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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

That said, if you are a large company, it could take you 3-4 months just to coordinate calendars to get all the right people gathered! 9) Most companies have “hearing systems&# not “listening systems.&# Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… Community Strategy: Are you company-centric or customer-centric?

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Social Media Research: Interview with Joel Rubinson of ARF - Part 2

Diva Marketing Blog

Also, let me say that focus groups have their own problems when a strong personality becomes the group leader, which often happens. The first day will start with industry leaders from Unilever, J&J, Microsoft, and MTV conveying a sense of urgency. You have to decide and we’re still learning how to do that.

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The 2023 Guide to Social Media Reputation Management

Hootsuite

Over 2,000 executives surveyed attribute 63% of their companies’ value to their online reputations. And you’ll create an online reputation that endears your company to your customers. Your organization’s online reputation is built on the references people make about your company. The stakes are high.

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Google+ for Apps - the Perfect Competition for Yammer and SalesForce Chatter

Stay N' Alive

Even Microsoft and Sharepoint are beginning to enter this space. That company is Google, and believe it or not, their latest announcement of integration of Google+ with Google Apps puts them right, square in the middle of this competition for business collaboration, and it's a powerful one! For a company this can be very useful.

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The digital marketing trends & ideas to take into 2017, and beyond

Audiense

To ensure you don’t go into 2017 unprepared for what’s ahead, here’s some of the most succinct pieces of good insight they gave us for the future: Ben Donkor, Microsoft. Ben Donkor , social data analyst, Microsoft. From: How Microsoft uses social analytics, and how you can too ). Social needs to be a cross-company resource.

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Research Methods 'Beyond Google' :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Post-Microsoft, Libraries Mull Digitization , May 30. Berkeley’s Mellon-funded program, renewed after its initial grant for several years, is now in a hiatus phase in which the university is working with external evaluation consultants to conduct focus groups and interviews with participants. Looking for a job?

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Seth Godin on Steroids: Here’s My Evernote Password

Viper Chill

” Source: Fast Company. We’d do a focus group and find out people didn’t understand what equipment they’d need, so we’d add that. Today, Apple is the most valuable technology company in the world. Compare this to Johnson and Johnson, McDonald’s, or most other companies.

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