Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

Communities 190

Communities Tools Strategy Message Boards 190

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. I got hooked on the Star Tribune Twolves message board in 2002 and haven’t looked back. Which leads me to what I think is a huge miss by most sports franchises, including the Twolves: the message boarders.

Social Media 120

Social Media Content Analysis Sports 120

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Yelp and Forums When you get beyond social networks, the heaviest concentration of influential impressions is on ratings and reviews sites (32%), followed by discussion boards/forums at 29%. Same with the message board trolls, who are all too easy to overlook in favor of bloggers and Twitterers. Good stuff.

Social Media 147

Social Media Strategy Influencer Social CRM 147

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. Here are 99 ways, from giveaways to community building to media connections to offering discounts and so much more. Display advertising looks to increase over time, especially from eMarketer studies and available data.

Marketing 264

Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

Leverage Facebook advertising to gauge the audience opportunity. Encourage interaction as you grow the network and give them a reason to share your updates on and off Facebook. Twitter is the one social network where you can really be someone’s “friend”, as cheesy and rainbow-filled as that sounds.

Social Media 80

Social Media Strategy Digg Forums 80

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

SocialMention For more comprehensive social media searching, I use SocialMention , which indexes blogs, tweets, message board posts, and a lot more. Flowtown allows you to take email addresses (like the people subscribed to my newsletter) and determine in which social networks they are active.

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167