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How Brands Will Use Google+(IMHO)

Enjoying the growth of Google Plus for a specific reasons – 1) it let’s me connect to my community in a way that is relevant for the messages I want to post and 2) it’s the best, most viable competition

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Posted in Current Affairs, Enterprise, marketing, ROI of Social Media, Social Marketing, Social Media, Web3.0

The Vampire of Social Media Purity Deserves to Die

“And I will have Carfax Abbey torn down stone by stone, excavated a mile around. I will find your earth box and drive that stake through your heart.” ~ Edward van Sloan as Van Helsing / Dracula 1931 Working at

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Posted in ROI of Social Media, Social Marketing, Social Media, strategy

The Top 3 Key Apps for Driving Social Media Marketing Traffic – Updating the Trinity

I’m exploring CoursePark.com as a site to host educational content and I recently received a request from Tim Margolis, their social guy and a new online acquaintance over there asking “What are the top 3 applications do you think or

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Posted in marketing, Social Marketing, Social Media, strategy

What does Social Media ROI Looks Like Globally?–a Bangkok Perspective

Having just completed a two-day session with marketing professionals in Bangkok, I wanted to share a perspective of how online social strategy and ROI figure into this part of the world.  What I came away with was the understanding that

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Posted in ROI of Social Media, Social Marketing, Social Media

How Will You Address Consumer Privacy in 2011?

Consumer privacy is about to take center stage in social media marketing.  In 2010 we flowed to the questions about how to establish an ROI and tool vendors responded in droves to help companies uncover and manage the mountains of

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Posted in Current Affairs, marketing, Social Marketing, strategy

Does Social Media Lower the Bar for Creative?

If a marketer relies on social marketing to help drive awareness and driving consumer behavior, does it lower the demand for good creative? I read an article today over at AdAge.com by Pete Blackshaw titled ‘Who Owns Social Anyway?’ and

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Posted in Entrepreneurship, ROI of Social Media, Social Marketing, Social Media