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Why Transparency Matters

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The recent example of the McDonalds campaign gone bad is…well, its just “Ouch.” I would argue that this isn’t a “truly” social campaign since the impetus was actual paid tweets with a designated hashtag, but we’ll leave that for another discussion. But what’s the real lesson here?

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What you’ve got.

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Recently, I was approached to help with a social media campaign called the Blue Key Campaign (#bluekey). You might have seen my tweets about the campaign, its a true grassroots social campaign. The Blue Key Campaign is a show of support to those who work with some of the 43.7

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Case Study and Lessons Learned: Increasing Foot Traffic for Retail Using Social Media and Event Marketing

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Listen: They had previously done an influencer campaign which produced a short burst, but didn’t create anything sustainable and they couldn’t figure out why. Think: After hearing about their previous experience, Akamai determined the influencer campaign fell flat because the influencers weren’t neighborhood influencers.

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Case Study and Lessons Learned: App Product Launch and Awareness

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Listen: The City of Honolulu wanted to encourage adoption of the app and at the same time increase citizen engagement and conversation. A Facebook page was developed, it wasn’t actively utilized for the short campaign. For ease, we decide to identify influencers who were also bus riders already.

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What’s the ROI of Social Media Silence?

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Of ignoring conversations? I’m not necessarily advocating that, however, with the massive stream of information and what Brian Solis has termed “ Stream Fatigue” , there may be additional benefits to simply listening and responding to relevant conversations. ” or “Is it worth measuring?”

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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

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This will lead to: More integrated social media campaigns: Social media will be an integral part of business communication. Whether the initiative is a new business product or simply a campaign, we’ll see businesses working those ideas and campaigns more throughly into their social media platforms.

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5 metrics to track on Twitter

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I generally encourage my clients to measure engagement : defined as taking action such as conversation and information sharing. The paid version is well worth it for particular campaigns. Extraordinary, when you think about it, particularly given all the attention that Twitter garners.

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