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10 Types of Visual Content Your Company Should Be Creating

10 Types of Visual Content Your Company Should Be Creating | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it
Examples of viral visual content to give you some inspiration for your own visual marketing strategy.
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Great Post with New To Us Content Ideas
We love infographics, but several of the "content types suggested here are new to us (annotated screenshots, visual comparisons)

Dielle Web e Grafica's curator insight, March 16, 2016 5:33 AM

Great Post with New To Us Content Ideas
We love infographics, but several of the "content types suggested here are new to us (annotated screenshots, visual comparisons)

Kate Marsh's curator insight, March 16, 2016 8:40 AM

Great Post with New To Us Content Ideas
We love infographics, but several of the "content types suggested here are new to us (annotated screenshots, visual comparisons)

Timothy Jacquet's curator insight, March 27, 2016 9:09 AM

Great Post with New To Us Content Ideas
We love infographics, but several of the "content types suggested here are new to us (annotated screenshots, visual comparisons)

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Rise of Purpose-Driven Social #Marketing Brands #infographic via @MarketingHits

Rise of Purpose-Driven Social #Marketing Brands #infographic via @MarketingHits | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it

You’ll often find me in some huge debates online on anything related to politics, religion and capitalism… all the red-hot buttons that most people avoid. It’s why I have personal and branded presences across social media. If you want marketing only, follow the brand. If you want me, follow me… but be careful… you get all of me.+

While I’m an unabashed capitalist, I also have a big heart. I believe we should help one another and not depend on bureaucracies that are inefficient and ineffective. I truly believe the way we change things is by taking personal responsibility and helping to be the catalysts for change. Our agency is always donating time, money and other resources to not just help charities… but to also help businesses that don’t have the resources but have promise. +

It’s no longer good enough to just have a social media presence. Marketing 3.0 will be won by those who become purpose-driven social brands, and to do so, the CMO, CSO, CSR, and Foundation leads must align to bring a cohesive brand story to life. Check out We First’s infographic below with some cold hard facts that make it clear the future of profit is purpose, and the most iconic brands of the future will be those that drive the most meaningful social change. Simon Mainwaring

It’s not just the right thing to do, being purpose-driven is also becoming an expectation of businesses, the motivation for employees and a growing buying habit by consumers. People want their money to go to businesses that are environmentally aware, treat their employees well, and invest time and energy in making the world a better place. +

I’m glad purpose-driven marketing is becoming a growing strategy and topic of conversation – I’ve written before about the frustration I have when people criticize cause marketing (we discussed this with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge… ugh). I’d encourage every company to promote the efforts they’re making to help those around them – this inforgraphic points to why!




Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com, John van den Brink, Ricard Lloria
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Brian is SPOT ON here as usual. We've been watching the annual Cone Consumer Activism Survey for years. The number of consumes who want their brands to do the right thing about health, the planet and human rights has grown steadily for years.

Brian is right when he says it isn't enough to make a great widget anymore. Everyone makes a great widget now. Now we buy from those who are "like us" and who we love.

You can't buy love, but you can sure influence it by your deeds and actions. When I started selling bar soap for P&G a lifetime ago (1981) what a marketer SAID was important.

Marketing was about knitting SAYINGS together and repeating them enough to drill them into memory. Now marketing is about what we DO and any dissonance between what we DO and SAY is death.



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Facebook vs LinkedIn [infographic]

Facebook vs LinkedIn [infographic] | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it
Choosing between Facebook and LinkedIn might not be an easy choice. You probably know both platforms as a user. Let's try to analyze those two systems in order for you to decide which one to use.

Via Georgina Lester, Mark Gittos
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Each social net has it own rhythm. Matching your marketing and brand position to the right social net is important. This helpful infographic discusses how and when to use LinkedIn vs. Facebook.

Nicoletta Gay's curator insight, March 29, 2014 3:47 PM

The standard answer usually is: Facebook is for B2C while LinkedIn is for B2B. It is actually more complex than that.    

Victor Juarez's curator insight, March 31, 2014 5:55 PM

Facebook or  Linkedin? Mejor las dos pero si hay que elegir...

Dawn Jensen's curator insight, April 8, 2014 5:59 PM

For those who are looking to see how they would reach a potential client or prospect, here's a great way to see top-tiered social networks side by side.

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Influence Marketing In 2013 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Influence Marketing In 2013 [INFOGRAPHIC] | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it
Chances are you’ve seen one or all of these buzz phrases floating around social media in recent years: “brand ambassadors,” “online influencers,” “social influencers.” The popularity of social scoring platforms like Klout and Kred, combined with...

Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com, Jose Maria Hernandez Montes
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Important #infographic for #startups.

Sahil's curator insight, August 12, 2013 8:38 PM

Great infographic highlighting the growing importance of social media in marketing today.

Duncan Robertson's comment, August 12, 2013 9:28 PM
Social media has a huge impact on companies' marketing seem now a days. Facebook and twitter alone can reach millions of people over various locations abroad.
Stephen Pitcher's curator insight, April 21, 2014 3:38 AM

This is a amazing! This could be 'the answer', what do you think?

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Social Branding Is Inevitable & Possibly Painful: How To Recover Infographic via @Kissmetrics

Social Branding Is Inevitable & Possibly Painful: How To Recover Infographic via @Kissmetrics | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it

Social media disasters can happen to the best of them. Today’s infographic goes over some social media bombs and how to recover from them.

Marty Note
The world is social. You can't avoid it, wish social away or delegate it to only certain silos. Your company, brands and services will be more social next year than this and so on. The evolution of social and mobile mean you MUST risk the "sticks and stones" of inevitable failure and learn how to recover.

This Kiss Metrics infographic can help.

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Social Business Trends 2014 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Social Business Trends 2014 [INFOGRAPHIC] | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it
Imgur is home to the web's most popular image content, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.

Via Salah ALhaj Ahmed
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

File this infographic under "stats to help sell social to the c level" and good luck.

Tomas Trejbal's curator insight, April 1, 2014 2:36 AM

Social Business Trends 2014...

StrutturaFine | pl's curator insight, April 4, 2014 12:33 PM

Numeri, tendenze, stats | il #Mobile su tutto

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How Startups Can Use Power Of Social Media (Infographic)

How Startups Can Use Power Of Social Media (Infographic) | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it

"Startups face tremendous pressure while competing with their bigger counterparts. They neither have large manpower nor big infrastructure. Social media can become an effective solution in helping them grow. This infographic shows how startups should utilize the power of social media."

Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Startups are "too busy" to create and publish content on the web. I understand. There was a time when I felt guilty about how much time I spend on social media. 

One day I realized the time I spend on social media IS MY JOB. I'm a marketing guy. I've been selling one thing or another for thirty years starting with bar soap for P&G and now our CrowdFunde startup.

Social media is where relationships start and all selling is relationship selling today since we don't buy anything from someone we don't "know" and trust. Despite the fact it makes startups feel like Willy Loman at some point they need to sell something to someone. 

Selling something to someone means startups must embrace social media marketing as visualized in this infographic.  

lorrinda's comment, February 19, 2014 8:14 AM
Truth! "...social media is where relationships start and all selling is relationship selling" [so that you are known, liked and trusted]... enough that people feel comfortable buying from you or based on your recommendation.
lorrinda's curator insight, February 19, 2014 8:19 AM

Micropreneurs can use the power of social media for selling because "...social media is where relationships start and all selling is relationship selling" [so that you are known, liked and trusted]... enough that people feel comfortable buying from you or based on your recommendation.

Matty Bdn's curator insight, February 20, 2014 4:23 AM

Comment les médias sociaux peuvent-ils devenir une solution au développement des startups ?

 

Voici un exemple d'infographie efficace pour montrer comment les startups doivent les utiliser.