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Social Media Marketing: The Know How's

Social Media Marketing

The millennials and their millennial means of communication have brought to the fore a new avatar of social media in the face of marketing through the Google Adwords and Sponsored ads which is beneficial both for the brand and the consumers. This new avatar of social media is called Social Media Marketing.

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When Does Social Media Really Work?

Direct Marketing Observations

Recently in the Wall Street Journal, there was an article titled , Why Successful Branding Still Happens Offline. Basically where social takes off and takes on magical tones is when we get to associate a name with a physical face and voice and not an avatar. It can really connect people in infinite ways.

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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

Socialized

Note: It was pointed out to me after I published this that the Wall Street Journal piece was written not by Walt Mossberg, but by Katherine Boehret, and edited by Mossberg. It appeared in a section of the Wall Street Journal online edition titled “The Mossberg Solution,&# and Ms.

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How Social Media and Smartphones Breed a Petri Dish of Negativity

Convince & Convert

A recent Wall Street Journal article about the chain’s customer service issue s noted that perhaps complaints are up because customers have more ways to complain: The reason behind the rise in customer complaints is unclear, but some franchisees say it could be partly because customers now have more ways to supply feedback.

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Is Twitter Crossing the Line Between Useful and Creepy

Convince & Convert

Image via Wall Street Journal blog. Maybe it’s a sign of the social media times, where we know people by their avatar more so than their street address of phone number. Is This a Feature or a Freak-Out? I know that there are people I am acquainted with in almost every city, but I forget who lives where.

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If You Want a Culture of Collaboration, You Need to Accept the LOLCats Too

Social Media Strategery

"Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals." So embrace the LOLCats, the fantasy football threads, the lunch discussions, and the custom avatars – at least your employees will be creating and sharing something with someone else. It doesn't work like that.

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Sophisticated Marketer's Podcast - Pokemon Go, Personal Branding And The Power Of Great Writing In A Video-Rich World

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Mitch and I share a real passion for writing - and for me, one of the most interesting parts of our conversation involved the role of writing in a digital world that's increasingly dominated by video (not to mention Augmented Reality avatars). journalism. advertising. augmented reality. b2b marketing. business blog. conversation.

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