Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Good question right? Clearly, 2 things became evident: One, there is a need for more social media conferences down in the belly of the state of Florida(that in and of itself is worth another blog post) and two, marketers were indeed starved or looking for answers/solutions to the primary social media marketing puzzle/question.

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MAY 7, 2010

4) #Blogchat is a chat on Sunday nights from 8-9pm CT that was started by @ MackCollier to discuss blogs and best practices. 11) #SEO411 Weekly chat to collaborate with colleagues and other marketers about their questions and ideas about SEO. Great discussions. all archived and easily searchable. 10) #pr20chat PR 2.0

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Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 22, 2011

According to Chris Koch’s B2B Marketing Blog He just comes right out and states, It’s official: Marketing owns social media management , in which I agree with his next question, Now what?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Do you create content for your blog or for your company blog? ” Invariably the answer is yes but I do read a lot of crappy, link-baity blog posts that make me feel dirty for actually wasting my time with it. Maybe a better questions is whatever happened to the social media snake oil folks? Are you tired?

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 29, 2010

Where you ask all or parts of the bulleted questions and conversations below? Tags: social media blogging chris brogan. Before we get into this, I want you to know that I have had this type of situation happen to me more times than I can count. So I have to ask you, Do you have client meetings like this? What are they?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Look at Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope/Meerkat/Blab, Redit, Youtube, Pinterest, WhatsApp and G Plus. One of the things that Linkedin took away that I personally saw value in was the QA (Question/Answer) section of the site. Let’s stop for 30 seconds and re-look at that value of each.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 3, 2010

So many strategies stop at the tools so you end up with a blog or a Facebook page and the strategist goes home. On the other hand, if you take the time to create baby steps of engagement like a simple “thumbs up/down”, share this, or even a one question “quick poll” your audience will begin to engage more. via hashtagsocialmedia.com.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

The question or challenges continues to present themselves to me and that is, trying to find someone with a blend of skill sets that can take on the challenges that this new marketing and communications world has presented us with. The ability to write a blog post with tags, links and proper attributes. Soft listening skills.

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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

You quickly determine there is no way to manually search every blog post, tweet or comment on the web so you turn to automation. Katie, affectionately known as the “queen of measurement”, spends most of her day answering these questions for her customers. So let’s focus a minute. That’s where this week’s moderator Katie Paine comes in.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I don’t dispute blog posts like this Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay. So Let me ask you a question. Google has been making changes to its algorithm to keep low-quality sites from appearing high in searches, according to Matt Cutts in a blog post last month. . . . . . . . . Creation, curation and aggregation.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 12, 2010

The tweets that are on the page, consist of lots of repetitive links to their blog pages, and or benign tweets/announcements about benign topics. Which leads to some really obvious questions: Why on earth would you want a company like this consulting on, creating, and or managing your Twitter program? There’s nothing there.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

To say that it was a successful tweetchat is an understatement, but what really pushed the chat over the top was the last question in which she asked for quick tactics to encourage corporate social media adoption.

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MARCH 23, 2011

And yet we sit here and question criticize large media outlets for a) Not being transparent b) Not allowing comments and b) Censoring their comments because of 1st amendment rights. Your bonus question. You’re weak because you hide behind a computer to make your anonymous comments. You could be found. or “He was a jerk&#.

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Direct Marketing Observations

AUGUST 9, 2012

I’ve been somewhat neglecting the blog over the last few months but I have a good excuse er… reason. Here are a few questions you need to ask: Can the intern help you with good content? Others are getting my good content. Being a content producer is brutal, it’s hard and it never ends. Initially, probably not.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

No one had heard of blogs. million blog entries every day. There’s no question we’re in a period of media destruction, but is this a necessary precursor to a better world? Newsroom employment would peak in 2001 as newsstand sales of the top 100 magazines approached 30 million. People used mobile phones to talk.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Do some of the following questions and comments sound familiar? Create a blog on WordPress. Comment on any blog anywhere. and another would say “We have to&#. and still another will say, “We’re all overreacting&#. and you know what? All three opinions are in a certain way, correct. Online Chat via AIM.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

.’s recent research , consumers are seeking out product information and reviews; they’re interested in both the good and the bad since 80 percent of respondents look at negative comments and 87 percent of respondents look at positive comments with the biggest growth area for purchasing decision information being blogs.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 4, 2010

Developing customer relationships are about managing a series of defining moments with customers (ie: pleasant to talk to, was I treated with respect, was my inquiry answered timely, did rep answer or fulfill my question). Consider a blog regarding a comparison of cameras debating which to get.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

One of the things that I do throughout the year though is, I stockpile sites, blog posts, articles, tools and things that just catch my eye-Oh yea that’s called social bookmarking isn’t it? 3) I liked the premise of this but always questioned whether it was sustainable beyond the this is cool stage? I know it was for me.

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