Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Summize.com Falls Short of Past Hype

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

By Matt Clark It’s not easy to cultivate brand equity in a world where candid customer feedback and conversations increasingly dominate news and search results around products. But a proven method of success is using social media to embrace customer engagement. But how do you track everything? Summize.com allows PR and Marketing ...

The Blogging Battle Continues - Flack Attack

Monday, May 12th, 2008

By Matt Clark A few days ago Gina Trapani of LifeHacker published a wiki blacklisting PR firms who pitch spam bloggers. This has kicked up some great social media conversation. How do you pitch bloggers? What’s the best way to work with a blogger? Is a site as popular as Tech ...

Marketing Through Twitter (Twarketing)

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

By: Mallory Dash You can call it "getting to the point" to an extreme level. If you can say what you want to say to your audience in 140 characters or less, then you're ready for Twitter. While the micro-blogging service is already popular among Web 2.0 enthusiasts, Twitter is also breaking ...

To B-to-B Blog or Not to B-to-B Blog?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

By Matt Clark Blogging is one of the most common social media tools used today. Many marketers are in love with the idea of blogging. If you are a business owner with out a blog, you’re in the out crowd. “Did you see Johnny over there? Poor ...

Flying the Digital Skies with Southwest

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

By John Cantwell Things may not be going so well for the airlines right now, but at least there's one bright spot – Southwest Airlines has a great, multi-pronged digital marketing campaign going. The discount airline, famous for its cheap flights and “Wanna get away?” television spots, has entered the digital marketing ...

South Park’s Rant on Online Video

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

By: Matt Clark After covering South Park's new South Park Studios, I have become addicted to the site. I am starting to engage the brand again as I did during college. A recent episode poked fun at online video (and Canada) but made some interesting points regarding online video ...

Raising Digital Awareness for Darfur

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

By Matt Clark Though the genocide in Darfur is one of the great tragedies of this young century, there is still shockingly little attention paid to this issue. Presented with this problem, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum enacted a comprehensive digital marketing plan to raise awareness and get people to ...

Looking at Oscar’s Social Media Strategy

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

By John Cantwell SocialTNT ran a great post the other day breaking down the social media strategy leading up to the Oscars. Some highlights of the pre-Oscar digital buzz: A dedicated YouTube channel with more than 60 videos of classic Oscar moments - popular acceptance speeches, etc. - and behind-the-scenes footage. For the ...

Digital Marketing, Ferrell-Style

Monday, February 18th, 2008

By John Cantwell How do you get people to use your Facebook application? You can make it easy to personalize, so the app feels like a tool built specifically for each user. You can make it easily sharable. Or you can offer cold hard prizes, like a hammerhead shark signed by ...

SocialMarker: A One-Stop Shop for Social Bookmarking

Monday, February 18th, 2008

By Matt Clark Social bookmarking is increasingly important for digital marketers and PR professionals. However, because there are so many social bookmarking sites out there, distributing content to all of them can be time-consuming and difficult. SocialMarker is a free service designed to reduce the time and effort needed to socially ...