Chris Koch

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2011: The year of personal brands

Chris Koch

If you follow social media, you probably know most of the story already. I wish I had the numbers to prove it, but my sense based on my own experience in social media is that Owyang’s personal brand won that battle. It’s a good problem to have, to be grappling with this issue as Forrester is.

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15 things marketers should stop doing and thinking in 2011

Chris Koch

Here’s a list of things I wish we would stop doing and thinking as of December 31 st : Social media. Social media cause people to waste time at work. Social media relationships are shallow and meaningless. Soon, we’ll be able to automate our social media relationships through bots that can judge sentiment.

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How social media muteness endangers your company: The crisis at McKinsey

Chris Koch

McKinsey recently learned a difficult lesson about what happens when the world takes your thought leadership marketing seriously—and when you lack the ability to respond in the moment through social media. Despite its prowess in thought leadership—McKinsey is simply the best—the firm is falling dangerously behind in social media.