Social Media Strategery

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Customers Don’t Want Ads, They Want a Conversation…Just Not the Conversations You Want to Have

Social Media Strategery

Somehow I don’t think these are the conversations consumers are looking for from brands. Fast Company just published another article discussing how customers are no longer satisfied just with good products and services or low prices – they want collaboration and conversation from brands. Brands win! Customers win!

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You Become What You Measure

Social Media Strategery

As soon as managers pick a numerical metric as a way to measure whether they’re achieving their desired outcome, everybody starts maximizing that metrics rather than doing the rest of their job – just as Campbell’s law predicts.” Where does it stop? Will it stop?

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The Many Roles of an Internal Community Manager

Social Media Strategery

When someone in the communications industry refers to a “ community manager ,&# they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. Inspirational Leader – You will not have enough hours in the day to do everything you want.

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Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0

Social Media Strategery

Fri, Oct 9, 2009 Government 2.0 “Dear [fill in your favorite sports team], You may think of me as a fan or as a ticket-holder now, but if you give me the chance, I’d gladly be a marketing specialist, brand ambassador, web developer, community organizer and data cruncher. and non-profit 2.0 (for cross both lines.

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Stop Wasting Years of Your Life, Social Media Strategists

Social Media Strategery

We came up with a bunch of content ideas for our brands’ social channels—images, GIFs, and lines of witty copy. Those “likes,” “comments,” “shares,” “re-tweets,” and “pins” are the metrics that social content creators use to (1) judge success and (2) dictate what future content looks like. Here’s the catch. They’re not. Experiment.

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Running a PR Department vs. Running a PR Agency

Social Media Strategery

Doubling the number of people on my team isn’t a success metric. Your clients are brand managers, not PR people. Public Relations agency branding leadership management marketing pr' Bigger isn’t necessarily better.

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31 ‘New Clues’ for PR Practitioners

Social Media Strategery

If you’re tired of your client continually asking you for more hits, impressions, or “likes,” show him the metrics that he should be paying attention to, maybe even metrics that are tied to his business goals. Just because we can measure and optimize something doesn’t always mean we should.