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This Brand Ambassador Program Goes Against the Grain

Paul Gillin

The only compensation brand advocates receive is free samples and perhaps an advance look at a new product. In my view, such a disclosure effectively invalidates the recommendation. BzzAgent has a database of hundreds of thousands of consumers whom it activates to spread the word about products from the company’s clients.

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Live Blog: 3M Unites Global Workforce With Technology

Paul Gillin

A sampling: “I need information on 3M Japan products (name withheld) and what are the Eurpean substitutes?”. It’s become the most popular internal social site in the company” with 340,000 page views and more than 200 comments, Lynch said. “We’ve The tool is enabling point questions to be answered quickly.

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Recent Writings: Negativity, Social Gaffes and Farewell to Case Studies

Paul Gillin

Here’s a sampling of what I’ve been talking about. That’s why prospects have always viewed case studies with suspicion. I haven’t had a chance to blog here lately because most of my writing is been on assignment for other publishers. Love Your Critics. Today, they mainly ignore them.

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Social Marketing Wisdom from the Insurance Industry – Really

Paul Gillin

A sampling of what New York Life has done: Partnered with the NFL on a “ protection index ” of pro football teams; Created the New York Life Game of Life in partnership with Hasbro. The insurance company’s YouTube channel has had more than five million views, many for its TV commercials. million likes, it’s doing pretty well.

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Transforming P&G

Paul Gillin

Success can be a curse, though, and the maker of Crest, Tide and about 25 other billion-dollar brands has struggled to wean itself from a traditional focus on coupons and samples in favor of a culture of engagement. P&G has been called the world greatest marketing company. It’s not that P&G doesn’t understand its markets.