Monthly Archives: July 2009
Social Media “The Big 4″
Social Media has leveled the playing field for smaller companies to compete with larger companies. In the past whoever had the most money got the best exposure. Social Media has changed that. The main reason for the competitive balance is … Continue reading
Twitter still confusing?
Twitter is growing at over 1300% per month and has over 68 million users then why are so many people still confused about it? A new research poll by Harris Interactive shows that 69% don’t know enough about Twitter to … Continue reading
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Facebook for Business?
Facebook will make about $310 Million in ads this year and quite surprisingly $229 Million will come from local advertisers. That means that local advertisers account for 74% of the total ad revenue. This is the reason Facebook can be … Continue reading
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Top Brands benefit from Social Media
A new study released by enterprise wiki provider Wetpaint and theAltimeter Group shows that the brands most engaged in social media are also experiencing higher financial success rates than those of their non-engaged peers. To determine this relationship, the study focused on … Continue reading
Filed under social media, social media + video
Facebook Mobile applications
The Richards Group is the largest Ad Agency in Dallas with annualized billings of $1 Billion. Over the last three decades they’ve had some of the biggest brands in the world like Home Depot, Zales, and Chick-fil-A to name a … Continue reading
Business Plans waste of time?
Business Plans are crucial so why don’t companies make that priority #1? My excuse was always that I needed to take care of more important items like sales, marketing. meetings and other items. I missed the boat. I realized that … Continue reading
Do you own your Brand?
Creating a Brand used to be easy. Have a message, deliver it to your customers and over time that message became your Brand. That’s no longer the case. You don’t even have control of your Brand anymore. Michael Griffith has … Continue reading
Customers are talking are you listening?
Social Media is a way to find information about your company. Sometimes that can be positive or negative. The key is not to ignore it because you can improve as a company if you learn what people are saying about … Continue reading
Social Media works but don’t SELL
If you Google Social Media expert the first name that pops up is Giovanni Gallucci. He’s been helping companies with marketing campaigns in Social Media for decades. The most difficult part of the job is not the strategy but explaining … Continue reading
American Heart Association uses Twitter for research
The American Heart Association uses Social Media to help them build relationships with doctors from all over the world. Cortney Nicolato the Senior Manager of Strategic Alliances and Health Technology says Social Media has also helped them with research. She … Continue reading
