Remove Blog Remove Crowdsourcing Remove Marketing Remove Statistics
article thumbnail

This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

Direct Marketing Observations

No one had heard of blogs. million blog entries every day. The statistics go on and on. In just 10 years, our century-old mass-market media model has given way to a new structure dominated by the economics of one. Customers now take their opinions directly to the market. People used mobile phones to talk.

Industry 143
article thumbnail

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

Convince & Convert

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. There are blogs, forums, quizzes, polls, and sisterhoods (micro communities based on women’s life stages like “caregiver&# or “widow wise&# ).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog

Convince & Convert

I’m a big believer in humanization of your blog (in fact, it’s one of my 11 must-dos for serious bloggers ). link] Tin Hang Liu RT @jaybaer Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog [link] #SMM [link] Adam Sherk Looks like the polling is fairly split right now, which I guess shows that you've got three good variations.

Disqus 109
article thumbnail

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

Convince & Convert

I crowdsourced the design using Crowd Spring, and selected Tzeyee and her design over dozens of other contenders. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Social Conversation a Myth?

article thumbnail

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

Convince & Convert

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing.

CSR 137
article thumbnail

Cognitive Surplus - Use Social Connectivity to Change the World.

Convince & Convert

Harnessing the power of the collective (crowdsourcing for social change) is a thread woven throughout Cognitive Surplus , and its viability requires two of Shirky’s assertions to be accurate. – [link] [link] Mads Kristensen Definately a book for intense consumption.

RSS 118
article thumbnail

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

3) Cross functional participation is important - but consensus is only a “nice to have&# : Much of the long range benefits from doing this work brilliantly accrues from driving cross functional execution(Marketing/Support/Business Units). 4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums. Blog Council.