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Posts:November 2010, Media
Stop Trying to Learn from the Experts in Social Media – to Learn You Have to Plunge In
by Robert Burnside| November 19, 2010
Ross Dawson, an expert in global social media, presenting at Ketchum’s Global Media Network conference in New York recently, started his presentation with the statement “There is no worked-out wisdom about social media that I have and can give you as the final answer. This is all so new, it is still being worked out – […]
B2B Social Media – Plus Ca Change?
by Rod Cartwright| November 17, 2010
Earlier this month on a balmy autumn morning, Ketchum Pleon had the pleasure of hosting a PRmoment conference on Social Media in B2B Communications. Adding to the resulting posts from Ben at PRmoment and others, I thought I’d share some personal reflections on what really stood out from the event and some quick research we did […]
How Facebook's New "Mobile, Social, Local" Strategy Could Make Retail Marketers' Dreams Come True
by Paige Johnson| November 12, 2010
What Was Announced? Facebook made three recent announcements (Nov. 3), including: Find Deals — Lets retailers offer rewards to Facebook users. Location Information via Places — Facebook’s answer to Foursquare is a check-in feature that lets users announce their location as a status update and tag friends. (One big difference from Foursquare is that Facebook has about 800 times […]
Who Blogs on Corporate Blogs?
by Jonathan Kopp| November 12, 2010
Since we launched the Ketchum Blog (the one you’re reading now) in June, I’ve seen a lot of great submissions and comments from contributors around the globe on a wide range of subjects, ranging from professional to personal. By my rough count, we’ve already got more than 60 posts from over 30 contributors. And based […]
Subscribers vs. Views – How To Best Measure and Create Engaging Online Video Content
by Alan Danzis| November 3, 2010
In my last blog post, I talked about the fact consumers are watching less online video than many of us may realize. The other issue we content creators – and if we’re in PR, we should count ourselves in that camp – are facing is: how many of those views are accurate? There was a […]