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Seven Ways to Use Social Media for Business

Webbiquity SMM

Marketers no longer have to rely on expensive, contrived focus groups; social media provides a vastly larger, richer, more real-world source of information. promote events, meet up at trade shows). Share this on Technorati. Provide customer support. Facilitate offline connections (e.g., Share this on FriendFeed.

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Upcoming Events. On June 24th, 2008, Bev said: Too many companies see the social side of a product as just another focus group - the communication is one way from the community to the company with little coming back from the company. Community Group Therapy is proudly powered by Silver Lexus and WordPress. Technorati.

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Social Media Research: Interview with Joel Rubinson of ARF - Part 2

Diva Marketing Blog

Two - Does using free tools like Google Alerts or Technorati still work? Also, let me say that focus groups have their own problems when a strong personality becomes the group leader, which often happens. Toby/Diva Marketing : The amount of consumer generated content is over whelming. This was really explosive.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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