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Weekly Reads: Facebook, Marketing Trends and Social Media’s Effect on Stereotypes

Dave Fleet

Also: interactive marketing trends and how social media may break down gender stereotypes. Betting on News, AOL Is Buying The Huffington Post. AOL buys HuffPo. Forrester: Actual Interactive Marketer Predictions For 2011. Marketing will blend promotion and content. Interactive marketing predictions.

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(Social Media) Strategy: Lessons from the Trenches

Dave Fleet

When Bill Doern asked if I would participate once again this year I readily said yes, and on a Friday afternoon this Spring I listened and provided feedback on social media strategy presentations by 10 teams of aspiring digital marketing professionals. Ground everything in your objectives. Sometimes less is more.

Strategy 195
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(Social Media) Strategy: Lessons from the Trenches

Dave Fleet

When Bill Doern asked if I would participate once again this year I readily said yes, and on a Friday afternoon this Spring I listened and provided feedback on social media strategy presentations by 10 teams of aspiring digital marketing professionals. Ground everything in your objectives. Sometimes less is more.

Strategy 195
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Do Facebook Fans Really “Like” You?

Dave Fleet

Is a fan of your marketing really worth anything? Are some people just enjoying your marketing efforts? If the people liking something on Facebook then recommend the product more and buy it more, then the benefits are clear, and your challenge becomes how to continuously engage them while recruiting more people.

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My 2012 Reading Challenge: 36 Books

Dave Fleet

Game-Based Marketing. Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy (review coming soon). Non-Fiction: Workarounds That Work ( here’s my review ). Manager’s Guide to Crisis Management (review coming soon). Content Rules ( here’s my review ).

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Don’t Put All Your Social Media Eggs In One Basket

Dave Fleet

Because many companies have campaigns in market over the run-up to the holidays, and any change in layout or functionality runs the risk of breaking or severely hindering the effectiveness of those promotions. Because this is one of the busiest times of year for many brands.

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Using Social Media to Protect Your Reputation

Dave Fleet

They have spent their resources on traditional media (including television, radio, direct mail, in-branch literature and outbound telemarketing) as well as leveraged their permission-based email program, search engine marketing and ad-buys on some well-known consumer sites (e.g.