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When social media programs grow up…
Filed in Facebook, Internet, Measurement, Middle East marketing, Middle-East, Online Marketing, Social media, Twitter
by Alexander McNabb
on July 15, 2010
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I’ve been doing quite a lot of speaking at ‘online’ conference events and workshops recently (this will surprise nobody who knows me) and consequently meeting a lot of people who are experimenting with social media within their organisations. It’s something of a growing trend – typically, one person within an organisation has been using Facebook […]
Social media isn’t socialist media
Filed in Brand marketing, Marketing, Social media, Social media campaigns
by Alexander McNabb
on November 22, 2009
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The idea that social media is a new way of running marketing communications on the cheap is a beguiling one and, sadly, totally incorrect. It is also a piece of thinking that is increasingly common. In fact, using social media for marketing is time consuming, expensive and dangerous. The Internet is filled with examples of […]