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What’s Wrong with Marketing Education?

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Social Media : just because you use Twitter and Facebook in school, it doesn’t mean you really know how to use it for marketing. Trade Shows : companies of all sizes at one point or another in their lives end up attending or exhibiting at an event.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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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. United States License.

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The Opposite of Advertising « The Effective Marketer

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Banco Hipotecario’s facebook page has over 14,000 fans and was the centerpiece of their second phase of the campaign. After being picked up by local media and sports commentators, fans raved about the new jersey. They asked fans to vote on a phrase to be printed on the shirt that would evoke how the fans feel about their beloved team.

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Taming Your Brand Mascot « The Effective Marketer

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The duck has 165,000 facebook fans in the US. Here are some highlights of the Aflac duck’s impact: First year after the duck’s introduction, sales were up by 29%. Name recognition increased 67% after two years of running the commercials. Today the name recognition is 90%. How do you create a successful brand mascot? United States License.

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The Challenges in Adoption of Marketing Technology « The Effective.

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Marketers also need to work on their justifications and their business cases to make senior management understand why a technology can help the company especially when Facebook, Twitter, and other channels are still a mystery for most corporate executives. United States License.

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The Networker's Dream

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This really cool tool I read about on Laura Ramos’ blog , shows the path between you and your desired target. By gathering information from your LinkedIn, Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail (not Hotmail, mind you), and other social media sites you belong, it maps out your connections and the connections of your connections.

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how to use social media - lessons from ama digital conference

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Just as a sidenote, I thought ironic the fact that for a “digital marketing conference&# that focused on social media (blogs, wikis, twitter, facebook, etc.) the AMA Tampa Bay chapter didn’t have a blog, a wiki, or a discussion forum on their website where attendees could continue the conversation. United States License.