MKT-232 Exam Prep - Flashcards

Q: Is not one of the seven myths of SMM:

SMM isn\'t right for most businesses.

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SMM is different because:

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It does not employ traditional marketing methods in the usual way, it does not control the content of the message, and it emphasizes audience contribution.

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What is the primary lesson behind the "United Breaks Guitars" case?

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Companies must be active in monitoring their brands online in order to respond in a timely manner to customer issues.

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According to the text, social media is a part of a larger media ecosystem made up of:

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Paid media and owned media.

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Social Media Marketing is a form of what type of marketing?

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Word of mouth

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Is not one of the seven myths of SMM:

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SMM isn't right for most businesses.

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One way to manage the time invested in social media marketing:

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Leverage tools like Hootsuite that are designed to improve efficiencies.

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Why is social media so attractive for consumers?

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It gives the consumer more power.

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Brand development:

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Not a key obective of SMM

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Expanding brand loyalty:

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Not a secondary objective of SMM

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Social media marketing goals must be flexible because:

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New development sometimes occur while using social media.

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When developing social media strategies, it is important that companies:

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make sure to adapt them to their individual strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Which of the 8 C's refer to understanding the etiquette, nuances, and spoken of unspoken rules of a particular social media platform?

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Comprehend

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Increasing the number of Facebook fans and Twitter followers:

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Is not considered a social media marketing goal.

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Driving traffic:

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Is not part of the social media marketing planning cycle.

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Why is it important to listen to conversations about a brand?

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Comments can help a company understand how it is perceived and where opportunities may lie.

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The leading purchase influencer in four different countries is:

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word of mouth

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Can be learned from listening:

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how people feel about a company, product, service, person or issue; which media platforms appear to be the most viable in order to achieve SMM goal; how competitors are using social media platform.

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On Facebook, most brand posts are made:

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on Thursday and Friday.

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Regarding SMM:

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Messages are useful only if they reach the right people.

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The only major platform to offer data based targeting options to brand pages is:

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Facebook

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Once a fully-developed persona and marketing plan are developed, they can be used on many different platforms.

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False

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The Persona Development Cycle does NOT include:

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mass messaging

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Process for creating a SMM plan does NOT include:

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the listing of reasons for reaching this target market.

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What is a common issue with social media marketing plans?

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Defining the target audience too broadly.

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Which group on the Social Technographics Ladder is identified as those that subscribe to RSS feeds?

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Collectors

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When developing personas it is important to identify all relevant personas by role.

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True

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Which rung on the Social Technographics Ladder represents the largest segment?

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Spectators

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"Big data" provides opportunities to perform behavioral targeting.

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True

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Why is the Social Technographics Ladder useful?

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It provides a set of persona profiles for a company to reference.

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Why are messaging objectives important?

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They help provide the persona with the information they need to make a purchase or other conversion.

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Why is it considered important to focus on the buyer persona?

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They are the ones who make the purchasing decisions.

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Developing personas is an ongoing process that often requires that messages and content be adjusted as customer feedback is provided.

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True

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According to the social media rules of engagement, which of the following is not recommended?

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Sticking to a marketing message regardless of the social channel.

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Authenticity can be described as:

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telling the truth in a personable and genuine manner.

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When first engaging in social media, it is important to listen first before creating content.

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True

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The passive engagement strategy focuses on:

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listening

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Which of the following is NOT an example of permission marketing?

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Viewing an online ad on a mobile phone.

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Which of the following is NOT considered one of the rules of engagement?

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Entertaining your audience

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Which of the following is NOT part of an active engagement strategy?

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Broadcasting messages

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Being honest is one way for a company to build credibility.

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True

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Which of Walmart's social media strategies was considered successful?

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Its Facebook page

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Why is communicating with citizens from countries other than the U.S. important for a social media marketer?

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Social media is international, with adoption and usage on the rise in many countries.

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How much people trust you is less important than the overall number of fans and followers you have.

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False

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Why is it important to understand the engagement in social media?

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It helps avoid potentially costly mistakes

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According to the text, traditional advertising has no value to consumers.

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False

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Most people use social media because they are looking for discounts and deals.

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False

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Social media marketing ethics involve all of the following except:

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employing information gathering software on social profiles.

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The code of ethics for SMM is the same as for traditional marketing.

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False

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With a global audience, which of the following should be avoided in your content?

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Expressions, helpful proverbs, folksy friendly sayings, sarcasm

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What are three steps a social media marketer should take when taking responsibility for a mistake?

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1. Be honest, acknowledge they are at fault. 2. Sincerely apologize. 3. Take all the measures possible to fix their mistake.

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As a marketer, one thing to keep in mind is that social media users are:

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fickle

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For the social media marketer, "know the audience" means:

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understand where they hang out.

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Discussion boards are an earlier form of social networks.

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True

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If your product is visual, the best social media platform would likely be:

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Instagram

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It is considered a best practice for companies to set up a profile on Facebook.

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False

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The only platform that is inclined toward African-Americans and Hispanics is:

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Instagram

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What is a social network site?

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An online service where members can establish relationships.

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What social network did not succeed in the US but has been successful in other countries?

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Orkut

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A while label social network can also be called a corporate social network.

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True

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When considering what social media platform to use, the marketer should consider whether:

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the target audience are consumers or professionals; the product is visual; the consumers like to collaborate; product demonstrations are needed

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Which of the following statements is false?

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People on social networks seek out brand relationships.

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Why are social networks so useful for businesses that sell to consumers?

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They are a great way to find and reach potential customers.

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Social networks blur the line between business and personal life.

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True

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Why should firms consider investing in a presence on larger social networks?

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They set social media trends and have the largest audiences.

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According to the text, which is NOT recommended in optimizing a profile for LinkedIn?

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Include your job title.

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Large social networks are being threatened by niche social networks that cater to specific interests.

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False

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How does Twitter make other social media tools more effective?

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It provides a distribution outlet that can reach millions of people.

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The best content a brand can provide on Twitter is:

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interesting, fun, and valuable.

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Odeo was the first microblogging service.

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False.

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What is one disadvantage of the mass follow strategy?

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Most of the users who follow back are mass marketers and spammers who will not see the tweets.

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What is one element that is universal across microblogging and social platforms?

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Peoples' value and interests.

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One should not include links to other social media platforms on a profile page on Twitter.

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False

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What is the most important element of microblogging?

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It must be short.

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When marketing on Twitter, brands should:

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focus on relationships.

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It is considered best practice for a brand to use its logo as its Twitter avatar.

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False

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Which of the following is likely to generate the highest click through rate to your Twitter account?

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You should follow me on Twitter here (link).

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Why does Twitter require strong writing skills?

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It requires a brand to be persuasive and interesting in a very limited number of words.

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Why is Twitter a useful channel for building personas?

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The search function allows a marketer to easily study different users and their interests?

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What type of tweet category is described as "Look at What I've Been Doing"?

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Picture tweets

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It is important for a brand to identify the unique value it can bring to its Twitter followers

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True

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One use of microblogging is to start a discussion or participate in an existing conversation.

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True

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The quantity of Twitter followers is more important than the quality of the follower profiles.

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False

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The equal ratio strategy describes when one follows lots of other profiles and hope the decide to follow back.

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False

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Microblogs have become a source of

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news and citizen journalism

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Twitter is ideal at achieving all marketing objectives, with the exception of brand building.

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False

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According to the text, why is it important to choose an articulate host or moderator for a podcast?

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Recorded audio can amplify speaking quirks.

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In blogging, the suffix at the end of a URL address of the blog site indicates:

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the service hosting the blog.

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When developing a podcast, it is important to determine the length of the podcast before you identify the content.

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False.

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One of the challengers with using podcasts in a marketing plan is:

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the commitment required to creating the podcast content.

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Many professional or corporate blogs fail because they do not accomplish their objectives or are unclear on what those objectives should be.

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True.

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Regarding video streaming, all of the following are true except:

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it is best done using the video stream only, and other forms of social media are not used to interact also.

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The fact that everyone is a publisher means:

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anyone can become a publisher on the Web.

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The important breakthrough that made podcasting possible was:

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the development of RSS technology

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The primary difference between a podcast and a webinar is:

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a webinar is designed to be interactive.

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When creating a content strategy, the use of metrics helps the marketer understand who is reading the content and when.

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True

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What distinguishes a blog from other types of social media is that:

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it is findable, viral, and linkable.

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What is one way to create interaction during a webinar?

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Including polls whose results are displayed during the webinar

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A primary benefit from blogging is to learn about the "tone" of the online community with regard to certain topics.

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True

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What should be considered when determining how long a podcast should be?

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The proposed format and amount of content available.

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When producing a podcast, it is best to:

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avoid eating too much.

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Webinars are a better format for training sessions.

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True

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Creating a blog is almost always the hardest part of the process.

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False

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Webinars are a great tool for gauging audience reaction.

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False

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What are the five considerations when producing podcasts?

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1. Choose and articulate speaker. 2. Create talking points. 3. Brevity. 4. Don't over edit. 5. Include music.

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What are the three types of podcast formats?

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1. Informative/Presentation 2. Q & A 3. Co-host

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A marketer can encourage users to share its video by doing all of these:

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creating an entertaining video; interacting with other content creators; having contests or incentives to encourage sharing; offering something for free advertising

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Brevity is important when creating videos because:

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people have short attention spans

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Creating a video to demonstrate how to use the product is called:

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Showcasing the product

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Most sharing of information online is done with:

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Youtube

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One reason that video creates a stronger connection with consumers is:

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because viewers are more vested in content where there is a human face attached.

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Regarding smartphone use, which of the following is false?

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Consumers are more likely to purchase a product if they see the add on tv instead of their smartphones.

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The medium on which people spend most time viewing is:

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television

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Using real people in actual locations when creating a video is an example of:

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authenticity.

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Which of the following is not a best practice for video marketing?

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Make a creative sales video.

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View completion of videos is greatest on which device?

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Desktop computer

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What was the main challenge facing the creators of the Old Spice Guy video?

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Positioning the body wash as masculine while marketing to women.

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Which of the following is a true statement?

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Secondary sharing is the most important stage to establishing a videos audience.

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Mobile and time-shifted video are the trends marketers must accommodate.

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True

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One benefit of focusing on delivering content to a core audience is that it can result in higher conversion rates.

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True

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One way to make video sharing easier is to ensure each video has descriptive keywords, tags and a title.

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True

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Online video can act like an infomercial by showcasing a product's features and benefits.

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True

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Tertiary sharing is the easiest step in sharing videos online.

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False.

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Stock photography is:

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professional photography produced by agencies or photo libraries.

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What is a photo sharing site?

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A website that allows users to upload photos for public or private viewing.

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What is behind the growth in photo sharing?

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The growth of smartphones.

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Which of the following does NOT describe a photo sharing site?

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It lets people buy or license images.

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A photo sharing strategy will require a large time commitment.

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False.

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Tagging images with relevant keywords helps users find images easier.

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True

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What is a worry that companies may have about sharing photos?

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Trade secrets may be uncovered through the images they share.

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Why is it important for a company to stay connected on a photo sharing site?

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Interacting with other users help draw people back to your content.

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Image sharing can help drive web traffic to a website.

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True

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Marketers should be constantly changing and updating their images.

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True

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Update video sharing and other social media tools, target audiences are not as important for photo sharing.

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False.

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Typically the most popular images are those that are carefully planned and stages.

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False

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In addition to stand-alone discussion boards, all of these sites include discussion boards as part of their features except:

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Social Bookmarking sites allow users to do all of these things:

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store, organize, search, and manage "bookmarks" of web pages; organize them by tags, single word descriptors that categorize the bookmark; search social bookmarking sites using the descriptor to find content and bookmark that content within their own accounts; monetize their traffic

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What is a social news site?

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A site that lets users submit their links to news stories or other web pages to be ranked and displayed.

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What is the most important factor in an article's success on a social news site?

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The article title.

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A moderator:

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facilitates discussions and enforces forum policies

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On discussion forums, a troll is:

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someone who attacks or personally insults other users

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Discussion boards are the youngest of the three types of sites discussed in this chapter.

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False

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A Q & A site lets people post questions and receive answers back.

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True

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In their original form, discussion board use is growing.

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False

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Q&A sites are the best place to promote a product.

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False

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Social news sites have affected the way news is consumed today.

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True

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One of the earliest types of social media is the discussion board.

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True

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Social news sites are appealing to marketers because they can generate moderate amounts of traffic even for smaller stories or websites.

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False

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A white paper is defined as:

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a technical document that describes how a product solves a particular problem

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How does an e-book differ from a white paper?

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An e-book is written in a lighter tone.

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The primary difference between articles found in directories and those in newspapers and magazines is that:

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newspapers and magazines provide editorial oversight.

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The term "No Follow" means that an article has been penalized by search engines and is omitted from search engine results.

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False

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The text identifies what mistake companies make with white paper and e-book marketing?

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Treating them as a pure marketing platform.

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The primary goal for creating white papers, e-books, or articles is to build a company's thought leadership and expertise in an area, ultimately generating sales leads.

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True

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What is an article directory?

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A website where users submit articles for syndication

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White papers typically have at least 10 pages of text, are double spaced, and include sources.

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False

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What is the first step when publishing and distributing an article as part of a marketing strategy?

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Identify a catchy title.

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E-books and white papers have a high perceived value.

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True

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An article title needs to create some incentive to read the article.

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True

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Why should white papers include visual aids, short paragraphs, and informative titles?

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To ensure it is easy for readers to scan

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An article differs from a blog in what way?

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An article is longer and goes into more detail.

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Using marketing jargon in a white paper helps it appear more educational and credible.

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False

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What content is important to include in a white paper?

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Industry specific acronyms and marketing phrases.

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White papers are generally intended to:

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help consumers before they make a purchase.

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Why are interviews important when writing a white paper?

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They may provide new information that is not widely known.

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An overt goal is one that is not directly mentioned in a white paper or e-book.

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False

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The "look and feel" of an article, white paper, or e-book is not a concern, only the content.

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False

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In public policy, white papers are delivered to policy makers to inform them on important issues.

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True

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Among the losers in the shift to mobile are:

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desktop PC's and television

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CX is;

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and omnichannel experience

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Global growth in the use of mobile is such that:

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more than half of the world's people use mobile.

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Location-based technology use is increasing in:

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retail applications.

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The top two activities consumers perform on their mobile smartphones are:

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emailing and texting

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Using becons, retailers are doing all of this EXCEPT:

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as the customer leaves the store, a parking valet brings the customer's car to the door.

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Mobile has taken hold around the world, and growth is mostly uniform.

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False

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Today's smartphone contains many branded apps.

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False.

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Forrester Consulting argues that the mobile customer experience is created in micro-moments throughout the day, and listed all of these except:

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want to show

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Desktop and TV are losing share to other types of screens

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True

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Proponents of the audience first marketing strategy recommend using massive amounts of:

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big data

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Regarding the process of purchasing, the "upper funnel" is:

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the early activities like comparing.

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The most popular communication app outside of the US is:

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The omnichannel approach to marketing considers all of these:

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social media; online; CRM; physical store

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Apps have little effect on the use and growth of mobile.

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False

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Consumers generally shop and compare on their computers, then purchase with their smartphones.

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False

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Given the growth in the use of mobile, we can predict with a degree of certainty that the new "buy" buttons on such sites as Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter will all be successful

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False.

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Important best practices for choosing the most useful Internet metrics include all of these except:

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deciding which metric choices are appropriate, then tell the brand managers.

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Regarding the "honesty" of metrics, which of the following statements is false?

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Only platforms with the highest security are able to prevent dishonest metrics.

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Measuring Return on Investment in social media is challenging for most marketers.

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True

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The first step in evaluation is:

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measuring

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The text indicates that all of the following are metrics in the Valid Metrics Framework except:

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satisfaction

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Which of the following is NOT a likely metric for its objective?

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Increase sharing of blog content on Twitter by 25%, measured by number of posts on Twitter.

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The amount of SMM spending is expected to increase sharply between 2014 and 2019

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True

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Evaluation is important for measuring social media because

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It delivers impressive results without much effort

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The Net Promoter Score:

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measures the loyalty of a brand's relationship with its customers.

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The process of data gathering is generally referred to as:

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analytics

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Why is ROI not considered an ideal qualitative measurement for social media?

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It is difficult to tie increased sales to qualitative metrics like share of voice and sentiment analysis.

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The Valid Metrics Framework represents an attempt to standardize the variety of models and terminology used for social media measurement.

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True

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There are few tools, and they are expensive, for social media tracking.

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False

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"Don't fondle the tool" means:

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one must stay focused on what must be accomplished

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"Start small" means:

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if possible, use free tools; if possible, use simple tools.

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In choosing the right tool for the job, all of these are good advice except:

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purchase a tool for the primary user, as he or she will spend most time with it.

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Regarding editorial calendars, which of the following statements is false?

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It measures productivity.

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Facebook furnishes Facebook Insights to any user who wants to use the tool.

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False

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Regarding social media platforms, which of the following statements is false?

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Given the rise of digital marketing, skilled personnel are abundant.

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The AT&T app and the Guardian Hero app are examples of:

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apps for the business user

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The tool "Mention":

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allows the business user to create alerts and be notified when it appears on the web

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Purchased services are organized around:

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the SMM planning cycle

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Social media marketing tools are designed to support or automate common SMM activities which include content generation, publishing, testing, analysis, and more.

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True

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Regarding choosing the right tool for the job, which of the following statements is false?

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The purpose of using SM tools is to make SMM more efficient; The purpose of using SM tools is to reduce the chance of errors; There is a learning curve for each new tool that is adopted.

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Which of the following is/are not categorized as SMM tools?

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All are SMM tools: Social listening software; Social analytics software; content curation.

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In some ways, suppliers of these services act like advertising agencies.

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True

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