Direct Marketing Observations

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Monetizing Facebook

Direct Marketing Observations

We’ve all been wondering either on the behalf of the company’s we work for, or the clients we serve, or for ourselves- How can we leverage Facebook to actually make money? Recently, Social commerce platform ChompOn , threw down the gauntlet by publishing some data on how much a Facebook share and tweet is worth.

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There are no take backs in social media…

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I joined a private group in Facebook. It was a fun irreverent group of like minded professionals initially talking about the stuff, the challeneges , and the issues we face every day. But the tone of the group slowly shifted or evolved into something I didn’t really recognize anymore. And I feel awful about it.

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The Reality of Social Currency

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Case in point, this morning I came across an interview with Erich Joachimsthaler, a former Harvard professor, author of over 40 articles & two books on brand strategy and the CEO of Vivaldi Partners Group. It has about 650,000 likes on Facebook, compare this to more than 17 million for Nutella and 34 million for Oreo for example.

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The Enterprise Conundrum-Adapt, Adopt or Do Nothing?

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What struck me about this group, was how little they knew and how little really had an impact on their day to day jobs. Now back to the other group. For them, social media activities consisted of basically going on to Facebook and either doing a status update or reading others. What struck me about Toby and Geoff? Or reality?

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The Implied Participation of Social Media

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In today’s Uber connected world it’s easy to be intimidated or influenced into participation in social media just based on the notion that a) Facebook has almost 600 million active users and you need to tap into that or b) Your customers are on Facebook and Twitter and you’re not. All Facebook [link] - The unofficial Facebook Blog.

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Leverage Multi-Social Media Platforms to Tell Stories

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So let’s think through that quickly about the multiple platforms that you, me, and your organization can now use to convey your key message themes: Blogs, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Forums, Websites, QR Codes, Group Buying sites, and LBS( location based sites)-to name but a few.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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It hasn’t been a problem yet&# , “My kids are good, they’re responsible and know what they are doing, nothing has happened, nothing ever will&#. “Facebook seems harmless&# , and besides, all they do is text&#. Update their status on Facebook. Create a network via Ning. Upload music and comment on the music.