Social Media Strategery

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Social Media Could Have Transformed Marketing — Instead, It Amplified Its Flaws

Social Media Strategery

Success was measured in clicks and likes rather than relationships and loyalty. Thriving unofficial fan sites were shut down in favor of sanitized (read: boring) official sites. Humans with personalities and names were replaced by corporate personas and branded voices.

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Using Social Media to Reach the Hard-Working Class

Social Media Strategery

They realized that by helping their customers understand how to do more with what they had, they actually increased loyalty and sales. Brands have used coupons to instill customer loyalty by offering a discount. Demonstrate the versatility of your products. Evolve the coupon.

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NHL Skating on Thin Ice With Many Supporters Post Lockout

Social Media Strategery

If the league wants fans’ dollars (and loyalty) back, they’re going to have to first win back their fans’ trust. It doesn’t matter what the league says, but what they do.

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But I Don’t WANNA Change!

Social Media Strategery

Remember, engaging customers is good, but increasing customer loyalty , selling more products , improving customer service – these are ideas any company can get behind. “My Before you can complain that your company won’t engage in social media, you have to clarify to your boss that there is something tangible to be gained by doing it.

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Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0

Social Media Strategery

Players like Chris Cooley and Chad Ochocinco and league officials like Brian McCarthy and Mike DiLorenzo have done a tremendous job of using social media to reach out to their fans and engage in real conversations, creating fan loyalty and ownership in the player, league, and/or franchise.

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Competing on the Field But Cooperating in the Office

Social Media Strategery

League and individual team marketing functions are hard at work thinking up all kinds of new ways to use social media to increase fan loyalty, buy tickets, buy merchandise, and watch/listen to the games via myriad devices.

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What Can Advertising Learn From PR When It Comes to Social Media?

Social Media Strategery

Your ad campaign isn’t successful because it had a million YouTube views – it’s successful because it’s led to increased sales or customer loyalty or some other actual business objective. Consumer trust in advertising is low and continues to fall.