Look what we just bought. We’ve got ourselves a race! #DuckCommander500 @TXMotorSpeedway pic.twitter.com/3gS74D98Xc— Willie Robertson (@williebosshog) February 6, 2014 Say what you want about the Robertson family from Duck Dynasty fame. But at the end of the day, don't let your judgment blind you to the fact that these guys…
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Last night's Grammys broadcast wasn't all that memorable from a musical perspective. Although the performance by Nile Rodgers, Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder and Pharrell was truly awesome. Those of us in social media marketing will remember last night's Grammys as the night the Oreo tweet was dethroned as the Tweet…
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Social television is getting quite intimate. Retailer, H&M is going to utilize the Super Bowl as a springboard to launch their new collection of David Beckham Bodywear. However this product launch allows you to actually participate. This just may indeed be the integration of advertising and social media that marketing…
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This video is probably the best explanation why most brands are simply wasting their time, money and resources on Facebook. No further explanation is needed.
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Seriously. I just wrote that. Why? If the owners of this podunk store can exercise their 1st Amendment rights, so can I. So what did they do? Well, they've attempted a bit of real time marketing. However, they failed miserably. In fact, I'd be surprised if their storefront lasted the…
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If you're involved in marketing you undoubtedly utilize social media to try and connect with your audience., The big social networks, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn etc..., can be veritable goldmines if utilized correctly. But it often appears that "correctly" is a matter of opinion, instead of founded on…
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You can see many things walking the streets of New York City. Over the years many villains and scary creatures (and people), both real and imaginary, have wreaked havoc in Manhattan. But I don't think anyone's ever seen a baby terrorizing the Big Apple. Until last week that is. In…
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A couple of months ago I noted the social media prowess of Katy Perry. I was impressed then and I'm even more impressed today. Her social team is absolutely killing it! Perry scored huge social points with her fans when she recently "crowdsourced" a video to launch her new "Prismatic"…
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I'm not going out on a limb in stating that many in marketing have probably heard of the Law of Diffusion of Innovation. He didn't create it but Simon Sinek brought it to life for me. The birthing of the Law of Diffusion of Innovation over 50 years ago, is…
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The 40th Annual People's Choice Awards was broadcast last night and did extremely well from a social television based perspective. Last night, according to results compiled by Nielsen SocialGuide, over 482,000 unique Twitter users pumped out nearly 2 Million tweets in and around the broadcast of the show. The 40th…
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I've previously mentioned (guaranteed actually) that I believe social media marketing efforts for 2014 will begin to be more be focused on sports and entertainment and the integration of brand partners. Accordingly, I've been doing a lot of research and I'm finding that it appears the basis for my change…
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What does it take to succeed in social media? 1. Cultivate an audience 2. Give that audience what they want 3. Stay relevant with what your audience is doing 4. Post great stuff...which goes hand in hand with #2 above 5. Have some balls! That's it. It's not that hard.…
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