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I’m currently doing an intensive 3 month research project on the topic of Community Platforms, and it’s become very clear that by talking to many of the 27 brands, 9 vendors, and leaning on forecast data where many decisions are currently being made to purchase … Continue readingCommunity Platforms: Here Comes The CIO
One of the ways I tell companies how they can best serve their market is to be transparent on how they build products. By doing so, it helps folks not only understand, but appreciate the level of effort that goes into creating a service or … Continue readingStatus: Forrester Wave Report for Community Platforms, Data Collection (Part 2/4)
Update: Only a few brands will trial these new ads, after testing, will then be broadly released later in the year. A few days ago, I had a private briefing before the press with Tim Kendall, Director of Monetization at Facebook, below are the findings, … Continue readingWhat Facebook’s New ‘Engagement Advertising’ Means to Brands
This is a busy week, I’ve received more submissions than ever before, if this pace continues, I’ll have to figure out a new way to let folks self-submit. Be sure to include a link to your announcement, if it doesn’t exist on the web, it’s … Continue readingPeople on the Move in the Social Media Industry: August 21, 2008
I’m getting more feedback that this digest is a success, I know have confirmation that leaders at the largest social networks (Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Google) and community platform read this digest, submissions are piling in, as savvy PR folks continue to submit –thank you. Always … Continue readingWeekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: August 20, 2008
The rapture of social media paralyzes some brands Recently, I’ve spoken to a few large brands that have been getting the sermon from a few social media consultants about damnation to hell if they don’t convert. These type of scare tactics include suggesting radical change … Continue readingHow to Overcome Social Media Scare Tactics
Last week, I listed out 9 reasons Why Brands Are Unsuccessful In Twitter, and other microblogging technologies. Companies are caught between the minutia of the discussions and their willingness to be human or add value to the conversations. Although a one-sided view of what’s going … Continue readingWeb Strategy: The Evolution of Brands on Twitter
I’ve been a supporter of the Company Customer Pact, which is a set of guidelines put forth by Get Satisfaction and friends on how both individual customers as well as brands should behave in this ‘social contract’. Since it’s launch (I believe Feb 08) there’s … Continue readingWhy Social Contracts like the “Company Customer Pact” are slow to adopt
Yesterday morning, I sent over an email to Todd Defren and Brian Solis, champions of the Social Media Press Release (which I’ve critiqued in the past) offering some suggestions. Recently, I’ve been receiving some press releases where the real important news isn’t in the leading … Continue readingPress Releases: Content Formatting in the Age of 140 Characters
Well not really. My new friend Avi Bhatnagar showed me this clever viral video that combines personalization, as well as a social marketing impact. You can add your friends in the ‘spread this’ page to spread it among your friends and family, you can create … Continue readingVideo: I’m Running For President of the United States
