Strategy & Inspiration for Digital Marketing & Social Media Experts
Yes AdAge, Facebook should sell relationships because true social is about relationships
Last week I read a compelling article, one that actually speaks to the true underlying fundamentals of social media, about which much of our industry remains surprisingly unaware. While the follow-up comments on this piece have some merit, it seems to me they are missing Ben’s fundamental point and the fundamentals of social that distinguish it as […]
Read moreThe Facebook IPO Was Just Right
The Facebook IPO was just right. Many are complaining that it didn’t shoot up on day one like other Internet IPOs. Well that’s just the wrong way to judge it. The correct approach is whether or not the stock was priced fairly and did the company maximize its capital raise in the interest of building […]
Read moreThe real social in social commerce
Yesterday I came across Heidi Cohen’s thought-provoking collection of 19 social commerce definitions. While it may seem that 19 definitions is enough, I have a slightly different slant to add to the mix, along with a social commerce hierarchy. Social commerce is offline or online shopping facilitated by or otherwise involved with social media. For centuries […]
Read moreFacebook Tabs & Apps, Dead or Alive? That’s not the question. Big or small, use them wisely, relative to your goals.
Quite a flurry has ensued over the last several days about the Pagelever study on Facebook tabs being down 53% since Facebook’s launch of Timeline. Hootsuite CEO, Ryan Holmes (@invoker), eloquently argues their near demise, and Strutta CEO, Ben Pickering (@bpicks), equally well taking the position “not so fast.” This isn’t a matter of tabs and apps being good or bad, or the category large […]
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