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Monetization: Social Network Advertising

Laurel Papworth

The challenge is not that Facebook and other social networking sites are underpricing advertising, it’s that the context is different in online communities. If you wanted to advertise a new baby pram, you wouldn’t necessarily choose a TV show about cars or a magazine about trucks to do it, would you? Or we can get a kiss.

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Map to Business Strategy: Geoff Livingston on #measurePR

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: moonty via Flickr, CC 2.0. I do think that kind of accountability can be good, but people need to understand branding/reputation has its place, too. On Q2 (why he believes social is moving more in the direction of advertising than PR): A2 Pt. So we did just that, went here and there, and had a lot of fun in the process.

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Effective Online Marketing with Forums and Message Boards

Kikolani

While these platforms can be incredibly useful for raising awareness and evaluating the needs and desires of potential customers, they can also be harmful to a company’s reputation and even success should they be handled poorly. Photo Credit: Alexander Svensson on Flickr. Consider Banner Advertising.

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Zicam: Loss of Taste and Smell - The Reputation Management Fiasco.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Personal > Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on February 6, 2008 Share Awhile ago, I used Twitter to talk about one of my favorite cold remedy vitamins, Airborne.

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Reputation Management with Dissatisfied Customers and Word of.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Do you want to focus on reputation management issues to no end because of something that could have been dealt with in better ways? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

Waxing UnLyrical

via Flickr, CC 2.0. Similarly, an app called Hurl now allows users to put YouTube videos in a queue in similar establishments by transforming screens into interactive jukeboxes capable of both user-created experiences (such as videos) and experiences spurred by the brand (established advertisements). It’s been a heck of a ride!

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Rubbish Is As Rubbish Does

Waxing UnLyrical

by a recent PR Daily post, “ Advertising vs. PR: How to measure the value of editorial coverage (thank you, Heather Whaling , for pointing me to it). And if you don’t know it yet, I think AVE, which essentially tries to assign a dollar figure to the “value of publicity&# in advertising terms, is bunkum. You heard me right.

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