Dave Fleet

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Video: Thoughts on Social CRM for Small Businesses

Dave Fleet

As companies’ use of social media tools begins to mature from a pure marketing focus to more of a social business focus, the various use cases of social CRM are gaining more attention from practitioners. Small businesses can touch every one of their customers, and have a significant effect in doing so.

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Book Review – UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.

Dave Fleet

I’ve known him for a while and, while I always enjoy sparring with him , I consider him a friend so readily agreed to take a look at his new book – UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. UnMarketing veers sharply back and forth between different marketing-focused topics, which is both a good thing and a challenge as you work your way through it.

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Facebook Timeline for Brands: Curation and Palpitation

Dave Fleet

My friend Jay Baer says it betrays small businesses. At the time we’d pulled together our own five-step prescription for preparing your timeline: Review company marketing/communication materials and history: Plot out the story you want to tell and the milestones for it. Identify appropriate engagements to feature.

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