Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. Brian Solis has a terrific series starting this week on the changing marketing, advertising and communications, where he adds a 5th P: People.

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Adam Cohen

AUGUST 24, 2010

Traditional advertising and marketing provides a cushion, putting out messaging to the large customer population to influence their purchase behavior. It didn’t require making a leap to engage customers in conversation or to deeply understand how they make a purchase decision. An Analogy. Three Industry Examples.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 19, 2010

Marc Meyer and Jason Breed have done an amazing job over the last year plus bringing in some highly respected and social-media-knowledgeable folks like Chris Brogan , Amber Naslund , Beth Harte and Jason Falls. When combining social media with other interactive marketing practices, the results can magnify both.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 30, 2011

Recently I had a discussion with a client about doing social media “inside out&# – starting with leveraging collaboration tools and focusing on using social tools inside the walls before engaging customers. How did EMC start on their social media journey? Turns out it was a timely ask.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 30, 2011

Recently I had a discussion with a client about doing social media “inside out” – starting with leveraging collaboration tools and focusing on using social tools inside the walls before engaging customers. How did EMC start on their social media journey? Turns out it was a timely ask.

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Adam Cohen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

As the convergence of different marketing tactics takes root in agencies, vendors and marketing departments of companies of all sizes, I’ve started to think about what it takes to ultimately be a “ five tool player &# in the digital space. Understanding of Conversational Technology. What did I miss? Business Acumen.

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Adam Cohen

OCTOBER 27, 2011

That content can take many forms – user-generated, interactive, structured (data), marketing, conversational, and others. Marketing organizations are historically built around generation of “finished” content. I’ve seen clients put all the funding for that in marketing, and others in PR.

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