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The Dave and Busters Tweet Lesson: Stand By Your Brand

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It isn’t a financial company, it isn’t a children’s nonprofit, it isn’t a government agency, it isn’t a church. Does the marketing and advertising world really want to be known as the analysis paralysis industry whose signature color is beige? Dave and Busters is a GAMING VENUE for grown ups.

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The difference between an audience and a community in new media

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Audiences complain about your company publicly, maybe on your Facebook page, maybe in a blog (Think: Dell Hell ). Communities add value to brands and companies both in terms of valuation and in terms of increased sales. Having a large audience is important in the advertising world. You advertise TO an audience.

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What’s the ROI of Social Media Silence?

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At the very least, most companies should be at the “listening” phase right now. Exactly how does that help increase sales, develop brand awareness, decrease customer service costs or any of the other goals you’ve set forth? Interesting question isn’t it?

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The Cost of a Tribe

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So have mobile phone companies, which is why your obsessed with checking your email on your phone. Captivate training is specifically tailored for social media, marketing and advertising consultants and agencies, to help you expand your understanding of motivations, both the motivations of YOUR clients and the motivations of THIER customers.

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6 reasons why social media shouldn’t be a last ditch effort

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If your a web based company and you don’t have a successful funnel, fix that first. Social Media benefits from integration: From email marketing to event marketing to advertising, the ways in which you can make your marketing program stronger using social media is almost limitless.

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YES YOU CAN Measure Social Media

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from Word of Mouth, PR and advertising models and most importantly, we can approach measuring social media in the same exact way we measure other marketing programs – by tying them to business goals and using Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). But I DO believe we can borrow established methodology (why reinvent ALL the wheels?)

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On Alice in Wonderland and Social Media

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The EAT ME Conundrum: Occasionally, a company who is jumping into social media will get lucky and land in the viral vortex. The real real, not the real you’re used to polishing, brushing and over airbrushing…leave that “real&# in the advertising world where it belongs. Strategies are created with tactical ingredients.