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Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012

Sherrilynne Starkie

One highlight was Kelly Rusk’s session on using social media for research. Kelly discussed how to effectively research the social web to understand how people interact with each other, organizations and brands. sherrilynne : defining search tems takes the most time in a SoMed audit.

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Can Ottawa’s NBL franchise recover from a branding disaster?

Sherrilynne Starkie

So says Ken Evraire , the Ottawa branding consultant for Bytown Sports, according to an Ottawa Citizen story last week. Evraire must rue the day he thought that properly researching something as important as the name of a new professional sports franchise could be skipped in an attempt to avoid complexity in marketing.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Companies and brands that had previously dropped PR to focus just on content marketing are once again waking up to the incredible power of positive media coverage. This means that getting media coverage for your brand, company, product or service is once again becoming an essential part of the marketing mix. FitbitVersa 2 Review.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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The Gen Z Frequency: win your copy

Sherrilynne Starkie

Now is your chance to win a copy of a The Gen Z Frequency: How brands Tune In and Build Credibility. It’s co authored by Gregg L Witt and Derek E Baird and is a comprehensive guide for any brand or organization trying to reach this demographic. It’s reader competition time!

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New report resurrects AVE measurement for influencer campaigns

Sherrilynne Starkie

That’s why I was surprised to see the concept resurrected in a recent report from InfluencerDB , an influencer marketing software company, which uses Earned Media Value (EMV), the cash value of attention a brand gets on social media. The study looked at the first five months of 2018. These are actual measures of success.

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IABC Canada: the big shift

Sherrilynne Starkie

Ipsos Public Affairs conducts corporate reputation and social research around the world. The company, a Division of Ipsos, the world’s second largest market research firm, has offices in 25 countries and a staff of 700 research professionals. The Liberal brand in Canada struggles as McGuinty quits Ontario politics.