Chris Koch

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Why the volume and quality of interactions with customers has to pass for social media ROI

Chris Koch

We track the marketing mix (including PR) over time against trends in sales. So if you buy that leap of logic, let’s say that blogs are another channel, like PR, in a marketing mix designed to familiarize customers and prospects with our companies and us. But you’re not going to like them. Jumping through ROI hoops.

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15 things marketers should stop doing and thinking in 2011

Chris Koch

That’s why employees and subject matter experts should be on the front lines of social media rather than marketers or PR people. External social media marketing is more important than internal social media collaboration. ROI should be measured on a higher level—as in the ROI of all of marketing to the business.

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