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There’s strong evidence organizations are challenged by the opportunities presented by external information sources such as social media, government trend data, and sensor data from the Internet of Things (IoT). No longer content to use internal databases alone, they see big data resources augmented with external information resources as what they need in order to bring about meaningful change. According to a September 2015 global survey of 251 respondents conducted by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, 78 percent of organizations agree or strongly agree that within two years the use of externally generated big data will be “transformational.” But there’s work to be done, since only 21 percent of respondents strongly agree that external data has already had a transformational effect on their firms.

No matter what industry you’re in or role you have, we all share a universal interest in trends. As marketers, we look to Google Trends to understand what keywords and search terms are most popular; we look for trending hashtags and conversations on social to inform the content we put out; and we put “Trends” sessions on our agendas at conferences because we know they’ll draw an audience. We’ve tapped into this almost universal desire to understand what the masses are doing.

Marketers’ social media successes have added to their burdens. Many now have dozens of social pages to manage, thousands of customer comments to monitor, and hundreds of colleagues who want (or need) to participate. Social relationship platform vendors off er tools that help marketers efficiently and responsibly expand their social capabilities.

Advanced management and tracking in Adobe Social helps Sky Bet drive revenue through timely delivery of targeted high-impact social campaigns.

It’s well known that social content has been proven to increase traffic, engagement, and sales – especially during the holidays. This step-by-step guide will help ensure you're setup for social success this holiday season and into 2014.

In this exclusive Socialbakers report, we look at how media companies can use competitive analytics and better content optimization strategies to drive interactions and site visits - crucial metrics for anyone involved in audience growth and development in the industry.

Social has the power to help your clients achieve larger marketing and business goals. But only 5% of brands use social to it’s fullest potential - do your clients and prospects? In this study we discuss social trends agency reps just have to know to stay ahead and ways you can leverage social to pitch prospects and preserve accounts.

In this exclusive Socialbakers report, we look at how National Geographic uses competitive analytics and content optimization strategies to keep up with audiences and remain one of the most engaging social brands in the world.

This report explores how the best pet food marketers have made targeted gains in Fan growth, engagement, and post efficiency.

In this report, we delve into the way Dairy brands reach Fans and prospects on social media, examining what kinds of posts they make and seeing what Fans respond to most, to help your brand optimize your content for maximum engagement.

Download our best-practice guide to ensure your reviews and social content deliver results.

Download our free SEO ebook for best practice advice to ensure your reviews drive traffic to your site.

Almost 80% of consumers now use their phones to help them shop. Download Reevoo's best practice guide to combining mobile and social to find out how to maximise your m-commerce results.

Learn why the next evolution of social marketing is Collaborative Marketing. Brands that are closest to those who buy, use, and advocate for their products win.

Marketing automation is quickly becoming a competitive necessity for most organizations. According to a recent Demand Gen Report, 42% of b2b marketers identified marketing automation as the tool they plan to test or deploy in 2016—beyond predictive analysis, account-based marketing, lead nurturing, and attribution modeling. Download this white paper to discover how to use marketing automation to attract, engage, and convert buyers across all marketing channels by streamlining workflow, monitoring social, and managing content.

IBM social content management provides content in context -- to share ideas, locate expertise, and access relevant knowledge via professional social networks.

Discover the latest research on the fundamental impact UGC is having on brands, and how it can drive audience acquisition, boost engagement and optimise commerce.

This infographic illustrates the power of the user generated content and the 4 main ways this can work for your brand.

Social listening can sometimes feel like swimming blind. But it actually is easier than it seems. Follow our research team as they explore social listening reports to determine the gap between what finserv audiences are looking for versus what finserv companies are providing.

People control their own consumer journeys. Consumers expect a borderless world in which they roam freely between a brand’s social media channels, email campaigns, blogs and e-commerce site, effortlessly buying things that catch their eye. It’s led to a sporadic, personalized shopping journey that frequently begins on digital touchpoints that weren’t built for commerce. That’s made it increasingly complex for brands hoping to meet customers’ needs and measure the results of their marketing strategies. At the center of this new customer-driven revolution is visual content. Images and videos play starring roles in the decisionmaking process, and provide consumers with a whole new level of inspiration and knowledge. Every picture and video clip is now the entrance to a digital storefront, meaning brands can use them to drive not only engagement but revenue.

Digital technology has completely changed how we discover products, engage with brands and share our experiences with others. Amazon revolutionized customer feedback and product reviews. Social media transformed the way people share word-of-mouth recommendations, connecting shoppers to off-the-cuff opinions, compelling visual content and real-life experiences from peers and influencers they follow and admire. Sure, TV, radio and print ads are still part of the mix but they hardly carry the same weight as they did in years passed. This statistic speaks volumes: 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations over branded advertising. With the advent of social media and digital technology, brands have a powerful new tool at their disposal that brings word-of-mouth to the masses: usergenerated content (UGC).

Digital marketing. You hear it everywhere. As you and all your competitors know, it’s: A marketing approach that leverages online channels like email, websites, social media, and display advertising to deliver content that influences opinions and sells products and services. But to effectively execute a digital marketing strategy, you’ll need a marketing automation system that can follow a customer’s lead around the web and offer the best recommendations at the best times to deliver a more relevant "1-to-you" customer experience.

Customers are embracing new technologies and they want to interact through a variety of applications, at any time and from any device. Many consumer facing organizations are racing to enable new interaction channels to innovate, grow their business and improve customer loyalty. As they expand online services and add mobile and social media interaction there is an increasing need to both secure and coordinate these activities. The key challenge is to deliver innovative new applications and services quickly and to provide an excellent customer experience across multiple channels.

Customers are embracing new technologies and they want to interact through a variety of applications, at any time and from any device. Many consumer facing organizations are racing to enable new interaction channels to innovate, grow their business and improve customer loyalty. As they expand online services and add mobile and social media interaction there is an increasing need to both secure and coordinate these activities. The key challenge is to deliver innovative new applications and services quickly and to provide an excellent customer experience across multiple channels.

Here at Spredfast, we were as caught up in the World Cup as the rest of the planet. As much as we enjoyed watching the strategy on the field, we were also really excited about the social strategies implemented during the tournament by savvy brands and media properties.