Facebook Survey, Social Media Budgets - Internet Marketing Podcast 103

Episode43 min2011-05-17

Social media works for every industry including industrial sectors, but businesses should add social media budgets on top of existing marketing spend and prioritize platforms where their target audience is most active, especially LinkedIn for B2B.

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Key takeaways
Social is not free, right? Because it distracts you from other things you could be doing.

About this episode

In this podcast we discuss Facebook Surveys in our SEO podcast. We also talk about the social media marketing budget and its balance with the rest of your Internet Marketing budget. Finally we discuss social media in the industrial sector. Join us for edutainment. Visit our Facebook Internet Marketing page. Come visit the most popular Internet Marketing Podcast on iTunes. Video of our podcast is broadcast live from…

Questions this episode answers

What should a business define before launching a social media campaign?

The hosts list several questions from the article: how much your target audience participates in social media and which platforms they use, what your goals are, what resources including people, time, and budget you have, and how you will measure return on investment.

In their words

don't pull money from your current marketing budget. Yeah. You know, don't cut half of it out to jump in the social game. You know, this should be in addition to what you're currently doing.

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Terms defined in this episode
B2B vs B2C
B2B means business to business, where sales go to other companies. B2C means business to consumer, covering direct or retail sales to individuals.
SSL certificate
A credential that enables HTTPS on a website, encrypting all interactions between the browser and the server. The episode notes Mozilla was pushing to strengthen the certification process.
Page Speed test
A tool at pagespeed.googlelabs.com where you enter your website URL and receive a speed performance score.
Facebook business page
A professional Facebook presence for a company or product, distinct from a personal account, used to post content, attract followers, and prompt actions like calls or downloads.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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