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(Almost) 100 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Blog Posts and Articles of 2009

Webbiquity

Social media marketing activity exploded in 2009, and so did coverage of these practices. So in case you missed any of these, here are almost 100 of the best blog posts and articles covering social media strategy and tactics, measurement, monitoring, research, pitfalls to avoid, policies, tools and more from 2009. by YouTube.

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Video for Financial Services: Banking and Beyond

Vidyard

YouTube is one of the main places, if not the first, people look for “how to” information on a new product. WealthSimple demonstrates this through powerful storytelling, with multiple videos generating over 1MM views on YouTube alone. So why haven’t FinServ firms adopted video more aggressively?

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How to Fail at Social Media

The Effective Marketer

An interesting post on Why So Many Companies Suck at Social Media brings in some good insights and compares the now famous Old Spice youtube campaign with copycats like Cisco and Brigham Young University. The solution, it seems, is far more complicated. Why is it that one company fails miserable while the other gets it right?

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Social Media's Next Victim?

The Effective Marketer

And now with social media, there’s no telling who will be the next United to see its market cap hurt because of a blog post or youtube video. This entry was posted on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 8:15 am and is filed under Uncategorized. What stories or lessons learned do you have to share? United States License.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Twitter feeds need updating, Facebook pages need commenting, blog posts need editing, and YouTube videos have to be tagged. Larger organizations may even start thinking of a higher level role, of Chief Content Officer , created in order to plan, coordinate the execution, and report on content ROI. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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Video for Financial Services: Banking and Beyond

Vidyard

YouTube is one of the main places, if not the first, people look for “how to” information on a new product. WealthSimple demonstrates this through powerful storytelling, with multiple videos generating over 1MM views on YouTube alone. Who wants to spend time reading product pamphlets or a list of features when a video is available?

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The Fun Theory: How to Change Behavior

The Effective Marketer

Volkswagen launched what became quickly a viral campaign with emails being forwarded, youtube videos with over 1 million hits and comments from all corners of the web. This entry was posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Social Media. Some food for thought.