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Should Companies Manage Their Employees’ LinkedIn Profiles?
LinkedIn has become an important business channel, not only for individuals to showcase their professional credentials, but also for companies seeking to promote their value proposition and to establish or manage brand awareness. LinkedIn is no longer simply a social media … Continue reading
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Jimmy Webb and the Power of Storytelling for B2B Companies
Songwriting legend Jimmy Webb has written some of pop music’s most enduring ballads, including Wichita Lineman, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Galveston, The Worst That Could Happen and the rock cantata MacArthur Park (simultaneously heralded as a musical masterpiece … Continue reading
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Using Negative Publicity as Negotiating Leverage
The disclosure last May that Facebook had hired public relations firm Burson-Marstellar to initiate a smear campaign against Google’s “Social Circle” raised the hackles of many PR practitioners who labeled the tactic as unethical. Although there’s no direct reference to … Continue reading
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3 Ways Social Media Will Fail Marketers
1. Social media will not increase word of mouth influence. Research by Keller Fay for Google shows that 94% of word of mouth conversations occur offline, and most often, those conversations are sparked by information found on the internet and … Continue reading
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Are Journalists in the Misinformation Business?
Can Journalists Survive the Internet Age? Do mainstream journalists – trained to present both sides of an issue they’re reporting – contribute to the public’s interest in and acceptance of information that’s known to be wrong? An new study presented … Continue reading
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