Dave Fleet

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A Digital Lens on the U.S. Election

Dave Fleet

If you’re not familiar with the phenomenon, the top social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – all allow users to ‘follow’ other people whose content then provides the basis for what they see when they log in to those services. Corporate Social Media ≠ Personal Social Media. Echo Chambers Prevail.

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Marketing, community, support or all of the above?

Dave Fleet

Over time I’ve seen more and more organizations shift the focus from the latter to further up the funnel, primarily on consideration (still) but also awareness and conversion, as companies began to treat social networks as another sales and acquisition channel.

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Why Facebook’s Community Pages Could Give Brands Headaches

Dave Fleet

Right now the content from the pages is pulled from Wikipedia (if available) and from your friends’ updates, so they’re often pretty bare but apparently Facebook plans to enable users to add content in the future. The social network launched roughly 6.5 million of these when they first launched.

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50 Great Apps for Your iPad

Dave Fleet

NPR content, in magazine format. Social Networking. HelloTxt – Lets you update multiple social networks from one app. IM+ Lite – Integrates with multiple IM and social network tools. Foursquare – iPhone app for the popular location-based social network. Great interface.

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A Digital Lens on the U.S. Election

Dave Fleet

If you’re not familiar with the phenomenon, the top social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – all allow users to ‘follow’ other people whose content then provides the basis for what they see when they log in to those services. Corporate Social Media ? Personal Social Media. Echo Chambers Prevail.

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Reflections on the changing digital agency environment

Dave Fleet

As I’ve done so, I’ve highlighted five key landscape shifts that are changing the way that agencies and teams like ours need to operate: Newly (re-)accelerated change in social networks. Less “social”, more “media”. Newly (re-)accelerated change in social networks. Low-cost content production is gaining traction.

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Weekly Reads: Facebook, Marketing Trends and Social Media’s Effect on Stereotypes

Dave Fleet

As part of my new approach to creating content , I’m going to begin curating the best for you. Facebook is at the centre this week – four of the seven articles incorporate the dominant social network – from conflict over Egypt, to UFC broadcasting fights, to creating an engagement guide for your organization.

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