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What's your social currency?

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By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. What I AM suggesting is that you brands and companies give serious consideration to what they have to OFFER the community and what motivates their community to be part of social media at all.

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

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Do: We kicked off the campaign with a community, family-focused event which included prizes and give-aways for social media participants. All content was custom developed to resonate with the target audience from a motivational and interest perspective.

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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

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There are so many layers to this topic that entire (worthy) books have been written on social media philosophy, content creation or audience engagement. Each element has its own chapter: F ocus, L anguage and Content, I ncentives & Motivations & Outreach, R ules Guidelines & Rituals, T ools.

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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

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Cross-Department Social Media: As businesses continue to face the reality that community management (social media) requires time and committment, they are likely to empower more and more employees to work on the “social media team” the social media team won’t be a coming exclusively from the marketing and communication teams.

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Case Study and Lessons Learned: App Product Launch and Awareness

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Case Study #2: Community Driven Product Launch. 92 unique individuals created content on Twitter. Background: . TheBus in Honolulu is an award-winning bus system, recognized as one of the best in the country. Some social media influencers were first-time bus rides. Results: 958,399 Social Impressions. 425 Tweets. Sell-out event.

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5 Often Untapped Strategies of Early Adopter Marketing

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Their the people who grab on to things first, they start trends and they are influencers in their respective communities. Puzzles and quizzes are intriguing to these people, but they get bored easily, so make sure the content matches the intelligence level. Ah, the early adopter.

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On Alice in Wonderland and Social Media

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Once you know WHO, then you can decide HOW (platform) and WHY (content) you’ll be conversing with them. Let your community see the whole Alice, even with your idiosyncrasies (how DO you keep your hair perfect on this grand adventure?). Be prepared to test the market, and don’t be afraid to fail. Tell your story.