In the world of sports, “scorecards” are thin rectangular pieces of stiff, shiny paper used for keeping game records and, especially in team sports, for identifying players by name, number and position. Like their print world namesakes, digital scorecards used in social media applications can...Read More >>
The Social Media Marketing Campaign dashboard is based on the traditional business intelligence (BI) dashboard—a data visualization tool that displays the current status of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for an enterprise. Dashboards consolidate and arrange numbers, metrics and...Read More >>
Free (Or At Least Affordable) Distribution Your Social Media News Release (SMNR) is the linchpin of your Social Media Marketing Campaign, but maybe your budget demands you seek out free distribution. This value is available at a multitude of news release distribution sites. Each distribution...Read More >>
Executing a complete in-depth analysis of the performance of a social media campaign requires quantitative performance metrics for use in data analytics processes. There is no one single ideal Social Media Marketing Campaign Monitoring, Measurement & Analytics tool. Though the sheer number...Read More >>
With every online marketing channel and discipline, there must be tools to make the management task more efficient and effective. Social media marketing management is no different. Social media management tools can help with everything from source network connections to campaign and social content...Read More >>
The market for social media marketing tools includes the dominant leaders, such as Google Insights and HootSuite, as well as niche services that have small but loyal users, such as Pipes, Trackur and Viral Heat. It’s a very crowded field, and new tools are being introduced regularly. There...Read More >>
Successful Gamification of business websites ultimately rests on following common sense best practices in an industry in which little specific formal methodology is firmly in place and the existing methodology often does not sufficiently address many key issues. With proper processes, checks and...Read More >>
“Look before you leap” seems to be the consensus advice to developers looking to gamify business client websites. “Dipping your toes in before diving in headfirst is an effective way to gamify your experience,” advises Roy Schmidt of BigDoor, the company that enables non-programmers to...Read More >>
The $28 billion U.S. video game industry is warming to the idea of social media games because doing so makes excellent business sense. Social media marketers, whose industry is being so heavily impacted by the video game industry, need to join the game industry in comprehending and embracing...Read More >>
At the DigitalEYE Media event on Thursday, March 31st, we were fortunate to have Kip Knight give a presentation on the basics of social media marketing. Kip is the former Vice President of Marketing at eBay US, Chief Marketing Officer at Taco Bell, and Brand Management as various positions at...Read More >>
