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Pay to Play: Seven Ways Social Media is Getting More Expensive

Social Media Strategery

Starting a Facebook or Twitter account was free, and hiring a part-time intern to manage them didn’t cost much. Sure, there aren’t usually any hard costs required to set up social media accounts, but someone is still had to create the content, engage in the conversation, monitor and manage those conversations, etc.

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Agencies Should Start Thinking More Like Consultants

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They were buying our consultants’ specialized expertise, unique experience, or both. In the agency world, though, our clients tend to buy the stuff our people produce. Unfortunately, because much of what agencies produce has been commoditized, clients have squeezed agencies on costs. The who was more important than the what.

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Who Will Become the Tesla or AirBnB of the Home Category?

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When you consider the cost, maintenance and storage requirements, buying things is kind of a pain. This not only helps customers who are looking to declutter, but also gets them to buy a new product as well. According to a recent PwC study , 43% of consumers agree that “owning feels like a burden.”

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What Does Integrated Marketing Mean to the Future of the PR Professional?

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Weber Shandwick created MediaCo , a new unit focused on content marketing, native advertising, and digital media buying. It means learning more about paid media and how to incorporate those costs into budgets. Your brand is doing a large paid media buy with one of your target publications. Should you even have one?

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Enterprise 2.0 Isn’t About Social Business, It’s Just About Business

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.” She went on to say that instead of talking about social media, social business, building communities and why your organization needs to use blogs, wikis, and microblogging, you should be talking about increasing sales, increasing productivity, and cutting costs. ” For Enterprise 2.0

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Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0

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We may have different goals and end objectives, but the concepts both verticals must address (transparency, policy, management, buy-in, metrics, etc.) bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0 and non-profit 2.0 (for

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Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media | Social Media.

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Sure, there’s a lot of interesting events, blogs, and tweets that I’m missing, but I’m also very aware of the opportunity cost of trying to do everything – the lost productivity, the increased sick days, the constant tired feeling, the loss of focus. Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media My Gov 2.0

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