Archive for the ‘social media’ Category

Facebook: The place where social change goes to die?

The Facebook news stream is a profoundly ineffective place to change somebody’s mind. Is this any way to create social change?

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Why Your Social Marketing Department Is Likely Under-Resourced

While the social marketing department is growing by leaps and bounds, additional responsibilities are leaving many departments severly under-resourced.

Is Accessibility the New SEO?

By Kiki Schirr, {grow} Contributing Columnist While accessibility is always stressed as important in digital tools such as websites and apps, it is clear that there is still more to […]

The “social” in social media can’t be scaled. Be patient.

Scaling social media is a challenge as your audience grows. Engagement can’t scale in ways that ultimately doesn’t disappoint people.

Five steps toward using Hero Content to create an epic brand journey

Fabio Tambosi of Nike shares his experience in using hero content to create an epic consumer brand journey while working as a brand manager for Nike during the World Cup.

Just because you can do micro-targeting doesn’t mean you should

With the possibilities that search engines and social networks offer for micro-audiences, why not use them? Think twice, claims the author.

Is social media marketing still a thing?

Social media marketing has been the hottest marketing concept for the last 10 years. Is it losing steam, or just taking off? Is social media marketing still a thing?

Brands need to stop the insanity and invest in true influence

Influencer marketing is becoming a crowded space. There’s barely any loyalty between influencers and brands, especially in smaller cities and geographies. What do brands need to do today, to reap the rewards of influencer marketing tomorrow? Brands need to invest in true influence.

The Business Case for Social Network Subscriptions

How are social networks going to evolve and what will the social network in a decade look like? With growing concerns over data privacy and transparency, and an emerging generations that are far smarter and more savvy when it comes to technology, paid social network subscriptions may be an answer.