Adam Cohen

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Social Media Does Not Exist

Adam Cohen

I had an interesting discussion recently about Social media strategies. When discussing inputs to a social media strategy, an admitted “social media skeptic&# replied that she thought there shouldn’t be a need for them; rather that social media strategies were really just customer relationship strategies.

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How Often Do Ethical Questions Impact Your Social Media Efforts?

Adam Cohen

Over the course of the last week, while working on social media initiatives for several clients, the following questions or situations came up: A client missing an opportunity to engage in a conversation (coupled with desire of agency team members to respond). Facebook is the Gateway Drug of Social Media (12). Tweet This!

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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. Making the leap to engage customers through leveraging social media tools can be a similar experience to leaping off that cliff. Why do you think companies struggle with social media?

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Billboard Yourself

Adam Cohen

Spotted this excellent example of fusing digital, personalization, offline, online, social media and music. Social Media Chat Tuesday, July 21st (1). Untapped CRM: Social Breadcrumbs (36). Share it on StumbleUpon. Spot on for Billboard magazine. RSS feed readers please click through to see the video).

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Some Brand Haiku Humor

Adam Cohen

In his continuing reign as the Kevin Bacon of Social Media, Aaron was quickly able to recruit a list of talented marketers to join in the fun. Co-opetition in the World of Social Media Marketing (10). Social Media in 2010: Getting Smarter (6). No Amount of Social Media Overcomes Bad Customer Experience (16).

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Twitter Badges For Brands Who Want to Avoid Narcissism

Adam Cohen

How has Social Media Helped You? (8). How Often Do Ethical Questions Impact Your Social Media Efforts? (8). No Amount of Social Media Overcomes Bad Customer Experience (16). The Social Media Landing Page Phenomenon (13). News Flash: Big Brands Can Be Social Too (6). Tweet This!

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On Beyond Snake Oil

Adam Cohen

Say all you want about people who make a living off of consulting in social media – like any industry where there is buzz, there will be snake oil salesmen who are trying to take advantage of the trend. A Google search on “social media snake oil&# returns over 187,000 results. Social media integration.

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