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10 marketing functions that brands should keep in-house

SmartBrief - Marketing

In my next PR position, I learned that a poorly managed agency team could chew up client budget like you wouldn’t believe. I realized early in my career that PR firms would become obsolete. For larger organizations or ones that create copious amounts of data, having a second set of experienced eyes can be invaluable.

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

Convince & Convert

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. The theme of the presentation was this new era of marketing-centrism and what it takes to succeed in an environment where marketing plans are not month-to-month, but minute-to-minute.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I’m delighted to have had the chance to interview technology consultant and author Phil Simon about how technology and social media adoption is changing companies. Check out Phil’s blog too ) Your new book The Next Wave of Technologies deals with how organizations can adopt and adapt to new processes and advances.

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Brand awareness: A marketer’s guide

Liveintent

You go back to your media plan and diversify. How and why are you running programs that give back to communities in need? You can communicate these points with strategic brand awareness campaigns. more likely to recommend them to friends and family 6X more likely to stand up for the company in the event of a PR mishap.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Online consumers are savvy and being open and communicative is vital to reputation management. Showcase the strides that the company has made for the cause, whether this means funds donated, awareness raised, consumers reached, beneficiaries helped, communities improved, etc. Rally third-party endorsers to help share your stories.

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Please Help Me Support Make-A-Wish Foundation | Convince & Convert.

Convince & Convert

Your votes count for 30% of the “scoring&# when organizers determine who gets to speak at the mighty SXSW Interactive festival in March in Austin, Texas. One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc., Please click the little thumbs up icon. Im Jay Baer.

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UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] unmarketing Thanks a lot Jay. I’ve even left the stat breakdown public so you can see all the views are organic, not off-shored to get views (like some video companies have done). Who is going to post a blog review of YOUR new book (raising hand now). Im Jay Baer.