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The Commons Revolution - Atlantic BT

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From www.atlanticbt.com - March 12, 2013 3:56 PM
Something CORE is changing pushed by social media and a altruism mentioned in books by Godin and Benkler, the commons revolution is happening. You In?
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Everything is in the commons now. 

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Infographics ROCK Twitter and LinkedIn, Leave Facebook Cold: Measuring ROI [Infographic]

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From allinfographics.org - February 7, 2013 10:08 AM
Infographics on Return On Infographics ROI on business for sales and conversion of product with search engine ranking, social interaction, page views
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What Is The Value Of Data Visualization?
I appreciate the information about where infographics work, great to know Twitter and LINKEDIN love 'em, Facebook not so much, but this is NOT how I would create ROI. 

An Infographic's ROI is more than the immediate surface acceptance it creates. All websites communicate in OVERT and COVERT ways. Infographics help send an overt message of being easy to understand and so easy to work with. 

Infographics also work on visitor and potential customer psychology, the covert layer. Covert communications include:

* Contemporary risk takers. 
* Intelligent, smart.

* Fast moving. 
* Careful to create mutual benefit.

* Expert.
* Good teachers.
* Listen well (because you knew what to create a graphic about).

* Cool, fun and engaging.

 

Can the infographic you create undo these inherit values? Sure, the devil is always in the details, but the covert communication created by infographics and the visual presentation of data is an undeniable trend. 

Some say we are at the end of the trend; the end is near for infographics. All things form a power distribution. 5% or less of all infographics created will get 90% of the views because they are perfectly timed, more visually engaging or promoted by the right people. 

The measure of a marketing tactic is what if your result lands squarely in the middle of the bell curve of acceptance. What if you only achieve an average response, can the effort pay for itself. The way this infographic suggests to gauge ROI based on metrics might make the tactic fall short or say you can't afford average, you must be GREAT. 

Who doesn't know they must be GREAT to achieve an audience these days? There are two ways to greatness: win the lottery or listen, learn, test and improve. I come from the school of test, tweak and test again and am confident any infographic P&L properly weighted AT THIS TIME would show positive ROI. 

"At this time" is large and in charge in the previous sentence because the market is alive and may change. We marketers tend to FLOOD winners and so drown the tactic. Could happen, but don't think we are there yet AND costs of infographic creation are coming down so continuing to work on visual support for your marketing is a good investment.  

 


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Lynn O'Connell for O'Connell Meier's curator insight, February 8, 2013 4:05 PM

Facebook doesn't show enough of a infographic to allow it to have impact. To share there, make a photo of the top and link to another site.
Ken Morrison's curator insight, February 18, 2013 6:22 PM

Ken's Key Takeaway:  

I am sharing this link for two reasons.  I like that it shares a list of the most popular infographic.  I also like that it shows how to attempt to evaluate the ROI of an infographic.  
255's comment, February 20, 2013 12:21 AM
Could be that infographics tells something in an easy way about relevant point ?
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6 Secrets To Create Awesome Content ScentTrail Marketing

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From scenttrail.blogspot.com - January 12, 2013 10:25 AM

Everyone does the easy thing. They insist you must create awesome content without completing the sentence to explain HOW to create amazing content.


That is because creating awesome content is full of serendipity, but there are things you can do to increase chances for advocacy and social support.


This post shares 6 secrets to create awesome content:


  • Almost NEVER what you think due to serendipity. 
  • OPJ (Other People's Juice the NewsJacking thing).
  • Hook-y Headlines.
  • Great Seductive Relevant Visuals.
  • Feed The Monster.
  • Powerful beats Wimpy.

 

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Why Crowdfunding Is In Your Website's Future - $10M Pebble Watch Campaign on Kickstarter

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From scenttrail.blogspot.com - February 19, 2013 8:07 PM

The "sheer genius" of the Pebble watch campaign on kickstarter will be somethig you want your team to emulate soon, very soon.

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The Genius of the Pebble Watch Kickstarter Campaign
No one told the Pebble watch team they couldn't mashup distribution, pricing, marketing, sales and funding all in one brilliantly executed campaign. The team didn't have the "curse of knowledge". They didn't know how the game is normally played and that is really good.

Their lack of knowledge meant the Pebble watch team turned to Kickstarter to solve problems no one ever thought to solve via a "crowdfunding" platform. My ScentTrail Marketing post notes how getting distributors to come to you is brilliant.

Combine solving distribution with Pebble's amazing "create your own customized Pebble", an idea that puts the celebrity endorsement game on its head bedcause they fought to give Pebble $1200 each, and you get sheer marketing genius.

There is so much genius to go around here every Internet marketing team should study how Pebble solved traditional problems any startup faces with a single stroke of genius and OPP (Other People's Platforms).

I bet you lunch; your team will be using OPP in a similar way inside of two years.

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Ken Morrison's curator insight, February 19, 2013 8:35 PM

Everyone is wondering if Apple will be releasing a watch.  They should  be checking out Pebble.  This pebble will be making ripples in the tech pond.  Great strategy!
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Why Your Web Content Is On A Hero's Journey: Content Marketing That Gets Buyers [Chris Brogan]

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From www.chrisbrogan.com - January 22, 2013 8:29 AM
You can write for your idea-spreaders, and you can write for your buyers.

One gets you seen and the other gets you business. I say do both. Here’s a post about content marketing with the mi...
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

This piece by Chris inspired me to write about how all web copy is on a Hero's Journey on Google Plus:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/102639884404823294558/posts/2jXTLKhxqTx 

My First Reaction Notes
Great Chris Brogan article explaining how to write content that makes your customers the hero. I also love the "never waste content without an ask of some kind". We are in the Call to Action business; to forget to ask is to waste your content marketing. 

Types of asks:

* Ask to join a list.

* Ask to amplify your ideas with their take.

* Ask to buy something.

* Ask to read something else, something related.

* Ask for comments.

* Create a poll or a survey and ask specific questions.

* Ask to be LIKED or shared.

* Ask for support.

* Ask for trust (can be very powerful).

* Ask for help (admit you don't know it all).

 

That last bullet, ask for help, may be controversial. Don't you want to appear to have all the answers if you are selling your consulting services to other business? No one can know it all. People are smart. They want to work with people like them. 

Admitting to being human only helps and strengthens your case. I don't like wimpy copy, but admitting you are unsure of something isn't wimpy (if done right). Collaboration is about knowing your strengths AND weaknesses and collaborating to contribute one and buttress the other. 

Great Chris Brogan article on how to write content that makes potential buyers actual partners and collaborators.  

 


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