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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Experiment with Flickr and/or YouTube groups to build media for specific events. Marvel Comics raised my impression of this with their Hulk statue Flickr group). Start a community group on Facebook or Ning or MySpace or LinkedIn around the space where your customer does business. and Mogulus, or Qik on a cell phone.

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Students and Graduates: Got LinkedIn?

Almost Savvy

OK, maybe that isn’t the best example, especially for college students, but you know what I mean.) Reply Barbara Saunders says: May 7, 2009 at 9:01 am There are many alumni groups on LinkedIn. I’m sure many older people have joined those groups and not bothered to sign up for the school’s alumni Web site.

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Creating Evangelists: Social Media the Cirque du Soleil Way

Almost Savvy

Again, an example of marketing at its finest – create interest up front and then blow their socks off by delivering beyond expectations. Have you seen examples of brands using social media well or others missing the mark? Please add your thoughts. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When you have a group of people submitting their work, there is an awareness that it isn’t just one idea that will work, so the result is a higher quality of work. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason. One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer.

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What Happens in Vegas… (Or How to Ruin a Reputation With Just One.

Almost Savvy

I know; I took some of them using their cameras and cell phones so they could all get into the group shots. Being true to oneself, for example, the dames in Las Vegas can hardly portray to their friends that they epitomise Mary Poppins and consider their audience in doing so. Reputation is reputation after all, however it is packaged.

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Moments and The Power of Not Laughing

Almost Savvy

When I coached others, I often used myself as an example. Creating that safe environment where the only agenda is helping each other, thereby gaining more for yourself than could be imagined, is one of the key concepts behind the groups I lead. It was new to me; this was all new to me. I pushed myself. I was frustrated.

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Blogs: I'll Show You Mine if You'll Show Me Yours

Almost Savvy

Dictionary.com includes this definition of the word blog : Main Entry: blog Part of Speech: n Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. Who doesn’t have a blog these days?