Posts tagged with 'Social Media'
Fast food giant Burger King experienced a social media meltdown earlier this week, as the brand’s Twitter feed was hacked, its profile picture and name changed to that of industry rival McDonalds, and a series of unusual tweets were fired out to the brand’s followers.
Things first went amiss around noon EST, and followers were treated to over an hour of links to YouTube videos, pictures of dirty kitchens, tweets about percolate and a few reminders that comms managers can’t afford to take public holidays off...
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by Matt Owen
21 February 2013 11:12am
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As the social media landscape has evolved, marketers have focused on the trends and psychology of sharing.
However, as the market changes, there may be a tipping point as to how much media we actually want to consume and share.
So how do social media platforms impact consumer behavior? And how and why do social media networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter continue to influence us?
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by Andy Betts
15 February 2013 14:45pm
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In the last couple of years Social Media Management Systems (SMMS) have cemented their position in the marketing arsenal of many large companies.
The Econsultancy / Responsys 2013 Marketing Budgets survey recently revealed that 38% of companies will be increasing their investment in SMMS this year, and 62% will increase their social media investment.
This highlights the strength of an industry which has seen some major acquisitions in the last year, but is still experiencing an influx of start-ups due to sustained investment and interest.
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by Amy Rodgers
13 February 2013 12:11pm
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Following my previous post How to measure brand awareness on Facebook, this week we take a look at Twitter.
Unlike Facebook, there isn’t a built-in analysis tool that does it for you (if you want sparkly graphs and the like then you can always use a social media management tool) but there are a few metrics that you can track yourself to get a feel for your brand awareness levels.
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by Michelle Hill
13 February 2013 09:45am
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A colleague passed something on to me last week: HootSuite’s CEO Ryan Holmes' quote on social in regulated industries – “For highly regulated sectors like finance, social media can be a legal minefield”.
Whilst this isn’t anything new, I guess it goes without saying marketers in regulated sectors are the most cautious of our breed.
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by Lisa Wood
04 February 2013 09:29am
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The drumbeat of big data's promise is quickening and becoming louder. The role of the CMO is increasingly coming under pressure to techno-fy, automate and focus on bridging the gap between marketing and sales teams.
Facebook, blogging, Twitter, LinkedIn? Inbound marketing, content marketing? "Oh yeah. We're on it."
That's entirely the problem. Businesses are "just doing it." Growth is slowing. The love affair with social media marketing is nearly over. Everyone's all gaa-gaa over big data. So if social media and content marketing managers are to survive the meteoric rise of 'Big Data' they'll need to become social selling experts - pronto.
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by Jeff Molander
01 February 2013 14:10pm
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It launched, like no other social network before it, with instructions on how to create the perfect steak tartare and very quickly, became all about spam, pornography and regulation.
Vine is one of the raft of new launches from Twitter. It’s novel, it’s got some spammy teething problems and it’s already had its first #fail.
But, assuming that all of this can be fixed (and this is social behemoth Twitter we’re talking about, so that’s a fair assumption) what does Vine mean for brands?
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by Steve Richards
30 January 2013 10:18am
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By now you've probably heard that it's Community Manager Appreciation Day, but did you forget to get them something? We understand. You're probably still in the sugar trough from Chocolate Cake Day on January 27.
So now that you're thinking about it, doesn’t it make sense to reward that patient colleague who responds to the company’s Twitter devotees, comes up with sweetly snarky posts that attract thousand of “Likes,” and gently mollifies cranky YouTube commenters...and does the hard work of analytics around social?
We honor the social media mavens among us by offering Leveraging the Community, the last in a four-part series we call Online Communities. It’s free, it’s short, and it’s good — the perfect gift for your favorite social media expert.
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by Cielo Lutino
28 January 2013 16:53pm
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Given the surge of ecommerce and the collapse of Blockbuster, HMV and Jessops, it seems bricks and mortar shops may eventually disappear.
As technology and delivery mechanisms improve, will we become a nation that stares at a screen, clicking away with a cup of tea?
Online shopping is convenient and simple. The way we research and buy online may be changing, but the High Street can still play a major part in this development.
Technology can enhance and rejuvenate bricks and mortar shopping, creating an interactive and enhanced shopping experience.
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by Robert Durkin
28 January 2013 11:40am
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Not all Twitter followers are created equal.
Chasing large numbers for their own sake is a very dangerous game that a lot of brands still fall into, but unless you’re doing customer service there’s often no real point in following back everyone who follows you.
That isn’t to say that there’s no value in a large audience. Having a thousand people who really do like your brand and who talk about you has all sorts of benefits, from increasing lead potential to good old fashioned brand lift. Buzz really does count in many cases.
With this in mind, how do you sort the wheat from the chaff, and how do you make sure your important followers stick with you? I’ve been looking into the levels of churn on our own accounts recently, and thought it would be worth sharing my findings and start thinking about ways to address this...
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by Matt Owen
28 January 2013 11:05am
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