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14 Quick Tactics to Encourage Corporate Social Media Adoption

Direct Marketing Observations

What we have here is the full circle of social media; crowdsourcing, participation, sharing and invaluable input from peers, consultants and practitioners of what works-all for the benefit of quick internal corporate adoption. 5) Teach your execs and colleagues how to follow conferences and events and comment via hashtags. Find them.

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are some random thoughts from a collection of these experiences and feedback from conference speeches: 1) Features are NOT user experiences: Warning…if you ask someone about desired user experience and they say wiki or forum, you have work to do. 4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums.

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Enterprise 2.0 Reflects the Culture | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

If you think that the enterprise-wide wiki you’ve been pushing to install is going to change the culture of your organization, think again. That wiki is going to reflect the culture of your organization, not change it. Crowdsource white papers and presentations! Crowdsource white papers and presentations!

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Buzz Marketing for Technology

While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. I work with Bonasources Wild Apricot marketing team. Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds. Conferences. crowdsourcing.

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Government 2.0 Camp - What I Loved and What I'd Like to See Next Year

Social Media Strategery

Very few sales-y marketing types (that I came across). From setting up the wiki to coordinating the budget to answering attendee questions, they created the platform for everyone to put on a successful event. What I’d Like to See Next Year The wiki. Camp when I sent them the link to the wiki. Better live-blogging.

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Can Social Tools Really Replace Email? - They Already Are! (Part II)

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Knowledge Management Community Home Blogs Groups Wiki. When I am away, on holidays, on conference events, off sick, whatever. Yes, indeed, what some folks would call crowdsourcing! Wikis certainly wont replace email, but for many tasks it provides a better solution. Visual Basic. Web Design. Previous Entry.

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