Apr 7, 2010
Enter the social media dimension
Social media can add dimension to your marketing. It allows your marketing to take on form and become multi-dimensional (no need to run and get your Avatar 3-D glasses here). Isn’t that more interesting? Yes!! It’s not only more interesting it opens up the exchange of more value between you and your customer. Each side can get a lot more out of doing business with each other. Or, the potential... read more
Mar 25, 2010
Social media is a journey not a fire hose
Did turning the lights on in your office start filling your bank account with dollars? No. In fact, it probably took a few out. Flicking the social media switch is not like turning on a fire hose with followers and conversations…and new business gushing out. And jumping on the social media wagon flying down the road is not a good practice either. There is no fire. But, it is smoldering a bit, enough... read more
Mar 23, 2010
Taking tiny twitter steps
You know you should consider it (twitter), but you’re afraid of the ramp up time. I won’t lie, there is some of that. But, you can take tiny twitter steps to get there. No need to leap in head first. I view the corporate blog as the hub of social media as I discussed in a previous post here, and so twitter would be a spoke. Twitter is considered a microblogging tool. See, you can only publish up to... read more
Mar 18, 2010
25 Ways to write more
This post is inspired by an artist’s short ebook called ’75 Ways to Draw More’. The artist is Michael Nobbs and he has a wonderful blog here. My take for this post is a little more on the side of what to write, but it’s also ways, and I stopped at 25. Good social marketing starts with good content, and you need some ideas to get that ball rolling. Frankly, this is an article I can read myself and... read more
Mar 15, 2010
Marketing communication style 2.0
“The terms “fashionable” and “unfashionable” were employed to describe whether someone or something fits in with the current or even not so current, popular mode of expression.” —Wikipedia Mode of expression. We have been moving into another mode of expression in the marketing communication arena. Like it or not. I think it’s actually been a slow moving wave, now... read more
