Janet Fouts

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What’s your social listening strategy?

Janet Fouts

However, the trend in marketing is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results that validate our company and products rather than to divine what the customer wants. Maybe we have loyalty to a specific brand because of a particular memory association. Let’s try that with our prospective markets, shall we?

Strategy 111
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Social Media Listening – It’s About Emotions

Janet Fouts

But much of the research we do when marketing products and services is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results we are looking for rather than to divine what the customer wants. Maybe we have loyalty to a specific brand because of a particular memory association. We “feel it in our gut”. Analysis paralysis.

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Are you using old skool strategies with new media tools?

Janet Fouts

It may be you are talking to the founder of a business, a marketing or sales manager, customer service or a social media manager, but you’re talking to a person at the other end of that conversation. I recently had an issue with a purchase at Whole Foods market. No big deal really, but I expressed my disappointment online.

Strategy 165
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CEOs-Roll Up Your Social Media Sleeves

Janet Fouts

It may sound like a recipe for disaster for any CEO edgy enough to take center stage in a content marketing strategy…except when it works. The lesson is clear: CEO’s that are active in social media and content marketing efforts ignite conversation. Increasing brand loyalty (83.9%). His sleeves were rolled up. He swore.

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What was the most important thing you learned about social media this year?

Janet Fouts

The one thing I learned about social media this year is something I’ve been learning for several years, it just gets more crystallized with each passing day: Social media is about conversation, engagement and community. Social Media Marketing is about business. They love a 2-way conversation even if we disagree with them.