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The New Rules of Social Marketing and PR

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Who would have thought getting fired from a major real-time information company would lead to a hugely successful career in marketing? David’s marketing insights helped transform one of his books into a staple of the marketing canon. How over-zealous influencer marketing can actually alienate your audience.

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How Customer Service can Devastate Your Social Media Plans

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This is an interesting case of creating an opportunity to use real-time marketing, rather than waiting for one to arise. ” If you could do a Skype call with any living person, who would it be? During the 13-hour live broadcast , Arby’s gave away $20k in prizes and engaged with watchers on Twitter. Richard Branson.

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How to Train 80,000 People to Use Social Video Effectively

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Training a couple upstarts in the marketing department to add video to their cache of social tools is hard enough. But imagine trying to wrangle 80,000 employees spread across the country into embracing and utilizing video as a serious marketing tool and a crucial component of their social presence. Virtual Reality.

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How Publix Loves Their Customers in Social Media

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With stores spread across five states, Kandi has helped make Publix Super Markets an eligible find for super market social fans. Why properly handled but ultimately unsuccessful social posts don’t equal a failing social media plan. Publix Super Markets on Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , Pinterest.

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Living Proof That Defense Contractors Can Rock at Social Media

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How creating defined strategies for each social channel leads to an effective and targeted marketing plan. Why a comprehensive digital and social media plan means including HR. “I work with a lot of engineers and rocket scientists that saw social media as something their kids did. Quotes From This Episode.

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B2B Marketing & Scientific Research: How the Brain Interprets Online Relationships

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BtoB Magazine recently presented a webinar that spoke to this phenomena, called, “From Caveman to Customer: What the Evolution of Storytelling Means to Marketer.” He sees their pictures and reads their thoughts, and with Skype and video he hears their voices as well. These relationships are real and meaningful.

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

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because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. Marketing isn’t about campaigns any more. It’s an exciting time to be a marketer, but it’s also a tremendous responsibility. Now, he tweeted it to his 1.6