Where Does Pinterest Fit in Your Marketing Mix?

When thinking about organic or paid traffic, Google and Facebook often come to mind. Pinterest, for most, does not.
When thinking about organic or paid traffic, Google and Facebook often come to mind. Pinterest, for most, does not.
Some 73% of Millennial workers are involved in B2B purchase decisions, and 85% of that group uses social media to research products and services for their companies.
Twitter is always a highly recommended social media channel to promote your brand online. But it’s not easy to build a following. It’s even harder to persuade followers to click through to your site—and convert.
Indeed, historically, Twitter traffic has had one of the lowest conversion rates compared to other social media giants. Yet Twitter can be a reliable source of both clicks and conversions.
Social media isn’t a perfect source of market research: It’s not a representative sample and, for small businesses, it’s simply too small of a sample.
But for large organizations, it’s still a critical one. Why? Because it includes your most passionate fans.
Right now there is almost certainly an enterprise exec in a boardroom somewhere saying, “We need it to go viral.” Kittens and memes and babies kissing puppies… viral.
When most people think about going viral, they think about raising a lot of awareness for their product or company. But what about money in the bank, what does going viral mean for your bottom line?
So, the statement becomes: We need to go viral in a way that makes us actual money. Not surprisingly, that usually looks a little different than kittens and memes and babies kissing puppies.
Most conversation about social media strategy sucks.
Write compelling headlines, use interesting photos, follow “influencers” Pfffft…. what a crock of shit.
I’m going to blow the doors wide open on why most social media marketing strategies are garbage & why even the halfway decent ones still aren’t nearly as effective as they could be.
According to a report by Nielsen on social media, Americans spend three times more time on social media than reading their email.