Adam Cohen

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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. Brian Solis has a terrific series starting this week on the changing marketing, advertising and communications, where he adds a 5th P: People. Will there be future demand for products?

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Making the Leap: Why Companies Struggle with Social Media

Adam Cohen

Traditional advertising and marketing provides a cushion, putting out messaging to the large customer population to influence their purchase behavior. The approach was always one-sided, and the feedback loop could be carefully and slowly measured with focus groups and research. How about potential customers? Tweet This!

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