Someone recently told me that this is what her boss says every time she tries to get him to do something–anything–in social media: “I don’t spend on social because I…
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Social media is like riding a bike
I have been riding again after decades out of the saddle and I think there’s a lot I have learned from my newfound respect for the motorcycle that maps perfectly…
Read MoreIs marketing trying to annex the organization?!
In the past few weeks the world has been bombarded with striking images of Russian troops marching into land owned by the Ukraine. Although these maneuvers were accompanied by a…
Read MoreIn-aisle mobile marketing: A boon for consumers or a violation of privacy?
When geo-specific applications and marketing first hit the scene, there was an outcry about privacy concerns. If a phone could track your location, within a few feet even, what were…
Read More18 reasons to listen to social media before you leap
Among companies that are “very successful” at achieving goals with social media, 47% make extensive use of social analytics. Among companies that are “not successful,” 17% use social analytics (source: Marquette Group…
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Social media is a life sentence
Before you take the next step of using social media for business purposes, realize that it’s a life sentence. Not unlike needing to take anti-rejection medications every day for life…
Read MoreThe second screen: What it means for small business marketers
For several years, the big marketing push has been to “go mobile.” Though the concept of a smartphone was around long before it, the release of the iPhone in 2007…
Read MoreHow B2B marketers can turn Facebook into a lead generating machine
Researchers at Princeton University recently released a study suggesting that Facebook is about to disintegrate and collapse within the next couple years due to a mass user exodus. To misquote…
Read MoreGetting back to marketing basics
In the rush to implement the latest social and digital marketing programs, many marketers appear to focus on the communication aspects of their initiatives, often without much thought about the…
Read MoreCustomer experience and digitalization
When “everything becomes digital,” private, public, and civil institutions become more dependent on information systems and more vulnerable to attack by sophisticated cyber-criminals, political “hacktivists,” nation-states, and even their own…
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