Dave Fleet

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Forrester Outlines Seven Things Your Organization Must Do Because Of Social Media

Dave Fleet

Forrester analyst Augie Ray posted a list of seven things he recommends organizations do to avoid the recent problems of Nestle and United Airlines. As Ray puts it, “Marketers must view their customer service organizations as a key component in brand-building efforts&#. How does your organization shape up?

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The Power of Prebunking: Managing Disinformation in the Social Media Age

Dave Fleet

In recent years I’ve found myself doing more and more work in the area of countering misinformation – and disinformation – about organizations. In contrast, prebunking allows organizations to get ahead of the curve, proactively refuting false information before it has a chance to spread and do damage.

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4 Ways To Improve Your Social Media Content Strategy

Dave Fleet

Here are four ways to begin to improve your social media content strategy. Tweak these depending on where social “sits&# in your organization, but make sure these ladder up, and make sure the content you’re posting does the same. Are you optimizing your content based on previous results?

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You’re Not a Strategist – You’re a Punk

Dave Fleet

Here’s the thing, though: it’s by doing that that you learn how good programs and strategies work. Key success factors: Rallying stakeholders across the organization. I organized a media event that I thought was near-perfect but that had ZERO media show up (sob!). Leading multi-faceted, cross-departmental efforts.

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Want to get better at social media? Ask “Why?”

Dave Fleet

Once you’re at that point, you can help to re-focus objectives, and can work to build strategies and tactics that drive at the true business need rather than the one originally stated. Build a team culture where asking “why” is the norm, and you’re well on your way to building a high-performance organization.

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Six important shifts for social media in 2012

Dave Fleet

The smart organizations have already figured out that social media works best when supported, and supporting, other forms of communications; look for more companies to mandate a silo-busting approach over the next year. Strategic content planning. For me, this is an exciting time. That makes the non-shiny objects the shiny ones for me.

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7 Tips For Getting Legal Approval on Social Media Programs

Dave Fleet

It’s not surprising — their job is to manage risk for the organization, and public-facing communications activities (especially two-way ones) naturally offer an element of uncertainty. Your legal team doesn’t need to be editing your text for style; they need to be working to minimize risk for the organization.