Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

Research 265

Research Social Media Marketing Retail 265

Adam Cohen

AUGUST 24, 2010

The approach was always one-sided, and the feedback loop could be carefully and slowly measured with focus groups and research. Social media provides opportunities for two-way and multi-way conversation, which requires discipline, research, scale and transparency. Three Industry Examples. Related Posts. Tweet This!

Company 231

Company Social Media Posterous StumbleUpon 231

Adam Cohen

APRIL 12, 2012

The Targeted Updates function allows companies to breakdown their followers by variables such as: industry, seniority, job function, company size, non-company employees, and geography. Similar to Google+’s Circles feature, companies are able to send targeted status updates to groups of followers of their choice.

LinkedIn 239

LinkedIn Engagement Statistics Microsoft 239

Adam Cohen

APRIL 12, 2012

The Targeted Updates function allows companies to breakdown their followers by variables such as: industry, seniority, job function, company size, non-company employees, and geography. Similar to Google+’s Circles feature, companies are able to send targeted status updates to groups of followers of their choice.

LinkedIn 100

LinkedIn Engagement Statistics Microsoft 100