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How social media transformed PR

Sherrilynne Starkie

Back in December 2007, the Society for New Media Research Symposium did a study into the influence of social media in PR. In the survey of 300 communications professionals, more than half agreed that social media was becoming valuable. 3% said social media had little or no value.

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Paying Homage to the Social Technographics Ladder

Ignite Social Media

If you’re an OG in the social media marketing business, there’s little doubt that you don’t remember the Social Technographics Ladder created by Jeremiah Owyang , Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li when they worked at Forrester Research. . Enter the Social Technographics Ladder. Social Technographics Today .

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Why Most Social Media Departments Fail

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A few years ago, a colleague of mine was given a tremendous responsibility to oversee the social media department at a prestigious well known NYC-based public relations firm. Less than a year later, she was sent packing up her desk, a casualty of a company that jumped into that shiny toy syndrome that people call social media.

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10 Inspiring Examples of Amazing Brand Communities

Social Media Strategies Summit

According to a survey from Vanilla Forums , 58% of brands say their communities improve customer loyalty. Multinational beauty retailer Sephora started Beauty Insider as a straightforward loyalty program in 2007 before pivoting to a full-blown community ten years later. Want to take your social media strategy to the next level?

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Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison)

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Moving One Step Closer to Dream Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study March 3, 2010.10:02 I was just testing uberVU , a paid social media analytics service for doing a comparison between Twitter & Facebook and the results that it shows are quite interesting to say the least.

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

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How to Leverage Social Media to Build a Prosperous Brand

Socialmedia.biz

In the current business ecosystem, one of the single most vital things a brand leader can do is learn to harness the immense and near immeasurable power of social media.This is the key to nurturing an idea and transforming it into a legitimate brand. Using E-Learning and Social to Escape the 9 to 5.