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social media strategy

6 Considerations for DIY social monitoring

by Peter McMahon July 3, 2010
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I recently made the observation that consumers increasingly expect the brands that they interact with to answer back within the social media context. More and more, we find evidence of growing frustration and a new kind of social consumer expectation. I recently posted this to our company website. Whilst its not the sort of content [...]

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Social Media Survey – April 2010

by Peter McMahon April 2, 2010
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Those involved in social media – myself included – naturally view it as being of major significance. However, viewing it that way doesnt necessarily make it so. And in some quarters there is tacit scepticism surrounding the extent of that significance.
So I thought it worthwhile to throw out some questions (see below) and [...]

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Social media monitoring and fear of the dark

by Peter McMahon March 22, 2010
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Fear of the unknown seems to be a handy leverage point for many companies in the social brand monitoring space.
Ive been doing quite a bit of due diligence on various social media brand monitoring solutions of late. As a result, I recently posted an article on my corporate blog www.affinitidigital.com.au regarding what seems to [...]

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How social media & traditional journalism can really ruin your day

by Peter McMahon February 9, 2010
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Brands and marketers who continue to treat information generated by online sources as isolated and inconsequential do so at their peril.
Yesterday I was talking with a marketing acquaintance. He didn’t consider social media to be particularly topical. In fact his exact words were “oh yeah – social media, blogging, twittering…its all cr@p…I don’t have time [...]

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H&M keeps its facebook fans guessing

by Peter McMahon January 13, 2010
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On the morning of Jan 6, the New York Times New York edition ran an article claiming that the world’s 3rd largest fashion chain had intentionally and systematically damaged and dumped unsold stock outside its 34th street outlet.
In a city where the economic crisis remains a painful daily reality to many Americans, a third of [...]

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