Category Archives: Social Media Marketing

Reverse Mentoring in action… Or learning about social media from my daughter.

Reverse mentoring involves assigning newly-hired young employees to help educate experienced executives about technology or most often social media. Continue reading

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The FOUR P’s of #Content Marketing

If you produce amazing content… They will come. Perhaps content marketing should be considered in a traditional marketing framework like the 4 P’s. What are YOUR thoughts about Content Marketing in a “post-Like” world afflicted with “Content Shock”??? Continue reading

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Post-“Like” Social Media Marketing

The market has already shifted to “pay for play.” Content and engagement will continue to be important for social media marketing but promoted posts and ads will be essential for reach. What should a business do now? Continue reading

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Is there value in #Organic #SMM after Facebook closes the “Like Economy”?

Facebook shut down the “Like Economy” in December 2013. Organic SMM is giving way to “pay to play.” Continue reading

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Social Media users praise brands in private and criticise in public

Originally posted on Ana Canhoto:
Jan Kietzmann and I have been investigating how social media users talk about their consumption experiences online, a phenomenon called “electronic Word of Mouth”, or eWoM. While there is considerable research regarding why and, to…

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##@!# Marketing: Too much #Hype?

I believe that social media does change everything…especially what marketing people do. But what actually IS the new paradigm of marketing? So many flavors of marketing are discussed in relation to the online world: content marketing, inbound marketing, real-time marketing, contextual marketing, etc. Continue reading

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Social Media #Complaints! Put it to them??

A recent article suggested that social media would help kill bad customer service. How do you decide whether to publicly complain on social media??? Continue reading

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Wisdom from #LinkedIn #Live!

Major themes from the conference LinkedIn Live, a joint effort of LinkedIn and the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council, are summarized in a slide show posted by Davis Schneider of LinkedIn. Continue reading

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Twelve New #Blogs!

Here are twelve new blogs from an MBA social media marketing class. The blogs are listed below by category. Check them all out! Continue reading

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Getting your blog noticed: 8 suggestions

My social media students want to have their new blogs noticed. The starting point is of course good stuff that fits the target audience. But my other tips were: Polish your title – spend some time! (50% of total??), Post in our class FB group –12 quick views, and 6 other ideas! Continue reading

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