Social Media Strategery

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Watching Church and State Slide Down the Slippery Slope

Social Media Strategery

In exchange, all we ask is you provide us with a list of partners we can contact to see if they’re interested in purchasing advertising in the issue. Thanks to the popularity of native advertising and the shrinking of editorial departments, this pay-for-play approach is becoming more prevalent, and sadly, more accepted.

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Social Media Could Have Transformed Marketing — Instead, It Amplified Its Flaws

Social Media Strategery

In 1999, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger said the Internet would turn markets into conversations, audiences were actual human beings, and companies would come down from their ivory towers to create meaningful relationships. It became another place for brands to push out advertising.

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Public Relations Isn’t the Cherry on Top

Social Media Strategery

PR isn't: Some transactional activity that's thought about only after the advertising campaign is created. About making the public think your product is the best or that your company is awesome. What most companies don't realize is that not only is the public more powerful than ever, they are also smarter than ever too.

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The Future of Branding is About Making Friends, Not Ads

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Seemed especially fitting for me as I've railed against traditional advertising ("look at me!! It has really changed the way I think about business, branding, public relations, and advertising. " Unfortunately, to many, this is still revolutionary thinking in the advertising, marketing, and even PR industries.

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From the Government to Big Brands, From the Left Brain to the Right Brain

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Instead of being the grizzled veteran who's been with the company longer than most people, I'm the new guy. While I find myself learning more and more about branding and advertising every day, I'm also teaching my new colleagues a lot about staff forecasting, team management, performance reviews, and strategic planning too.

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Pay to Play: Seven Ways Social Media is Getting More Expensive

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According to a recent Advertising Age article , Facebook reports: “Content that is eligible to be shown in news feed is increasing at a faster rate than people’s ability to consume it.” To keep up with social networks’ efforts to monetize their massive online audiences, companies are allocating more resources to keep up.

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More Than Words: How to Really Redefine the Term “Public Relations”

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As The Cluetrain Manifesto taught us way back in 1999 (also before social media), “public relations does not relate to the public, companies are deeply afraid of their markets.” Too many PR practitioners have become so focused on the message that they have totally forgotten the relations part of public relations.