Tag Archives: Marketing

Top ten ways CEO’s must change to lead in the social business marketplace

June 20, 2011 Comments


The advent of the social business marketplace represents a startling opportunity for CEOs, both in turns of the upside for their corporations and shareholders, and for the positive impact that brands can have on their customer community and the world …

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Top ten ways to instantly humanize your brand

June 9, 2011 Comments


Each day more eyeballs and advertising spend migrates online, intersecting with social media and technologies that place new expectations on a brand. The social revolution currently under way is as profound as the digital revolution that transformed the marketplace fifteen …

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We First: Launch video to share

June 7, 2011 Comments


Today is launch Day for We First. I am so proud to be a part of the conversation that is allowing brands and consumers to make a bigger positive impact on the world and to find greater fulfillment themselves. This …

Posted in Advertising, Books, Brands, Capitalism, Community, Consumers, CSR, Future, GENERAL, Non-profits, Optimism, Philanthropy, Social media, Thought leadership, We First | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

 

Gary Vee’s ‘Crush It’: Facebook, Twitter and social media marketing that makes money

April 29, 2010 12 Comments


I was speaking at the Connect Now conference with Gary Vaynerchuk a couple of weeks ago and he kindly gave me a signed copy of ‘Crush It!’ to pass on to someone. That’s him signing it below. It’s a truly inspirational …

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The “doing” vs. “being” of branding

March 30, 2010 13 Comments


AdAge recently did a great article on micro-sponsorship highlighting leading brands like Quaker Oats and Pepsi that are reaching out to communities for their stories and ideas around positive social change. To me this begs the question, are these marketing …

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Is your brand a one night stand or keeper?

March 1, 2010 Comments


Social media has opened the door to far more effective dialogue between brands and consumers. Like any relationship, though, if both parties aren’t equally invested it’s unlikely to last. At first, many brands just rushed to have any sort of …

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Sally Hogshead’s ‘Fascinate’: Book review and giveaway

February 8, 2010 24 Comments


This week’s giveaway book is Sally Hogshead’s newly released, Fascinate. Inside Sally does a fantastic job of articulating exactly how and why fascination works and how you can use it to your advantage. Sally divides fascination into seven universal triggers: …

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Shel Israel’s, Twitterville: Book review and Giveaway

January 29, 2010 14 Comments


Twitterville is the first book in my new giveaway-extravaganza-bonanza-athon. Now I hear giveaways can get problematic so I’ll post some guidelines on my site shortly. But the goal here is just to keep going ideas flowing among us and to …

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