Archive for the ‘social media’ Category

P2P (people to people) strategy important in age of social media

I teach undergraduate and graduate level university marketing courses. Current textbooks are filled with strategies for B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) applications. But I really think with the evolution of social media and its impact on business, both of these areas have evolved into a P2P (people to people) model. Why [...]

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Is Google+ the new Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn combined?

Google+ can offer users the best of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn combined.

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Is it time to disrupt your industry?

Homeplus disrupts the grocery industry in South Korea with an innovative use of smart phones and QR codes.

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Is Google destroying users faith in them as a fair and unbiased source of information?

Google appears to be preferentially placing it’s own results in their new Google Plus Your World approach. Is this influence reason for concern? Or does it present a business opportunity?

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Are you willing to bet against Google?

Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple have disrupted various industries over the last 5 years. But which company will ultimately win the great tech war of 2012? Five-Minute Marketing author Mary Charleson makes a case for why she feels Google holds the trump card.

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Making a case for social media

Much has been written about the power of social media to connect people and to potentially connect people to your product. Beyond the fun stuff and personal use, there is real value for businesses using these tools, but many owners echo the refrain that they want to see a ROI and an improvement to the [...]

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Word of mouth, mouse and mobile

I teach a media course at one of our local universities. Recently I brought some newspapers in to my class for the students to look at. My father was a “newspaper historian” and had saved papers from noteworthy events over time such the Halifax Chronicle the day WW11 ended, and the Toronto Star marking man’s [...]

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Good parties and good marketing share common traits

The festive season of parties and commitments is upon up. As I look at my calendar of double and triple social bookings piling up, it got me thinking about what attracts us to these gatherings, how we conduct ourselves there, and how this is similar to the characteristics of good marketing. First up a confession: [...]

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Social media and The Age of Conversation

The internet has changed everything in the marketing world. After some initial missteps, largely caused by applying the old rules to a new game, we have emerged into an exciting era of possibilities. What seemed a futuristic forecast at best only a short time ago in now coming to fruition. Where the advertiser had full [...]

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