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The End of Corporate Social Media as a Novelty

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On October 6, 2006, A.G. Lafley, then CEO of consumer products giant Procter and Gamble, ushered in the age of corporate social media when he told attendees at the Association of National Advertisers conference, “Consumers are beginning in a very real sense to own our brands and participate in their.

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At 10,000 Followers, Rethinking the Follower Thing

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When I signed up in June, 2007, Twitter, launched publicly in July, 2006, was less than a year old. When I was within a few hundred of 10,000, I offered a copy of my SocialCorp book to my 10,000th subscriber and a copy to a randomly selected person who tweeted about it, but by then I was certain to reach 10K any way.

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