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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? Absolutely not. It was 100% positively fantastical and fabulous. Please add your thoughts.

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How Johnnie made his own game

Josh S Peters

This video is one of the best examples of a company telling it’s story in an interesting and compelling manner. One of the key points to successfully using social media for your company is to tell your story. If you don’t know what that is, figure it out. What do you think?

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Why honesty is more than just a good idea

Josh S Peters

I’ve already written about worst case scenario’s and I gave some examples of what businesses who ran into trouble. Are there examples you can think of where you’ve seen this? Don’t pad numbers, don’t write misleading documents, and don’t try to make it sound like your customers are getting more than they are.

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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Example: what Jeremiah Owyang did for Hitachi Data Systems. Consider a Lijit Wijit or other aggregator widget. Map out an integrated project that incorporates a blog, use of commercial social networks, and a face-to-face event to build leads and drive awareness of a product. Experiment with the value of live video like uStream.tv

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Adventures in Social Networking with Mom and Dad | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Do any of these examples sound familiar? Sample some tasty tidbits from the site : Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids This parody by The Onion, America’s Finest News Source , is so well produced that some people didn’t realize at first that it was a parody.

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How To Be A Twitter Spammer

Josh S Peters

Daryn Duff Twillow.net has many other tools on one site for twitter [link] Josh Peters Yes it does, but one of it's features makes it very easy to setup spam accounts and that's why I used it as an example. Kelsi Guidry Good slide show! The Twillow part was my favorite with the "X" through spam.

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LinkedIn Lets You Show Off Your Best Assets | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

For example, when you move recommendations to the top to highlight the feedback from Bill Gates, all of your other recommendations move, too, which might make it difficult for someone to scroll down to find your skills and experience. Kudos to LinkedIn for allowing us to take more control over the look and feel of our profiles.

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