As a frequent speaker at events of all sizes, I’ve had a chance to observe some of the best practices conference organizers used to promote their events through social media. In most cases, these efforts cost little or nothing more than your time.Here are some suggestions for leveraging social channels for event promotion. You need a single Web address that people can refer to in their social channels. It costs nothing and gives you access to the extended social networks of registrants and potential registrants. Events of all sizes. AcmeForums). AcmeForum ). MORE >>

The focus of the panel was on the future of social media and one of the topics that came up was RSS. new and improved Delicious? delicious RSS curation Flipboard contentA few months ago I was on a panel at InnoTech with friends Kyle Flaherty , Bryan Person and Sheila Scarborough. Being the troublemaker that I am, I firmly asserted that RSS as we know it was dead. You can imagine the horror of the 200 plus audience members. Why do I believe that RSS readers are going the way of the VHS tape? Mainly because they don't really allow for good curation. I'm not sure. MORE >>

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Case Study Crunch: Retail Social Media Case Studies 08/07/2010 tags: Case Studies , Marketing , Social Media , Social media case studies by Annalisa Morgan In retail, social media is everywhere. As a result of this huge shift in buying and selling behaviour, retail brands have had to up the ante on their social media activities – the results of some of which are demonstrated in the case studies below. million – and counting. Larry Danna). MORE >>

Because of the fast pace of social media, we are constantly bombarded with distractions from one social network or another. You have to participate and engage consistently, Facebook seems to change something on a weekly basis, Google has all of these animal-named announcements, new social networks pop up all the time…it’s exhausting to keep up with everything! recently asked on our Facebook page, “If you had only 20 minutes a day to spend on social media, what would you focus on?” You can easily spend hours, if not days, on social sites! MORE >>

Skip to content The Cube Home About us Speaking/Training Contact us Pitch us Subscribe Case Study Crunch: FMCG Social Media Case Studies 23/06/2010 tags: Case Studies , Marketing , Social Media by Annalisa Morgan Over the past year or so, FMCG’s have had their fair share of social media successes and failures. Some interesting posts have emerged of late regarding the challenges FMCG’s face in the midst of social media and the digital revolution – not least Brand Channel’s  Social Media a Cereal Killer? MORE >>