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A social media focus group in the 99-year old home of the Red Sox

Jeff Esposito

So when I got an invitation from the Boston Red Sox to visit their home offices for a Twitter focus group, I could not have said yes quickly enough. The Sox’ social media team asked the focus group of their Twitter community what we liked, what we didn’t and what they could do better. We discussed the event that we had just attended.

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Social Media’s Redheaded Stepchild

Jeff Esposito

There’s a lot that LinkedIn can do for individuals or an organization in terms of sharing, highlighting, promoting and engaging. There are also a number of groups and associations that can be joined and used for interaction with others within industries of interest. So if LinkedIn isn’t just about jobs and hiring, what else does it do?

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Gilda’s Club: What went wrong?

Jeff Esposito

A public outcry over the removal of Gilda Radner’s name from the iconic cancer support group has turned into a public relations and branding case study of ‘what not to do.’. Taking such a harsh and unapologetic stance is uncalled for and has only served to tarnish the reputation of this wonderful organization,” says Spodek. No apology.

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Facebook’s the crack and we’re all greedy junkies

Jeff Esposito

I concluded that many of the blogs took the Chicken Little approach rather than noting how this could be a good thing – hanging onto the same core pieces of fear: organic reach for brands would plummet, Facebook was pulling a pay-to-play scheme, or we need to change the way we measure. Facebook is the world’s largest social network.

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Memo to Social Media Pros – Social Media is NOT necessary for the C-suite

Jeff Esposito

Unsurprisingly the usage in this group was quite low: 3.8% Social media is in an infancy stage within most organizations and has some ways to grow. Earlier this week, my pal Gini Dietrich (even though she has zero skills in Draw Something , we are still cool) wrote a post showcasing social media usage by CEOs in the Fortune 500.

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NewsSpark Content Hub – Beta Invite

Jeff Esposito

The hub’s Community features a catalog of Content Creators, Brands and Groups. The organized hub of user-ranked content is a meritocracy and designed to be a front-line source for anyone who consumes digital content. Creators publish original news, blogs, updates, photos, videos and audio (soon) — or Sparks. The social content hub.

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NewsSpark Content Hub – Beta Invite

Jeff Esposito

The hub’s Community features a catalog of Content Creators, Brands and Groups. The organized hub of user-ranked content is a meritocracy and designed to be a front-line source for anyone who consumes digital content. Creators publish original news, blogs, updates, photos, videos and audio (soon) — or Sparks. The social content hub.

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