Beyond the Campaign: Crowdsourcing & Co-Creation with Glaceau

Posted on January 11th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

     Recently Glaceau engaged its followers via Facebook to define a new flavor. It is a classic example of a co-creation exercise with customers and has three qualities worth paying attention to: …

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Beyond the Campaign: Crowdsourcing & Co-Creation with Glaceau

When Worlds Collide

Posted on January 11th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

Well, it’s finally here. Twitter and LinkedIn have decided to combine forces. This is pretty significant, and I know that it’ll make it easier to share job opportunities and other more networking oppo…

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When Worlds Collide

Doing business in a social world

Posted on January 11th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

A Manifesto for Social Business | CustomerThink – CRM, CEM & Social Media This is a great post; a couple snippets: “It’s not about ‘influencers’ per se, but the social networks in which influe…

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Do we live in a bribery economy?

Posted on January 10th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

Discounts! Coupons! X% off! We all love a sweet deal. I mean, who doesn’t want an incentive to purchase a product or service? It’s what persuades our behaviors as consumers to pick one brand over an…

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Do we live in a bribery economy?

Social mashup goes mainstream: Pepsi Hit Refresh

Posted on January 9th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

Pepsi Australia Hit Refresh social mashup Earlier this week, Pepsi Australia’s Hit Refresh social media and heavyweight outdoor campaign started it’s promotions activation phase, via a Twitter tr…

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Organic Social Networks, The Yankees & …Wha? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Posted on January 8th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I’m biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do …

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Organic Social Networks, The Yankees & …Wha? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Custom Content Builds Trust and Wins Customers- The Shotgun Approach Doesn’t

Posted on January 8th, 2010 in Social Media | Comments Off

Being earnest, or sincere, in your efforts to provide content to you customers is perhaps your most important task. Until recent years, your “content” was advertisements, flyers, coupons and other…

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Custom Content Builds Trust and Wins Customers- The Shotgun Approach Doesn’t