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Why Entertainment and Social Media are Perfect for Each Other

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The entertainment industry is now built upon “Jenga” blocks of streaming services, subscription services, platforms for buying, sharing and saving music. All are on tenuous ground except for social media. Entertainment and social media are made for each other. What’s changed since then?

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A Look Back: What to Look for in Your Next Social Media Director Hire

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About four years ago I wrote a post/checklist on what you should require when you hire your next social media rockstar. Do you understand how social media fits into the overall marketing plans and goals of any organization regardless of industry? Can you drive social media work for clients?

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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How can you protect your children from social media? “I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? So how, as a parent, do we deal with the firehose that is electronic communication, that is social media?

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Social Media Marketing Challenges in the Biotech Industry

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If there was ever a direct call to action for all that we do in social media, particularly social media marketing in the biotech space, then that would be it. I don’t see a lot of “how-to-do” social media marketing articles that focus on the biotechnology industry, and there’s probably a good reason for that.

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Todays #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: The Social Media RFP: How to Get the Best Results

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Now, if you want to source some external help for social media, well that’s a different story. We hear how everyone is a social media expert whether they’re certified or self-proclaimed. But if you are a company who needs external help, how do you weed through this entirely new industry?

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The Ideal Skillset for a New Hire for an Agency

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In fact this exact discussion took place at Social South late in the Summer by a pretty smart group of folks worth following on Twitter. The group included Scott Schablow , Tom Martin , Jason Falls , David Griner , Beth Harte and myself. An understanding of social media. A deeper understanding of social media.

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Content May Be King, BUT…Customers Rule!

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Guest Post from Chris Doster from Digital Response Marketing Group. Since the days of dial-up AOL and old school cell phones with plans that required a bank loan, I’ve been marketing products and services to the medical device industry about as far back as when Gates and Jobs (R.I.P) were just getting started.

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