Dave Fleet

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From One to a Million: Managing Social Media at Scale

Dave Fleet

There’s no right or wrong answer; the decision depends on objectives, on your broader business structure, on the scale of your social media activities, on your business’ culture and on the resources you have to hand, among other things. Community Management: How do you go from 1:1 to 1:1,000,000?

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Facebook Strategies: Content Over Creative

Dave Fleet

The continued rise of Facebook community managers. This shines the light firmly on community managers as the key to Facebook success for brands. Specific initiatives can draw people to engage directly on your page (contests, for example). Fans are less active on Sunday compared to all other days of the week. and 8:00 p.m.

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The Biggest Challenge Digital Communicators Face

Dave Fleet

However, there’s a bigger one that over-arches all of them: When we go into organizations and explain the way communications is shifting, we’re often telling people that the way they’ve communicated their whole career, and the way they see things working, is changing. Take campaign-based Facebook pages, for example.

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Where does content fit in Facebook’s new marketing model?

Dave Fleet

.” Following that mantra, if you look at the changes Facebook has made over the last year as a continuum, the company has significantly tilted the scales away from engaging content – from brands creating communities with their customers – and towards paid advertising. Implications of Facebook’s advertising changes.

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Sysomos Audience Moves Towards Measuring Social Media ROI

Dave Fleet

However, Audience really focuses in a different direction, providing tools that should pique the interest of your sales, marketing and community management folks alike. Audience tracks visitors to your site alongside their previous web activity, and helps to determine whether each person is a real lead or is just browsing.

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Why And How To Scale Social Business Programs

Dave Fleet

We’re seeing more and more examples of crises driven by online activity; social support offers a way to prevent issues from becoming crises. Get away from organic and centralized structures, and develop a hub that can support activities throughout the organization. Leverage community for first tier marketing and support.

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5 Steps to Thinking More Socially About Communications

Dave Fleet

Just as most companies invest resources in media monitoring, online monitoring should be a core component of any companies’ online activities nowadays. Weather vane – monitoring lets you see the reactions to your activities in real-time, and to adjust them. The Starbucks Facebook Page , for example, has over 18 million fans.

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