Janet Fouts

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What’s your social listening strategy?

Janet Fouts

However, the trend in marketing is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results that validate our company and products rather than to divine what the customer wants. For decades brands have focused on selling the product on hand rather than identifying and filling the needs of the consumer first.

Strategy 111
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Social Media Listening – It’s About Emotions

Janet Fouts

But much of the research we do when marketing products and services is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results we are looking for rather than to divine what the customer wants. For decades, brands have focused on selling the product on hand rather than identifying and filling the needs of the consumer first.

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Are you using old skool strategies with new media tools?

Janet Fouts

Do you really talk to a brand? Whether through social media or other means, you talk to a person who is representing the brand. It may be you are talking to the founder of a business, a marketing or sales manager, customer service or a social media manager, but you’re talking to a person at the other end of that conversation.

Strategy 165
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CEOs-Roll Up Your Social Media Sleeves

Janet Fouts

It may sound like a recipe for disaster for any CEO edgy enough to take center stage in a content marketing strategy…except when it works. The lesson is clear: CEO’s that are active in social media and content marketing efforts ignite conversation. Increasing brand loyalty (83.9%). His sleeves were rolled up. He swore.

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What was the most important thing you learned about social media this year?

Janet Fouts

Social Media Marketing is about business. Yes, the two can blend beautifully, but when you add "marketing" to the phrase, you’d better bring your big boy pants if you want to sit at the table. Sudha Jamthe. They love a 2-way conversation even if we disagree with them. All this is not ROI. Chuck Hester. Ari Herzog.