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 | Not only military but I also believe in other certain types of intelligence (not market research) firms as well as any company dealing with confidential medical information like laboratories. |
| | It wont slow down or shift me away from email. Why? Well, there are many communication I dont want to publicize to my whole social network. There are other information that is none of my social media friends' business, especially if its "boring" or non-related stuff. I imagine the numbers … |
| | I would not use it either because it will look spammy. Also, how much information can actually be released in regards to new products, launch date, contact info, etc in 130 characters? |
| | Of course, remember what happened with Skittles a few months ago. The skittles site has changed since then but it was like listening to the skittles chatter on various social media channels. For me that was a little overload but creative and innovative. Overall, it received good reviews. [url]http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/skittles-social/[/url] |
 | One of my Facebook friends posted that he added himself using related tags on wefollow.com. I checked it out and it looks like a twitter directory. Perhaps this is a good new avenue for businesses and entrepreneurs to promote themselves online. What do you think? |
| | I have posted links under the sources and not in the answer itself. It worked before for me. I loved Yahoo Answers, especially for cooking advice. |
| | Hi Many companies focus on blogger outreach as part of their PR campaign. Do you use blogger outreach for your marketing campaigns? If so, which lesosns have you learned. Or are you a blogger and got turned off by these unsolicited requests, what do you recommend companies to approach bloggers? |
| | One of my clients is thinking of creating discounts. My question for the membership is which percentage usually work for your business to help increase ROI? What has been your experiences? |
| | I am looking for a shopping cart template for WordPress. I want to set up my own store and not go through ebay all of the time, just for the first run of the product. Thus, I am looking for an easy to use template. I found a few but …  |
| | Dont forget to add the code to every page you want to track and determine which actions you want to measure as a conversion. |
| | Both companies thinks of creating a twitter account and let users become Followers. But I read a very interesting post on Jeremiah O's (Forrester) blog on the types of corporate twitter accounts. link: [url]http://bit.ly/3fZOHt[/url] Below is an excerpt of the above mentioned blog. So what do you think? From Corporate … |
| | Thanks for sharing these links. I totally agree and I like the advice from the WSJ about not leaking unpublished news. Also, I would add never to malign a client's hometown like what happened a few months ago on Twitter - [url]http://shankman.com/be-careful-what-you-post/[/url] |
| | Not at all. I have noticed that Twitter does delete accounts occasionally and my Twitter Followers go down by 2 or so. I prefer lower number than having followers who are spammers. |
| | Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, many sites do not operate in good faith. |
| | I have tried both and now I use neither for one account. In regards to the automated response, I felt it was impersonal. Then I created personalized direct messages for each follower. This was very time consuming and I only got one or two responses among 100 DMs. Do I … |
| | Pew Internet Study just released a report today stating that first the amount of people viewing online videos have doubled since 2x and also that men spend more time on YouTube than women. To see the report: [url]http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/13--The-Audience-for-Online-VideoSharing-Sites-Shoots-Up.aspx[/url] So knowing this insight, let say you are launching a new game … |
| | Would you add Facebook Connect as an option for members to sign in and share their activity on your site to their facebook wall? Or why not? As a user, I personally opt out of Facebook connect at times and prefer to sign in as a new member. Why? Well, … |
| | What are my options to advertise on mobile other than text message and the small text ads that come out when Im visiting AP news or some other news module? Please do tell. |
| | Re: Just curious I recommend reading: Internet Advertising Board's report on Social Advertising [url]http://www.iab.net/socialads[/url] |
| | I found a the best practices and case studies in this site and wanted to share it to the members of this site: [url]http://business.twitter.com/twitter101[/url] What do you think? |
| | Re: iPhone Apps Yes, mobile applications allow users to connect socially without the need to go to a mobile browser and delay the connection. One example is TweetDeck for the iPhone. TweetDeck is built on Adobe Air and now it faciliates Tweeters to use this deck on their iPhone. I know a few … |
| | Well, not in the beginning, but I do think that once users realize that their submitted content can come back and haunt them in the future, users may be more cautious and it stifles individuality. |
| | Is it ever right to limit membership totals to an online community like Linkedin groups or even DaniWeb Forums? And if so, how easy would it be to setup membership requirements for groups where there may be broad interest and large numbers of qualified potential members? Back in the 1990's, … |
| | In this economy, coupons have become very popular. Thus, have you thought of using coupons to promote your business? Or have you used coupons for your business? Which lessons have you learned?  |
| | How have you used the Freemium model on your site? As I am researching it for a client, I found that looking through the journalism/news sites was a good place to start. For example, Financial Times has a freemium model and after the user visits the sites on the 10th … |
| | We all know pop up ads were not welcomed by many but what about pop unders or ads in an unintrusive ways, like small bottom lines on a video or on a free mobile app. What do you think? |
| | Another reason is that Google search has been made available: 1. As the first choice on FireFox search box. Yahoo is also a drop down option but I wonder which percentage of users actually purposely stroll down to use Yahoo. 2. on major mobile devices - I have both a … |
| | Seth Godin helped popularize the crowdsorcing concept. For growing an online community, do you think crowdsorcing helps communities grow? I do think it does help but I do believe their should be designated ownership/s as well. What do you think? |
| | I have checked out Spoke before and you have to claim your identity there. I personally think that LinkedIn is the gold standard for online professional networking and the others may work for certain niches. |
| | I do believe that social media communities may benefit from some sort of regulations, as long as it does not prevent engagement and communication. But in this case, the regulation will affect more the user than the owner of the community which is a different dynamic than CAN-SPAM's regulations affecting … |
| | My question for you is whether there is an option to offer these three online community members a free/trial version of the software as a response to one of their inquiries which the software may solve. |
| | I recommend you to check out: [url]http://www.clickz.com/3509491[/url] [url]http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3000_7-6343258-1.html[/url] In regards to offering rewards for visiting a site, it depends on the type of reward, when is the reward awarded, and from an emotive perspective, is the visitor doing it to learn more about the product/services and/or like these products/services or … |
| | Re: ROE? Either one can be quantifiable. I think they are both similar and share the following metrics: # of thread conversations # of related threads # of links shared (relating to the site or product) # of retweets # how many days/hours - buzz The deciding factor is: how does the … |
| | How often do you check on the quality of the sites you are linked to and you link to? Do you think it is necessary to help with your website's SERPs? What do you think? I personally have check sites that included a link to my site and in some … |
| | I attended an alumni career networking event last year where one of the panelist's business was managing social media accounts for celebrities and brands? I have started to do research on this topic and would like to know where someone should start or look at? I know Ashton Kushner and … |
| | Earlier this year, Inc.magazine published an article/case study about an Italian/Pizza chain restaurant whose co-owner committed some felony as well as bankrupt the company. As a result, the existing owner used social media and hired a branding company to help resurrect the business with a different slant and it helped … |
| | Yes, one example is Silver Star Arts Studio - an arts/creative representation company based in DC which have used combination of offline and online tactics to drive business. Disclaimer: I am not connected with Silver Star but I went to one of their exhibits some time ago and have seen … |
| | I am working on developing a social media marketing strategy on Excel and thinking of everything and anything that can identify and strengthen the connection of the client's business in the social media community. So I have included: 1. Business Identity and branding - associated keywords and phrases. 2. Business … |
| | I actually developed a metrix grid for measuring various social media. The metrics were more qualitative in nature but I tried to make it somewhat quantitative and universal. For example: Wikis Numbers of Members # Number of Contributing Posts # Number of Revisions # of active members Feedback/Comment on Blog … |
| | One pharmaceutical client of mine was very cautious of executing many social media tactics because of federal regulations. What legal concerns have you experienced in growing an online community? |
| | I wonder if Yahoo's new look will help increase visitors to the site and make it grow. What do you think? [url]http://mashable.com/2009/07/20/yahoo-homepage-makeover/[/url] |
| | A client posed the same question to me recently. Many people believe that creating profiles on various social media communities is all that is needed. This is just a tactic and not a strategy. The strategy involves thinking and executing: 1. Brand's positioning 2. Brand's messaging 3. Setting tone 4. … |
| | The Biggest obstacle I would say is: Constant Engagement/Making It Alive. I managed a corporate networking group on Ning and though I have many members, only a handful were active. This contributed to the community not reflecting the true purpose of the group. |
| | I have created and administered both moderated and unmoderated groups and my conclusion to your questions have been: 1. should you moderate a forum/site or allow unfettered freedom of speech? Insights Digital - Moderate. Yes, in concept, allow unfettered freedom of speech may espouse good will for the users but … |
| | Establishing social media plans is actually a concentrated and concerted effort and it does not only involve - putting links on social bookmarking sites. It involves seriously thinking of all the segments, which social media would be best to reach them, which one is the lowest hanging fruit for this … |
| | I have a few different twitter accounts - each one with a different purpose. One for personal and it is locked. The other is for a group I created and the other one is for a cybershow I produce. Different purpose and different people I follow in each twitter account.  |
| | The few business owners I have spoken with shy away from Facebook not because of the privacy and liability issues but because as implied above, B2B product advertising on Facebook may not yield good ROMI. Also, keep in mind that the mindset of the average Facebook user is not to … |
 | Google Analytics have an online test to help individuals became more proficient on GA. [url]http://google.starttest.com/[/url] It is called Google Analytics IQ |
| | Definitely! Social media can be used to leverage customized/targeted marketing to different consumers' personas or segments. For example, my client wants to reach consumers' who just have a child in college and feeling empty nest. Thus, the client can create a targeted messaging for their services or product to specifically … |
| | I do believe the success of microblogging platforms like Twitter is due partially to the fact that blog readers welcomed a fast, straight to the point communication rather than reading long blog posts. Just my once cent. |
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