Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 27, 2010

Check out these quotes from the post: There was no validation that what I did was comment-worthy, no “cute” notations on Yelps, no retweets of my witty Twitter updates. Simply put, what we do in our communities needs to be validated. We become “part&# of the dynamic of the group, of the community. Validation.

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Social Networking Flash Mob Forums Communities 204

Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 19, 2010

Do some of the following questions and comments sound familiar? This graphic by Forrester Research, refers to the types of people that hang out in communities and what they do in those communities. Comment on YouTube. Comment on any blog anywhere. Upload music and comment on the music. and you know what?

Social Media 202

Social Media Social Networking Education Guidelines 202

Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Gap North America president Marka Hansen,&# ‘The outpouring of comments’ shows ‘we did not go about this in the right way&# … So for those of you who missed this from last week. The comments and reactions were, to say the least, quite emotional in a negative sort of way. They went off. “ So.

Social Media 209

Social Media Crowdsourcing Retail UGC 209

Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

5) Teach your execs and colleagues how to follow conferences and events and comment via hashtags. 9) A first step for company enthusiasm could be to use social media to help build community within the company – HR bonding. 4) Show corporate management stats on issues where competitors used social media & they did not.

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Social Media Case Study Crowdsourcing Hashtag 177

Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 7, 2010

If I have left any out, please drop me a line and include it in the comments section. 6) #Hcsm The Health Care Communication & Social Media community hosts a weekly Twitter conversation about communication and marketing practices by Health Care organizations, including use of social media. 10) #pr20chat PR 2.0

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Social Media Health Care Pharmaceuticals Social Entrepreneurship 214

Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 10, 2011

We share, we comment, we download, we upload and we consume the content of strangers in the same ways that we create it. If you choose to go it alone in the digital world and not embrace the networks and communities that get you there, well then, I guess you’re alone.

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Avatar Sports Project Team 138

Direct Marketing Observations

AUGUST 9, 2010

The first was instead of creating “a website&# we decided to create it in WordPress so that we would have the latitude to “turn on&# commenting for starters. During the development phase we ( the developer and I) decided to make the commenting more robust and so we decided to go down the path of Disqus.

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Collaboration Social Media Disqus Consultant 170