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Social Media is the Back Channel for Teen Angst

Direct Marketing Observations

First I want to quote a paragraph from the abstract of a 2011 paper by danah boyd , a renowned expert on teen culture and social media at Microsoft Research. Now for the back story. My concerns with the wild west mentality of middle school and high school social media usage are fivefold. What happens in school is now being played out on Twitter and a myriad of other social sites. Social media extends the drama for students involved.

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Who Owns Social Media? Everyone and No One | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Who Owns Social Media? I’m finding that I’m no longer justifying the use of social media, but helping develop the processes, policies, and personnel that will move the use of social media from interesting experiment to a long-term way of doing business. Who Owns Social Media?

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How To Drive Social Interaction At Your Virtual Event

WebInKnow

As companies have pivoted from in-person events to virtual events in 2020, one of the most common questions I’m asked is how to drive social media engagement. Twitter and other networks are an ideal back channel for people to communicate before, during and after a virtual event.

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Social Pros 14 – Jason Falls, Social Media Explorer

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 14 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Jason Falls , the founder and principal of Social Media Explorer. Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. My name is Eric Boggs , and welcome to Social Pros podcast, episode #14.

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Friday Fun: Top 13 Reasons to Halloween "Toilet Paper" A Social Media Strategy

Diva Marketing Blog

A zillion landing page blogs are pretending to be social media. Barbs on the "Back Channel" that don't help move the conversation along in a win-win for the audience and speaker is a clue that you want all the candy for yourself. Not listening to your customers' who take time to express their pleasure and concerns in the social world is a sad trick for both customer and company. And the Number One Reason To Halloween Toilet Paper A Social Media Strategy.

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New Research Shows Twitter Boosts TV Ratings (sometimes)

Convince & Convert

Is Social TV Overrated? To me, the people tweeting about a show are already watching the show , so the Twitter-fueled “back channel” surrounding the show may result in additional loyalty and/or visits to the show’s website/Facebook page/SnapChat account etc., Does this data from Nielsen change how you think about social TV? Jay is the founder of [link] and host of the Social Pros podcast.

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Who Owns Content Marketing?

Social Media Strategery

But any time there’s a new trend, tactic, or channel, this collaboration turns to competition. This happened with websites, with social media , and it’s happening again with content marketing. Open dialogue gives way to back-channel alliance building. Who owns social media? Social Media? Social Media has a claim because much of the content is created for social media channels.

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Brand Monitoring: Where Are They Now?

Net-Savvy Executive

Back-channel emails are a wonderful thing. A couple of CEOs have pointed out how few of the vendors ever featured in Forrester's reports on social media analysis are still independent. Cymfony is now part of WPP's Kantar Media. So, in the spirit of the filmmaker who's not sure how to end a movie, let's roll the "where are they now?"

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Social Pros Podcast – Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 2 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Scott Monty , the global head of social media for Ford Motor Company. Read on for insights from Scott, our “Work It Out” advice segment, and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week (this week: do brands use free or paid social media tools?). Social Pros Transcript For Your Reading Enjoyment.

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Social Pros Podcast – Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 2 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Scott Monty , the global head of social media for Ford Motor Company. Read on for insights from Scott, our “Work It Out” advice segment, and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week (this week: do brands use free or paid social media tools?). Social Pros Transcript For Your Reading Enjoyment.

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