Strategy & Inspiration for Digital Marketing & Social Media Experts

5 tips for managing customer relationships through social

May 9, 2013
Posted by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing

When it comes to social media, most companies are not actually very social at all. Instead they are stuck in the traditional broadcast, digital and public relations marketing models of talking at customers. They just are using social channels to do it. Here is a short list of best practices to join and develop online […]

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Using Social Media to Grow Your Event

April 22, 2013
Posted by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing

While event marketing focuses on the face-to-face experience of attending, sponsoring, and speaking at trade shows or industry meet-ups, social media facilitates similar shared experiences, creating brand advocates on a much larger scale. Adding social media to your event marketing strategy allows audiences to contribute to event content, promote the event to their followers and […]

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Electronic Etiquette: Social Media Manners

March 5, 2013
Posted by: Peter Friedman, Founder, Chairman & CEO

You’ve thrown a party to celebrate a milestone birthday and—sometime between the champagne and the crudités—you make a speech about the wonders of, well, you. You boast about giving up simple carbs and the time you shoveled your neighbor’s driveway without being asked. And watch how many push-ups I can do! You wouldn’t do that, […]

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Social Media and E-Commerce Will Reshape the In-Store Experience

Posted by: Peter Friedman, Founder, Chairman & CEO

Forty-three percent of adults say they’ve participated in showrooming, according to a Harris Poll from November 2012. Yet, tomorrow’s biggest headline isn’t going to be about how e-commerce cannibalized brick-and-mortar stores. The future lies in integration and leveraging the best of each to grow revenue across the board. Today’s savviest retailers are rethinking the very […]

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