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Clearing Clouds of Confusion – the 5 Categories of Social Media Software

Convince & Convert

The social media software industry offers some amazing functionality, but it suffers mightily from murky messaging and customer confusion. There are five specific categories of social media software, and lumping them all under “social media management” does us all a disservice.

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

Convince & Convert

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Why I’m Competing With You. And You. And You. And You.

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Social media changes the very fabric of corporate competition. The reality is that the social and email behaviors, restraint, and adherence (or lack thereof) to best practices on the part of EVERY OTHER COMPANY IN THE WORLD impacts YOUR success. Now, you’re competing with Coke. With McDonald’s. With Chevy.

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Corporate Social Media Reading List

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. I would have loved to get a job in something social media related but that quest always evaded me.

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Get Your Social Media Operations Act Together | Blogging and.

Convince & Convert

When it comes to creating a social media strategy , there is one, often overlooked piece of the puzzle that falls through the cracks. I work with clients to create communication plans and digital strategies that usually include some form of social media. The who is doing what piece of the puzzle.

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Director of Social Media

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Director of Social Media In January I took over social media for Paragon Software. WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. They were never updated and basically collecting dust.

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Social Media Username Checker

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Social Media Username Checker I have accounts at about a dozen social media sites. Check multiple Social Media Sites I was directed to a website called Username Check that you can check over a hundred social media sites at once.