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The social media industry has revolutionized the online worlds, including the traditional methods to online marketing. Companies and businesses need to develop strategies of their own or they risk behind left in the dust by competitors.

Adeo Internet Marketing published this infographic to show you why modern business needs social media to help revitalize their online business and rise to the top.

Via Lauren Moss, Martin Hombre Hormiga

 

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The “secret” to more sales is as simple as understanding just what your buyer wants (and expects) from your business.

 

We are all different, but in many instances our brains are prone to react in a similar manner.

 

Understanding these subtleties in the human mind can help your business find creative ways to ethically move more buyers towards saying “Yes!” to your products or services.

 

In this Infographic are 10 studies that reveal such insights into the minds of your customers.

 

1. Setting Minimums Helps Customers Break Through Action

2. Create Better Brand Engagement by Labeling Customers

3. Learn How to Sell to Your 3 Types of Buyers
4. Admit to Shortcomings in Order to Highlight Your Strengths
5. Implement Urgency… the Smart Way!
6. Appeal to the Need for Immediate Satisfaction
7. Don’t Be Afraid to Make an Enemy
8. Stand for Something that Customers Support
9. Create Persuasive Arguments by Playing Devil’s Advocate 

10. Keep Customers on Their Toes

 

 

Curated by Agostino Caniato:
http://bit.ly/Landing-Page-World

 

To deepen the points just mentioned read the full article here:http://bit.ly/UbnfAU

Marty Note [great tips and write up by Agostino. Kudos to @GregoryCiotti for some great conversion work. He has a free ebook on the link too. Going to download his book and report back.)

Via Agostino Caniato, SwipeZoom, Martin (Marty) Smith, THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY

Numerous tech facts that occur every minute. Some eye-openers here. -JL

Via Beth Dichter, Lynnette Van Dyke, Jim Lerman

Many professionals are turning to social media as a place of trust for their purchasing decisions and it’s no different for the IT industry. IT decision makers have a highly-regarded task of ensuring they recommend the best products and services for their organizations.
LinkedIn, Forrester Consulting, and Research Now zeroed in on these professionals to see how they utilize social media, including its effects on their purchasing decisions and how they engage with social.
According to Michael Weir, Head of Category Development for the Technology Industry at LinkedIn, “It’s no surprise that [IT decision makers] are heavy users of social networks. In fact, 85% have used at least one social network for business purposes. What’s surprising is that 73% have engaged with an IT vendor on a social network – underscoring the value of the channel for IT marketers. Even more revealing is the fact that social media is now a critical source of influence across the entire decision making process, not just during the initial research phase.”

Via Lauren Moss, Martin Hombre Hormiga

Educate yourself about the importance of visual information on your website. With infographics, you will gain a lot more traffic for your growing website.

Visual information is processed faster by the brain, with 90% of all the information that we take in is visual. But the thing with visual information is also that unless it’s a really good story or article, people don’t want to read through a whole page of text when he or she could do something else more fun. So, throw in an infographic with visual information, and you’ll have a winner...

Via Lauren Moss, Louise Robinson-Lay

From simple charts to complex maps and infographics, Brian Suda's round-up of the best – and mostly free – tools has everything you need to bring your data to life...

A common question is how to get started with data visualisations. Beyond following blogs, you need to practice – and to practice, you need to understand the tools available. In this article, get introduced to 20 different tools for creating visualisations: from simple charts to complex graphs, maps and infographics. Almost everything here is available for free, and \you may have installed already...

 

Very interesting.

Via Lauren Moss, Dennis Richards, Terheck