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The Unsung Heroes of Social Media

Adam Cohen

The business side of social media is evolving on a daily basis. In any industry, those who build experience as practitioners early on have a great opportunity to distinguish themselves among industry peers. Social Media in 2010: Getting Smarter (6). Co-opetition in the World of Social Media Marketing (10).

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Social Media Success is About The Customers, Stupid

Adam Cohen

How do you define success with leveraging social media? With each passing conference and industry event, the perennial mainstays of social media case studies tend to remain the same: Dell, Comcast, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks. Social Media Success is NOT: …getting a celebrity to retweet a post.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

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.

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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. Three Industry Examples. Making the leap to engage customers through leveraging social media tools can be a similar experience to leaping off that cliff. Related Posts.

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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.

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The Unsung Heroes of Social Media

Adam Cohen

The business side of social media is evolving on a daily basis. In any industry, those who build experience as practitioners early on have a great opportunity to distinguish themselves among industry peers. Jay Baer , David Armano and Aaron Strout are some of the first that come to mind for me.

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The Digital Five Tool Player

Adam Cohen

Social media is providing new tools, technologies and techniques to identify, engage and activate. One person who has spent plenty of time studying behaviors and what makes social initiatives work is Dan Zarrella – worth subscribing to. Brand Fusion: Creative, Search and Media (4). Social Media Does Not Exist (17).

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