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I Will Not Write About Old Spice

Adam Cohen

Is anyone buying more?&# I can’t imagine anyone wants to hear about integration of paid and earned media again, or how ending the video effort quickly adds to the mystique and likelihood of a successful follow-up. I’m also not going to call out the people who are asking, “But is it making Old Spice fall off the shelves?

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

Are they fickle with the brand of toothpaste they buy? Market research has a P&L that includes funds to buy that data, and the skills to sift through it to make meaningful hypotheses about it. Do they share opinions? Do they care what kind of car they drive? Do they use social platforms and if so, how often and why?

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above. Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. API widget economy provide a platform for Amazon to empower Twitterers to sell books to each other via API.

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Social Media Puts F-U-N In Non Profit Fund Raising

Diva Marketing Blog

Was it challenging to get buy-in from your Executive Director and/or board? Often we approach things as a pilot and I think that helps us get buy-in. We did launch our own widget tied to our Plant a Billion Trees campaign at plantabillion.org. What were their reactions? Citro : I wouldn't say challenging. If so what were they?

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The truth in online health communities

Harp Interactive

When BP was confronted with the daunting challenge of managing the PR crisis after the oil-spill they didn’t just buy expensive TV spots and full page newspaper ads. Develop badges and widgets from social media contests: Widgets and badges with embedded links to your website are great for growing backlinks and increasing brand visibility.

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How My Old Blog Post Got Half a Million Pinterest Views [Case Study]

ProBlogger

I should buy her a drink! I use the Pin it extension or widget from my bookmark bar. Load a generic blog badge or logo on your landing page, so that even if there is no image attached to your post, at least your logo or badge for your blog will be pulled up on Pinterest for people to use. Just don’t go there.

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Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

And 9,000 buy the magazine at newsagencies. Offer additional services at a premium but don’t annoy the member – make it a nice-to-have, or a way of showing value, or a Badge of Honour (for ProAms professional amateurs). API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (11). Freemium and TV Film Newspapers.