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Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media.

Jason Yormark

However rather then pull this blog post, I still think it raises some good points around the importance of social media awareness and protecting your brand. You see to earn your free $100 Olive Garden gift card, you actually not only have to become a fan, but sign up for multiple offers through this 3rd party company.

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Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media

Jason Yormark

However rather then pull this blog post, I still think it raises some good points around the importance of social media awareness and protecting your brand. You see to earn your free $100 Olive Garden gift card, you actually not only have to become a fan, but sign up for multiple offers through this 3rd party company.

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9 Ways Twitter Can Actually Be Useful

Jason Yormark

For businesses that means another channel to connect current and new customers to your product or brand. Whether personally or for a business, Twitter can be a powerful tool to extend your brand. It also makes your company or organization look with the times. Twitter’s main asset is it’s ability to track and direct.

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Socialnomics Book Review | jasonyormark.com

Jason Yormark

Most people with a pulse can tell you that Facebook and Twitter are all the rage, but Socialnomics drives it home with detailed examples from organizations that have embraced social media and found huge success (Obama’s campaign detailed in Chapter 4), to companies that have missed the boat (see Hasbro’s Scrabble incident in Chapter 7).

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over. Self hosting will give you the flexibility of doing what YOU want, and completely branding the experience with your brand.

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Vanns Community Manager Update: I Turned The Opportunity Down

Jason Yormark

Besides a few Twitter updates notifying followers of new videos, there was no company interaction with the site. By far one of the most innovative, slick presentations on recruiting a position in your company. Quite honestly I think they have more of a branding problem then a community one. Be more involved. The platform.