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BMJ blogs " Blog Archive " Richard Smith: Get with Web 2.0 or become yesterday's person

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Human communication has always been about people and social capital. The value will come from tools that boost social capital and enhance serendipity between health professionals and enable us to approach health problems with a network effect multiplier. David Evans. June 12th, 2008 at 2:55 pm. Fascinating.

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Why You're the Key to Social Media Success

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New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Would a company launch a major television campaign if the CEO had never watched TV? If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies.

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

Convince & Convert

If we’re not using the available data (made even richer by the coming ubiquity of “like&# ) to boost relevancy of our social and email communication, our fans will gravitate toward companies that are. It’s time to start thinking about social media the same way. Because relevancy = respect.

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

Convince & Convert

Market research is as important to most companies as the payroll department. Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Compared to before, this company is holding the reigns – albeit loosely and in new ways.

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Klout and the Reality of Return on Influence

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And then Jay, I started hearing about all these companies that were actually using it. Disney, Audi, Revlon; these are not schlock companies, so I got really interested in it. People would say, “Well, I have a Klout score of 67, therefore I must be a social media consultant. This is something new.

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

Convince & Convert

You cannot just show up to the party and create your 10 podcasts, and not think about what keywords apply, what the psychology of the people using those keywords is, and how your company can fulfill those needs. There’s a Method to the Content Madness Content without strategy is a colossal waste of time and money.