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Making the Leap: Why Companies Struggle with Social Media

Adam Cohen

How many people at your company are trained, equipped and empowered to talk to customers? How many customers does your company have? No doubt the numbers stack up in a heavy ratio against people inside the company that are trained to engage them. Three Industry Examples. The third is a consumer goods company.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

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The Unsung Heroes of Social Media

Adam Cohen

In any industry, those who build experience as practitioners early on have a great opportunity to distinguish themselves among industry peers. Others like Jim Storer and Rachel Happe are building tremendous signal-to-noise ratio services, like the Community Roundtable , that companies would be remiss to ignore. Related Posts.

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Social Media Success is About The Customers, Stupid

Adam Cohen

With each passing conference and industry event, the perennial mainstays of social media case studies tend to remain the same: Dell, Comcast, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks. They all in many ways were first to market, which in an industry like marketing tends to benefit those who create the buzz first.

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Engaging the Right Audience on LinkedIn

Adam Cohen

Several weeks ago, LinkedIn launched the LinkedIn Follow Button allowing followers to follow a company page on LinkedIn directly from owned assets like web pages and blogs. This week LinkedIn launched two new products that allow companies to more effectively engage the followers they have. Photo credit: tj scenes via Flickr.

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On Beyond Snake Oil

Adam Cohen

Say all you want about people who make a living off of consulting in social media – like any industry where there is buzz, there will be snake oil salesmen who are trying to take advantage of the trend. Your company’s current agency ecosystem. Social media maturity of the company. Social media integration.

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The Digital Five Tool Player

Adam Cohen

As the convergence of different marketing tactics takes root in agencies, vendors and marketing departments of companies of all sizes, I’ve started to think about what it takes to ultimately be a “ five tool player &# in the digital space. Making the Leap: Why Companies Struggle with Social Media (9). Business Acumen.

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