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Tag: Social Media
Social Media Works Regardless of Your Feeling On Buzz Words
On the AMA’s Special Interest Group (SIG) message board, marketing diva Toby Bloomberg wrote a post that caught my attention. Her remarks are aimed at a recent AdAge ezine that had a link to a report (free registration may be required) that talked about marketing executives’ reluctance to engage web2.0, social media, blogs because they were […]
Using all the tools at your disposal to listen.
If you’ve ever seen Gary Vaynerchuk in person or caught him online doing one of his Wine Library TV episodes on UStream or any other crazy antics, you’ll know that he pays attention to his customers. Period. Just catch him on UStream doing a random chat session and ask him some questions about wine and […]
Social Causes 2.0
Everyone basically knows that the web has grown to become a place for raising awareness about the plight of humankind. Whether it’s the disasters in New Orleans through hurricanes or wildfires in California or even with human-created disasters such as Darfur, the Internet has become a beacon of hope of spreading the word and inciting […]
Promote self less and value more.
A press release was issued today by self-described “The Powerful Promoter” Matt Bacak that highlighted his recent success on Twitter and Facebook. What’s better than soaring to the top of a popular social networking site? How about skyrocketing to the summit of two of them? That’s the envious position The Powerful Promoter, Matt Bacak, found […]
Social Media is not REactive. It’s PROactive
Last Thursday I had a great meeting with Rohit Bhargava here in San Francisco as he was in town to further promote his book Personality Not Included. During one of our discussions, I happened to bring up the question: “Should brands engage in social media proactively rather than reactively?” It’s interesting that one point that […]
There’s a Difference Between Marketing and PR. Leave Social Media out of It.
Last night I attended a panel discussion at the Horn Group in San Francisco which featured some interesting folks on the dais. The topic of the discussion: “Is Social Media Killing PR?” I don’t think that it is and simply because social media along with other interactive media are merely tools designed to support the […]
Do you trust people online like you would offline?
I’ve been ranting on this blog about how you should be authentic when you interact with people online either via email, blogs, websites, or any other web means. Quite recently, I received an epiphany about being authentic. Currently while in-between jobs, I’ve gone through several recruiters (which will remain nameless for the sake of this […]
My rebuttal on “Who Owns Social Media”
So earlier tonight, I attended Chris Heuer’s Social Media Club at the offices of CBS Interactive. The topic of tonight’s session was “Who Owns Social Media” and had a panel of public relations, advertising, and marketing folks moderated by Seesmic’s own Cathy Brooks. The discussion seemed to center on the differences between marketers and folks […]
Becoming an interactive political pundit
What a political season we’re having in the United States this year. From the economic collapse of the financial sector to high oil prices, broken mortgages, waging wars in other countries, and perhaps a worldwide recession, people are starting to get worried (or rather they already are). So with today’s scheduled presidential debates in Mississippi […]
Twitter can be used as a marketing tool
A lot of forums that I peruse that talk about social media and marketing have typically displayed a common question: “Can Twitter be used as an effective marketing tool?” I say that it can and it should be used. It’s just another way to form and shape the conversation people are having about you and […]