VisionMonday's CLICK for October 24, 2012

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October 24, 2012

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Assessing the Value of Promoted Facebook Posts

By EyeCarePro.net

NEW YORK— EyeCarePro.net, which works with ECPs on the development of their digital and social media presence, has examined the recent development of promoted or sponsored Facebook posts:

With all the effort we put into our Facebook page posts, it is natural to wonder how many of our fans actually see them. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have some guarantee that most of our fans would see what we are trying to share with them?

Well now we can have that assurance, at a price of course. In May, Facebook released Promoted Posts. For as little as $5.00, businesses can promote a post, which guarantees that the post will reach a much larger percentage of the page's fans and their friends as well.

Giving vs. Getting Information: How the Internet Is Used in Your Office

By Alan Glazier, OD, FAAO

ROCKVILLE, Md.—Whether we were brought up near California beaches or not, we all surf...the internet that is. When we are surfing the internet for work purposes, we are usually "getting" information, looking up stuff or entering data.

In our office, we use the internet in all these ways, but in our practice we also use it to find and give information to our patients at many other junctures, and we also use it as our own public relations tool.

NoteCardCafe.com/GivingCards

Choose a holiday card, choose a worthy cause to support and change lives. That's the call of NoteCardCafe.com, a card website that offers special pricing for cards in bulk or customized cards that link your holiday wishes to various causes and organizations. Cards for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fall, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa can be personalized.

MarketingZone.com/Halloween

It's not too late to have a little fun this Halloween. This small business marketing site offers practical tips and promotions and website links for all occasions, but its feature on Halloween ideas for businesses is loaded with spooky, clever tips.

Modern Optical International

Modern Optical International has debuted a resource-rich new website for its eyewear collections, “designed to create the most customer-friendly e-commerce experience possible” for its customers, primarily independent ECPs. This new, visually appealing site showcases the company’s diverse product lines and reflects its spirit as a company. “As a volume-driven, value-provider of quality eyewear, our challenge was to create a site that showcases our massive product selection in a logical, clean, manageable format,” noted Paula Weissman, vice president of marketing.

A&AOptical/Facebook/XXL's 10-Year Anniversary

A&A Optical is hosting a series on its Facebook page to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the XXL brand. Friends can join A&A for trivia, contests, content in A&A’s Top 10 Game Changers. Winners will be announced next month. Game Changer # 6 asks: Size up the competition with affordable price points on all XXL frames. Which frames have you sold today? Share for your chance to win an office TAILGATE PARTY.

Smartphone Shopping Is a Pronounced Shift in Consumer Behavior, comScore Reports

RESTON, Va.—Four out of five smartphone users accessed retail content on their device this past summer and the numbers are growing. comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released a study in September this year about U.S. smartphone shopping behavior based on data from its comScore Mobile Metrix 2.0 service. The study found that 85.9 million total smartphone users accessed retail content on their device in July. Amazon Sites led as the top retailer with an audience of 49.6 million visitors, while multi-channel retailers including Apple (17.7 million visitors), Wal-Mart (16.3 million visitors), Target (10 million visitors) and Best Buy (7.2 million visitors) also attracted significant mobile audiences.

"With nearly 86 million Americans now shopping on their smartphones, this pronounced shift in consumer behavior is simply too large for retailers to ignore, with the future of their business depending on how well they adapt to the new environment," said Mark Donovan, comScore SVP of mobile.

How many "Likes" do you currently have on your practice's Facebook page?

More than 2,000

Between 1,000 and 1,999

Between 500 and 999

Between 100-499

Less than 100

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