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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Upcoming Events. I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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How to Use Social Media for Market Research

Hootsuite

That’s why marketers regularly conduct market research, investigating industry trends, gathering feedback, and surveying focus groups to try and glean whatever information they can. Certain communities embrace specific slang or emoji use. But in 2023, this research process can be slow and incomplete.

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports? So, I peeked at YouTube.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In my upcoming book, The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web ( Amazon link ), which is slated to be released in late Spring, I talk about the importance of brand evangelism as part of an effective community management strategy. I just think that the *active* cruise community is definitely a bit disappointed.

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How to Use Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business and Engage Customers

Hootsuite

As someone who ran an unauthorized 2gether fan site on Geocities for three glorious, hormone-fuelled months in 2001, I know first-hand the joy of bringing the community together online. It’s time to get your fan community started. Here’s how to promote your business and reap the benefits of Facebook group marketing. Source: Uno!

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Book Review: APE – Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch

Akamai Marketing

Some for this blog, some for my poor, sadly neglected foodie blog What We Chow and now, as my alter-ego pursues collaborative writing on an upcoming project, I seek another book opportunity. But throughout the book, Kawasaki provides examples of how his social community made the book better, during each phase. Talk about humbling.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Allowing clients to treat number of Facebook fans as the core success metric is a dereliction of duty. How can I help you?