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This day in search marketing history: February 10

Search Engine Land

Foursquare Sets Super Record During Big Game 2011: It saw 200,000 check-ins. ComScore Releases January Search Numbers (Bing Gains) & Year In Review 2010: Meanwhile, Hitwise Announces January Search Market Share Numbers. Mapquest Introduces Transit, Walking Directions 2011: Playing catch-up to Google and Bing.

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Differentiation Strategy (and the Sea of Sameness)

ConversionXL

Tesla has all the long-range electric cars now, but every single car maker will get there soon enough. Tesla needs to remain a constant innovator to play that game. If you’re using table-stakes arguments to sell your product or pitching it like you’re the only game in town, you need to rethink differentiation. The result?

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

Why would Tesla let others use its network, which could be a moat to protect it from electric competitors? “I Takeaway : The positive impact of market share compounds—especially for software adoption. They had what I call share of mind [.] I think moats are lame,” Musk responded. Network effects. That’s priceless.

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Invent a new category, charge more

ConversionXL

Free electricity and wifi. “We don’t sell used cars here…” … we sell “certified pre-owned vehicles” And that totally changes the game. Once the category is established, your brand will be the dominant one – enjoying high and profitable market share.

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Battle of the Brands: Which Famous Rival Company Has Better Marketing?

Hubspot

And for McDonald’s, which has been battling Burger King (among others) for market share since the late 1950s, this competition created a sort of "hamburger arms race." Both of these major battery brands chose qualities of actual batteries to base their marketing upon. But what about market share? Winner: Duracell.

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How B2B Marketers Can Succeed on the 6 Big Social Networks

Hubspot

It's easy to think of ways to use social media for B2C marketing. But many B2B marketers, while noting the importance of social media, have still struggled to find their footing in the social media marketing game. How on earth does a B2B organization use Pinterest to feed its marketing machine? Like this.