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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

Akamai Marketing

According to the authors: Wikibrand(s): noun A progressive set of organizations, products, service, ideas and causes that tap the powers of customer participation, social influence and collaboration to drive business value. It seems like a simple enough description, but the devil is indeed in the details of a successful Wikibrand.

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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

What I AM suggesting is that you brands and companies give serious consideration to what they have to OFFER the community and what motivates their community to be part of social media at all. What you give your community, otherwise, seriously, why should they care? Its all about “What’s in it for them&#.

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I Will Not Write About Old Spice

Adam Cohen

a thousand cuts :: adam cohen's blog About Blogroll Contact a thousand cuts conversations about social media and interactive marketing by adam cohen 16 JUL I Will Not Write About Old Spice Posted by: adam / Tags: Advertising , Isaiah Mustafa , Old Spice , Social Media , Television , YouTube / Comments: View Comments I will resist the urge.

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Snapping at Synapses: Why Digital Death Sucks

Waxing UnLyrical

Second: if Keys et al wield the kind of online influence they apparently think they do, why on earth didn’t the campaign become an overnight phenomenon? Which brings me back to what this is all about, and what public relations, in its truest sense, tries to do: influence. And a lot of us are fatigued right now.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

How is our market share today vs. a year ago, and how will a new program help influence that? The CMO is the one managing brand perception, and if you believe social media initiatives impact branding, marketing or communications, the CMO will want to hear about it. Will there be future demand for products?

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Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial?

Waxing UnLyrical

The small community of readers I have built up and learned from would shun me, rightly perhaps. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Hailing from Montreal, Jackson Wightman wears a number of communication hats. Thanks for sharing the post with your #pr20chat community. Do we really want that?

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