January 13th, 2010

Zynga Brings Back Offers And Begins Testing New “Engagement Ads”

This evening Mark Pincus, the CEO of Zynga, announced on his blog that Zynga would begin phasing back in offers after temporarily shutting them down due to the whole “ScamVille” controversy. The …

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January 13th, 2010

A Framework for Social Media in Crisis Management

This presentation which I and Jamie Moeller delivered recently through our partnership with the Wall Street Journal (and thanks to Thomas Crampton), offers a solid framework for Digital Crisis Manag…

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January 12th, 2010

95% of ‘new news’ still from traditional media

It’s a simple truth that the vast majority of blog posts such as this one draw on existing news stories and then build on them in some fashion.    Hence the statistic from the Pew Research Center …

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January 11th, 2010

How to Write Compelling Social News Headlines

Crafting unmissable headlines which resonate with social web users is something which appears deceptively simple. Yet it’s an art form requiring writers, bloggers and marketers to craft thousands o…

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January 11th, 2010

Beyond the Campaign: Crowdsourcing & Co-Creation with Glaceau

     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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January 11th, 2010

Doing business in a social world

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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January 10th, 2010

Do we live in a bribery economy?

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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