jason Miller writes. Basic steps such as uploading photos and keeping your resume current can make a big difference, and soliciting recommendations from colleagues and past employers all but guarantee better results. "When people vouch for you on your profile, it might not make or break a potential employer's decision to contact you, but it'll raise her comfort level," Miller writes. Convince & Convert (12/11)
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Recruiters could get a lift from social media, Big Data
The joint rise of social media, Big Data and strategies such as gamification could give a big lift to companies' recruiting efforts, writes Karthik Manimozhi. "Social collaboration integrated with analytics will make it easier to share, discuss and socialize results and to provide a mechanism for making transparent, high quality decisions," Manimozhi writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Social Media (12/12)
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10 ads that blew up on YouTube this year
Evian's dance-crazy "Baby & Me" ad was the most-watched ad on YouTube in 2013, racking up 67.2 million views, according to this article. "Baby & Me" was a sequel to the 2009 hit "Roller Babies," the most-viewed ad of all time. Three ads from the 2013 Super Bowl made the list, as did Microsoft's "Child of the '90s" spot for Internet Explorer and Kmart's "Ship My Pants" ad. Mashable (12/11)
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SmartQuote
It is fair to say -- and perhaps pretty surprising -- that clicks from social very rarely directly lead to orders."
-- Corey Pierson, co-founder of Custora, as quoted by Advertising Age
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 Andy Sernovitz, Editor at Large
Andy Sernovitz is the New York Times best-selling author of "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking" and the blog "Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That!" He runs WordofMouth.org, where marketers and entrepreneurs learn to be great at word of mouth marketing, and SocialMedia.org, the community for social media leaders at the world's greatest brands.
 
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