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Content Calendars Aren’t Evil – They’re Just Abused

Dave Fleet

It’s all too easy to find yourself responding to day-to-day business demands (promote this or that sales message; promote this campaign, etc.) Avoiding planning and taking a day-to-day approach runs the risk of veering away from a strategic approach to content and towards a purely tactical, reactive approach.

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Newsflash: PR is Not Easy, Cheap or Quick

Dave Fleet

For context, the following excerpt reflects a discussion on the media relations surrounding a new environmental conference, four days ahead of the first day of the conference (emphasis in the excerpt is mine): “What’s the time-line of the campaign?&#. No chance unless you’re hosting the whole world at your event.

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Five way to improve your social media measurement

Dave Fleet

How many event registrations did you drive? Firstly, considering insights from previous activities (previous reporting periods or previous campaigns) to set appropriate expectations for the time-period set. The number of Tweets you post, or replies you generate, may be interesting, but what value do they drive?

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Trust in 2012: 4 Implications for Social Media

Dave Fleet

Given the events of the last year, it’s hardly surprising that trust is decreasing pretty much across the board. Today we announced the Canadian results of the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer at an event in Toronto. Edelman recently released the results of its 2012 Trust Barometer survey. That is, except in Canada.

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Content Calendars Aren’t Evil – They’re Just Abused

Dave Fleet

It’s all too easy to find yourself responding to day-to-day business demands (promote this or that sales message; promote this campaign, etc.) Avoiding planning and taking a day-to-day approach runs the risk of veering away from a strategic approach to content and towards a purely tactical, reactive approach.

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Top ten non-fiction book recommendations from 2022

Dave Fleet

In this book, Thomas Rid examines the history and tactics of disinformation campaigns and political warfare, and how they have been used to manipulate public opinion and shape global events. While disinformation and misinformation are probably the hottest those topics have ever been, they aren’t by any means a new phenomenon.

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From One to a Million: Managing Social Media at Scale

Dave Fleet

at point-in-time campaigns and at the broader conversation ecosystem for insights. Know what the numbers mean – do your research and don’t let companies lead you down the garden path with made-up numbers and meaningless multipliers.