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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

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But WikiBrands by Mike Dover and Sean Moffit ties all the necessary components into a social media strategy together with some helpful tactics. With all the dynamics elements to creating a successful social media presence, its sometimes hard to know where to start or even what books are worth the time investment.

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The Dave and Busters Tweet Lesson: Stand By Your Brand

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It isn’t a financial company, it isn’t a children’s nonprofit, it isn’t a government agency, it isn’t a church. Case Study Vent branding strategy Twitter' Dave and Busters is a GAMING VENUE for grown ups. It’s supposed to be FUN. Taco Tuesdays are supposed to be FUN. Stand tall. Take smart risks.

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Social Media Strategic Plan Template

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If you’re like most businesses, you’ll be spending more time on social media next year, so its time to start developing strategy for your social media. Also, keep in mind that a platform is NOT a strategy. Twitter is not a strategy. Facebook is not a strategy. The final phase of social media strategy planning.

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What's your social currency?

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Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. 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. What makes your company interesting to them?

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The Cost of a Tribe

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So have mobile phone companies, which is why your obsessed with checking your email on your phone. It’s just that tapping into people’s motivations rarely happens coincidently, it takes time and strategy. We act almost instinctually. Gamers and social media sites have figured out a lot about our motivations over the years.

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5 metrics to track on Twitter

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Again, I’ll say that what you should measure depends on your strategy, what are you trying to accomplish with social media? You need to find them and inspire them to act. So the question then remains, what SHOULD you track on Twitter? Increased brand value? Increased share of voice? More customer passion?

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6 reasons why social media shouldn’t be a last ditch effort

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Social media at its best and most successful is integrated into an overall marketing strategy. You might also consider a very specific content strategy or you might want to build a blog, it might be a Facebook page, it might be a series of videos. If your a web based company and you don’t have a successful funnel, fix that first.