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, […]
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 […]
post by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing Does This Sound Familiar? If you’re a social media marketer, you probably spend a lot of time trying to create engaging content and might suspect you’re wasting time and money and you could be doing better. You write Facebook status updates asking people to “like” one thing or “comment” on another. You post photos of […]
post by: Jenna Woodul It’s interesting to read Arik Hanson’s take on the Social Fresh Community Manager Report. He identifies 5 trends, based on the Social Fresh data, noting that “more brands are understanding they shouldn’t outsource community management.” Here’s another point of view: It’s critical that community managers have a deep understanding of the business they represent, are able to interpret […]
post by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing Picture this: It’s Friday. You’re on the social media team at work and you’ve sat through five days of meetings, read hundreds of emails, spent countless hours engaging online, had more tasks assigned than you could possibly handle, and worked late a couple of nights to make your deadlines. The end of the day is […]
post by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing We’ve been featured on Social Media Week NYC website in an article “5 Minutes with LiveWorld”. Read more below and come join us on February 20th for a full afternoon series of events focus on social media engagement and issues for regulated and consumer sensitive markets such as Healthcare, Financial Services and CPG. Article written […]
Leading a networked world, by Peter Friedman. Click here to download the article.
post by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing All it takes is one hot product, one great ad campaign, one media mishap, or focused attention from a top tweeter, and your Facebook page or forum could be bombarded with comments tomorrow. Are you ready to deal with the deluge? The influx — if it’s positive — might be welcome, but people who reach […]
post by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing post by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing “Bah, humbug!” No, that’s too strong ‘Cause it is my favorite holiday But all this year’s been a busy blur Don’t think I have the energy – The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping For brands large and small, customer service conducted online and via social media is crucial, and this time of year, it’s an even bigger […]
