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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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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. Interns are ‘liking’ pages on facebook while the events coordinator is Tweeting about the trade show giveaway at their booth. What used to be clear roles (i.e. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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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 Fun Theory: How to Change Behavior

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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.

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The Enemy of Productivity

The Effective Marketer

Stress vs. Productivity from www.hrmreport.com If your office is anything like mine, your colleagues send you Youtube videos, web links, and other stuff that although very entertaining doesn’t help you get your projects done on time. Have you ever tried simply not checking email ? Close the email and ask yourself again in 1 hour.

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how to use social media - lessons from ama digital conference

The Effective Marketer

Peter Contardo and Shaun Pope, from Endavo Media , gave us a great primer on monetizing online video, clarifying that although easy to create (anyone with a webcam can upload to Youtube), need some thinking before you can actually make money with video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Industrial Marketing Today

Instead of spending most of their marketing budget on traditional industrial marketing channels like trade shows or direct mail, Vico produces webinars and creates content that site visitors download and others link to. In short, they are doing things that help them get found online.