Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I do it for my site and I instruct clients on what to write, how to write, where to write, and when to write and frankly I’m sometimes overcome with social media writers fatigue. Everyone writes about the same thing in social media-sort of. Social media #fails are always easy to read and write about too.

Social Media 162

Social Media Content Banking Blogger 162

Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 15, 2011

And I remember that very first day that I got a look at the site that it wasn’t right. Remember this comment from the naysayers? I remember thinking I had died and gone to heaven-I mean it was a dot com, I was going to be able to retire by the time I was 35. The reason? Why do I care what someone had for lunch?”

Social Media 168

Social Media Startup Engineering System 168

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 12, 2012

NutshellMail users social network updates so they don’t have to login and check. UserVoice creates engaging survey forms on Facebook and other sites to solicit feedback from fans and visitors. MemoLane is a “virtual scrapbook” generated by a user’s social media history.

Tools 215

Tools Social Bookmarking Aggregator Disqus 215

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 18, 2011

I like differing opinions, thoughts and comments. Except maybe in the social media world. What if the reader is someone on the outside and is trying to “get in&# to the world of social media? We’re tired of repetitive thoughts, posts and comments without any backbone. Yet it’s effective.

Influencer 221

Influencer Jive Wikipedia Engineering 221

Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

No longer do you get a chance to speak to prospects, they simply search online, visit the first few sites that come up, comparison shop through online and physical stores, review product ratings and comments. Tags: customer service social media accenture interactive chris carfi jason breed the social customer.

B2B 199

B2B Patterns Comparison Compete 199

Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

In digital marketing, social media marketing and any type of integrated marketing communications plan, we can create a strategy, design the tactics to use for that strategy and then we can implement. A lot of players do not do it and yet they would be better served and more successful if they did do it. Then we wait.

Marketing 152

Marketing Curation SEO Strategy 152

Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 6, 2014

First I want to quote a paragraph from the abstract of a 2011 paper by danah boyd , a renowned expert on teen culture and social media at Microsoft Research. For teens, sites like Facebook allow for similar performances in front of engaged audiences. Social media extends the drama for students involved. Absolutely.

Back channel 228

Back channel Social Media Class Education 228

Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

C) Going into a social network and letting 500 of my most intimate friends know that I’m thinking of buying a TV. E) Going to Google and typing in “product review sites” into the search box because Yelp didn’t work. D) Going to Yelp. According to Cone Inc.’s

Forums 148

Forums Research Buy Compete 148