Adam Cohen

article thumbnail

Engaging the Right Audience on LinkedIn

Adam Cohen

LinkedIn, one of the established social networks, is making strides in advancing how businesses can leverage the platform to engage followers. Several weeks ago, LinkedIn launched the LinkedIn Follow Button allowing followers to follow a company page on LinkedIn directly from owned assets like web pages and blogs.

LinkedIn 239
article thumbnail

Social Media Does Not Exist

Adam Cohen

I had an interesting discussion recently about Social media strategies. When discussing inputs to a social media strategy, an admitted “social media skeptic&# replied that she thought there shouldn’t be a need for them; rather that social media strategies were really just customer relationship strategies.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Often Do Ethical Questions Impact Your Social Media Efforts?

Adam Cohen

Over the course of the last week, while working on social media initiatives for several clients, the following questions or situations came up: A client missing an opportunity to engage in a conversation (coupled with desire of agency team members to respond). Facebook is the Gateway Drug of Social Media (12).

Questions 225
article thumbnail

Social Media Chat Tuesday, July 21st

Adam Cohen

Marc Meyer and Jason Breed have done an amazing job over the last year plus bringing in some highly respected and social-media-knowledgeable folks like Chris Brogan , Amber Naslund , Beth Harte and Jason Falls. When combining social media with other interactive marketing practices, the results can magnify both.

article thumbnail

Making the Leap: Why Companies Struggle with Social Media

Adam Cohen

Social media provides opportunities for two-way and multi-way conversation, which requires discipline, research, scale and transparency. Making the leap to engage customers through leveraging social media tools can be a similar experience to leaping off that cliff. Why do you think companies struggle with social media?

Company 231
article thumbnail

On Facebook and the Death of Etiquette

Adam Cohen

Enter the world of Facebook, where the communication paradigm is different. I recently asked some folks on Twitter and Facebook about etiquette, and heard many bizarre stories. From the unexpected sonogram photo to first hearing of a family death, people are choosing Facebook for the wrong type of communication at the wrong time.

Facebook 240
article thumbnail

10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. People are the fuel behind social media, which is really just tools and tactics. Do they use social platforms and if so, how often and why?

Research 265