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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

Now, social media has gone from a “nice to have” to a “must-have” for businesses, as it has become a core place for audiences to connect, get updates on current events and capture moments. Booktok , for example, has become a flourishing online community. Enables instant communication. Social media is an always-on focus group.

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To see marketing differently, we need to turn the spotlight on social

Sprout Social

The marketing department used to be the mouth of an organization—developing content and communicating messages to support sales. I think back to when I started in the field and my role was all about creating one-sheets, building presentation decks, planning events and helping to support advertising and awareness goals.

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Seven Ways to Use Social Media for Business

Webbiquity SMM

In fact, trying to use social media primarily as an advertising and direct response medium is viewed as boorish social media behavior and likely to backfire, doing a brand more harm than good. Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn groups, community sites (e.g. promote events, meet up at trade shows). Provide customer support.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Upcoming Events. I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

Brian Solis has a terrific series starting this week on the changing marketing, advertising and communications, where he adds a 5th P: People. Tried and True Methods to Solicit Customer Feedback Industries are changing rapidly, and the need to conduct focus groups, surveys and gather feedback is too.

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Best of #SMAZ – Blogging Tips, Social Media ROI, & SEO

Kikolani

One of my goals for 2010 is to attend some events / seminars / conventions pertaining to blogging and social media, and today was a great start as I attended the Social Media Arizona event in Tempe. The excitement of the day started an hour before the event actually did. Almost Not Making It. Social Media Strategy.

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How Do I Keep My Facebook Group Alive?

agora pulse

” Restrict who can add new members to the group. If you want to grow your group fast, you can use Facebook ads to promote it. One reason groups are so great for business is that you can use them as an informal focus group. Once you have a good-sized, active Facebook group you can ramp it up with a challenge.

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