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Why are companies allowing you to operate without a net in social media?

Direct Marketing Observations

I’m not sure who is at more fault here, the marketer or the company they work for? Six out of Ten are just creating Facebook, Youtube and Twitter profiles? According to a May 2010 study by Digital Brand Expressions , 59% of social marketers are operating “without a game plan.” How is that possible? What’s the point?

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Yelp is Broken and Social Flashmobs Apparently Rule

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I was just reading about the social media meltdown of Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale, if you’re not familiar with it, the restaurant was featured on Chef Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares production that airs on the FOX Network. So for something to essentially send him packing, when we know what he’s capable of, it had to be pretty bad.

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5 Reasons Why Social Media is so Explosive

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We love to talk and tell others about train wrecks for companies and people. Tags: social media influence blogs marc meyer social media Social Networks YouTube. We can be easily punked. We love watching video -and then sharing it-it takes no effort, none. zilch.zero. We are suckers for top ten lists.

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If You Could Use Only One Social Media Solution, Which Would It Be?

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Which one is going to have the largest impact on your company? The reasons could be limited resources, limited time, money or whatever-but you just don’t go and jam a generic social solution into every company just because they want one. Tags: Social Networks Facebook YouTube Linkedin Twitter social media marc meyer.

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Does Social Media Own You?

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Yet one of the points that he made and its one that I have maintained for a while now is this: Social might be the cool new alternative to a static web presence but what If Facebook, Twitter and Youtube go away tomorrow? I know it seems farfetched, but the point is, what would you do? And it’s simple really. Own the data.

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Leverage Multi-Social Media Platforms to Tell Stories

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So let’s think through that quickly about the multiple platforms that you, me, and your organization can now use to convey your key message themes: Blogs, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Forums, Websites, QR Codes, Group Buying sites, and LBS( location based sites)-to name but a few. Multiple media platforms. Rich stories.

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Why is the Customer Experience so Hard to Deliver On?

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It’s 2015 and companies left and right keep talking about their new mandate of delivering on a quality customer experience. You might want to say this out loud: “Companies just now, are starting to actually care and do something about me, the customer.” You can write 1000 words diatribes praising or bashing a company.

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