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Social Media Horror Story With A Happy Ending

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Today’s article is a guest post by Dennis Yu, an international speaker and author on search engine marketing and Facebook marketing. Social media is easy for companies that produce soft drinks and TV shows. But not so much for airlines, phone companies, B2B companies and retailers. . The Oracle Debacle.

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

Convince & Convert

Southwest Airlines has to coordinate its marketing and customer service response, in real-time, create its own content on its blog and Twitter account, while also dealing with the media jackals. Always Be Marketing Marketing is real-time now, and consumer opinion and search-engine results can change literally in seconds.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I'm presenting at a leadership conference (of engineers) this weekend and one of the points I will try to make is that “Information isn't boring by accident. I'm presenting at a leadership conference (of engineers) this weekend and one of the points I will try to make is that “Information isn't boring by accident.