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Posts from ‘October, 2008’

Marketing Budgets and the Economy

Oct 31st, 2008
by cinta5.
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According to survey results released by eMetrics, the majority of marketing budgets are not seeing a cut due to the economy.
60% of respondents said their marketing budgets haven’t changed.
Also, it looks like senior management is finally interested in tracking their online marketing campaigns with analytics. (It’s about time they started listening)
80.4% of marketers say interest […]

Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Oct 20th, 2008
by cinta5.
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According to the Bulldog Reporter,
“Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is plotting a possible push into the digital-music business in the wake of MySpace’s launch of MySpace Music last month. The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that […]

Website and Conversion Optimization in Hard Times

Oct 16th, 2008
by Jesse.
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With the recent instability of our economy, many online and traditional marketing companies are having a hard time convincing their clients that they should continue to pay us.  Everyone knows that more often then not that marketing dollars are often the first to go, most of us also know that the companies that make smart […]

A portrait of Gen Y Mom’s for Marketers

Oct 13th, 2008
by cinta5.
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Jennifer Jones from Speak Media Blog and David Griner from the Social Path wrote some great posts on the fastest growing consumer segment: The Gen Y Mom’s.
A few highlights from Jennifer’s post:
The Numbers: Gen Y has roughly 80 million members. The leading edge of this generation has begun turning 30 this year and approximately 9 […]

So just how much do social media consultants get paid?

Oct 13th, 2008
by cinta5.
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According to an article written by Marshall Kirkpatrick from ReadWriteWeb, professional social media consultants don’t make less than $150 an hour.
“No one we surveyed named an hourly consulting rate below $150 per hour. $300 per hour was the most common rate named. Some listed monthly rates of $2k to $4k per engagement, which we assume […]

Top 200 Social Media Sites by Niche

Oct 6th, 2008
by cinta5.
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Tyler over at SMMGuru offered up the top 198 social media sites.  We’d like to add a couple to the list: Macblips and HypeM
 
Sports Entertainment
Fighters
Ballhype
eFans
FanNation
Fanspot
ScoreGuru
SportsFlip
Sportsvite
SportsCast

Social Bookmarking
Blinkbits
Blinklist
Blogmarks
Chipmark
Connectedy
del.icio.us
De.lirio.us
Diigo
Foxmarks
Furl
Lycos iQ
Ma.gnolia
Mobilicio.us
Netvouz
OnlyWire
Shadows
Simpy
Socializer
Windows Live Favorites
Automotive
AutoSpies
Boompa
CarDomain
Motorpulse
Graduation Related
Classmates
ConnectU
Friends Reunited
Graduates
Meetup
Consumer Opinions
Cork’d
Chowhound
Epinions
Yelp
Food & Cooking
All Recipes
Barmano
FohBoh
Foods.tv
Kitchen Bug
Social Dating
Chemistry
Crush or Flush
Cupid’s Lab
Flirtomatic
SpeedDate
WooMe
Learning / Education / Reading
BookCrossing
Bookins
BookMooch
BookSwim
Carmun
Citeulike
Connect via Books
Good Reads
Hitflip
LibraryThing
Shelfari
Wordsy
Family
Babbiz
Eons
Family 2.0
Famiva
Geni
Genoom
GreatSchools
Kinzin
MomJunction
MothersClick
Moxie Moms
MyFamily.com
Parentography
Style & Fashion
Chictini
Stylehive
Threadless
Networking
AIM Pages
Bebo
Facebook
Faves
Friendster
Grono
Hi5
LiveJournal
NetFriendships
Netlog
Orkut
Passado
ProfileLush
Skyrock
Tagged
Windows Live Spaces
Yahoo! 360
Zaadz

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