Content Marketing: Page 504

  • The Proprietary Web

    I'm seeing a trend develop toward an Internet that is proprietary, differentiated and splintered. Quite the opposite of the homogeneous platform we were hoping it would become. The differentiation itself takes several forms. For example, one is device-oriented, dependent on proprietary operating...

    By • Feb. 5, 2010

  • Entretien avec Michel Maffesoli | par Dark Planneur

    By • Feb. 5, 2010

  • Why Businesses Should Think Twice Before Investing Money or Time in a Facebook Page

    Not to be all "what if"--but the more integral to companies' social media efforts Facebook becomes, the more leery I am about the idea of putting business eggs in a basket over which one has no control. Twitter has already announced that it's testing some business features; Facebook pages, howe...

    By • Feb. 5, 2010

  • There's trust, and then there's trust

    With PR giant Edelman's publication last week, always just in time for Davos, of its Trust Barometer (which thank you very much linked back to our site) the subject of trust once again is on everyone's mind. SocialMediaToday and its sister site, TheCustomerCollective, look at this issue repeat...

    By • Feb. 4, 2010

  • How do you define social equity?

    I got an email from a colleague at work today asking the broader team about the definition of "social popularity." It was an excellent question and I have been thinking about it all day. I am still not sure what the right answer is but I think the term "popularity" is a little fluffy and vague. ...

    By • Feb. 4, 2010

  • Social Media Marketing for Dummies

    I had the pleasure of meeting Shiv Singh, VP & Global Social Media Lead at Razorfish a couple of weeks ago, and he gave me a couple of copies of his new book, Social Media Marketing for Dummies to give away to some lucky members of our community. Regardless, this book is NOT for dummies. It...

    By • Feb. 3, 2010

  • Social Media vs Social Communication: 6 Ways To Spread Thought Leadership Content Without Blogging

    Many social media experts believe a blog should be the core of a social media strategy, as the key vehicle for sharing thought leadership content which can then be promoted using Twitter, social networking and other tools. No question, there are many compelling reasons why blogs are important ...

    By • Feb. 3, 2010

  • Engaging comments: Where is the beef?

    Commenting on other blogs has been, and continues to be an integral part of blogging. However, the challenge is to get blog comments that add depth and insight to the original post. Better engagement is also fostered if the blogger manages to provide thoughtful replies to commentators. That's...

    By • Feb. 3, 2010

  • In Lebanon Social Communication On Web Grows As Branding and Education Tool

    The IPT website won the Golden Award at Lebanon Web Awards in the Oil & Gas category. The IPT website design conveys the IPT vision in establishing itself as innovative and offers the users the latest updates and weekly updates on the change in oil price. IPT, officially founded in 1987, is ...

    By • Feb. 3, 2010

  • Stratégie médias sociaux : cahier des charges pour choisir son agence

    Si vous avez le projet de vous engager sur les médias sociaux, voici un exemple de cahier des charges à personnaliser pour choisir l'agence qui pourra vous accompagner. Il est recommandé de lancer un appel d'offres en sollicitant plusieurs agences, que vous pouvez identifier en vous appuyant pa...

    By Herve Bichot • Feb. 2, 2010

  • Avoiding Synthetic Transparency

    When a company does not reveal who writes for a brand in social media, I think companies are attempting to balance what works best in using social media to communicate and managing limited resources. Many people who contributed to the agency transparency post yesterday were okay for agency sta...

    By • Feb. 2, 2010

  • Social CRM; the group as the unit of focus

    Early efforts in Social CRM too / platform enablements have been focused on the individual: Capturing Social activity and informing network value calculation through it Identification of behavioral characteristics (connector, maven. Etc.) Facilitating two way communication through Social Channe...

    By • Feb. 2, 2010

  • Optimizing Your Pay-per-Click (PPC) Campaign - Part 1

    If you run a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign then you need to constantly optimize it's performance. You're paying for clicks so you can't afford to begin a campaign and let it run without keeping a very close eye on its performance. Just being satisfied with the traffic is not going to deliver the...

    By • Feb. 1, 2010

  • Steve Rubel interviews Scott Monty on Ford's Social Media Strategy

    Scott Monty's social media activity at Ford is often used as a good example of how businesses can use the tool. Steve Rubel ran into Scott at an event recently and shot this quick video where Scott talks about his day job, how social media is integrated into Ford's communications activity and...

    By • Feb. 1, 2010

  • L'ordinateur portable du futur

    Pranav Mistry est doctorantc au MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) et nous présente dans la vidéo ci-dessous son invention, le SixthSense, l'ordinateur du futur qui il interagira avec le monde réel. Bluffant ! Et le logiciel SixthSense devrait être disponible en open source. Aucun ar...

    By • Feb. 1, 2010

  • Our Military's Web Strategy for Winning on the Social Battlefield

    Having served in the Marine Corps for ten years as well as co-founding and operating a web strategy company, I offer a unique perspective on our military and its' Web Strategy. The United States has the world's second largest military, after the People's Liberation Army of China, and has troops...

    By • Feb. 1, 2010

  • Three Reasons Not to Use Influencer Engagement

    Influencer Engagement is when you identify a collection of medium-to-high influence social media publishers - people with their own blogs, Twitter handles or communities - and you invite them into play a role with a brand or organization via social media. Simple example is identifying the top 50...

    By • Feb. 1, 2010

  • Who is the MVP of the Marketing Bowl: Social Media or Super Bowl Ads?

    This blog post was cross-posted with my new blog on the Forrester blog at http://blogs.forrester.com/marketing/2010/01/who-is-the-qb-of-the-marketing-bowl-social-media-or-super-bowl-ads.html Image by Michael Kwan (Freelancer) via Flickr If you read this blog, you likely already care less abo...

    By • Jan. 31, 2010

  • Jive, Portland, and RetroChic

    Every now and then I start thinking about things that may not fall within the formal purview of Social CRM or enterprise software. But what makes Social CRM such an interesting field is the width and breadth of scope that those of us involved in it get to exercise. Because there is so much soci...

    By • Jan. 31, 2010

  • Thought Leader Messaging Strategies Get Turnkey Solution

    Distribution media consultant D. Bruce Johnston announced this week the March 1 launch of a new strategic, creative service dedicated to thought leadership messaging strategies for advisors in transition. "First: It's about each advisor, their vision and the clients they serve. It's about buildi...

    By • Jan. 31, 2010

  • There Is No ROI From Social Media!

    />There is lots of chatter on the web relative to the ROI from social media. As we start a new year more and more people and organizations will become consumed by defining the ROI. The Rising Tide of Expectations People and businesses don't like spending time and money without defining ...

    By • Jan. 30, 2010

  • How much do you "charge" for your content?

    Image via Wikipedia Okay, so it's difficult to actually pull money out of buyers for your marketing content (though there are rare exceptions: McKinsey has been doing it for years with the McKinsey Quarterly). Yet while generally we can't put a price tag on our content, we do charge for it....

    By • Jan. 30, 2010

  • ComScore: Social Media pressuring Traditional media

    When you look at raw data, the trends become clear. Social Media Sites are squeezing out traditional media in terms of time, advertising and audience, said Magid Abraham co-founder and CEO of ComScore said in this video from the DLD conference in Munich. In terms of advertising impressions in ...

    By • Jan. 30, 2010

  • Get Your Mobile Workin'... In 3 Years Mobile will Rule... Gartner study

    Is your website mobile-friendly? Mobile Internet use has been rising over the last few years, and it may be time to get serious about optimizing your website for mobile access. In its "Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2010 and Beyond," Gartner Research predicts that "by 2013, mob...

    By • Jan. 29, 2010

  • Who is the ME in Social Media?

    Good friend Stowe Boyd recently shared a quote by Gabriel García Márquez, "Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life." Indeed, quite simply many of us live life allowing specific, trusted individuals to know us in one or more of our personae. Our moral compass...

    By • Jan. 29, 2010