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B2B Testimonials: Seven Things to Do When Clients Won’t (or Can’t) Talk

Webbiquity SMM

Many large companies and government agencies refuse to provide testimonials, authorize news releases or participate in case studies simply as a matter of policy. Blind case studies: write those case studies, just use generic descriptors (e.g., “a large telecommunications firm”) in place of the actual client name (e.g.,

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How a Global Telecoms Giant Uses Talkwalker Social Listening for Crisis Management

Talkwalker SM

In today’s sprawling digital world, monitoring a brand’s image and sentiment across a myriad of social media and online platforms isn’t the simplest of tasks, especially for leading global corporations like Deutsche Telekom. “For this purpose, we use different configurations of the reporting functionality.

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Social Media During Emergencies

Akamai Marketing

Some thoughts about social media during emergencies and disasters. The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming; social media kept me connected and as importantly let people know I was safe. I was shocked to see that there was no training built into the class about using social media during a diaster.

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103 Compelling Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2013 (and 2014)

Webbiquity SMM

As the use of social media in marketing has become ubiquitous, marketers have turned their attention to making the use of business social media more sophisticated and strategic. How can marketers help their organizations move from “social media marketing” to “social business”?