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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

Akamai Marketing

By encouraging businesses to start out with their focus and strategy and then move through to the other elements, the authors Dover and Moffit support what so many marketers know, but what so many companies ignore in their rush to create a program.

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Fast forward to 2010, and every business owner knows that they absolutely need a website because this is the window into their company that most customers and clients will see before any initial contact is made. In my professional opinion, most companies, industries and organizations can benefit from a Facebook page. Real Estate.

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Presidential Elections, Pandemics, Natural Disasters: When to Pause Your Social Media Channels

agora pulse

As these events unfold, many marketers may be struggling to figure out whether they should pause social media channels for their company or clients. If your company is raising funds, offering support to people involved, or otherwise taking a stance, it’s critical to be transparent about your contributions. Pause automated content.

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Tourism: Festivals are Powerful Economical Tools | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Dan’s company gets it: the most recent blog post is featured on the home page. We hope the local business and tourism community will collaborate with us to showcase our beautiful state and akamai kama’aina. How many of our tourism, PR, communications, and advertising execs blog or podcast or twitter? Virtually none.

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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. 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 makes your company interesting to them?

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Want Social Media Evangelizers? Be Social

Waxing UnLyrical

Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers. My post looks at how three companies are doing this well, as told by their customers. Who’s in customer service? I’m not a customer service “professional.&#

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Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. That, I understand. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!