A friend called me today and asked me to watch the Oprah show—something that I don’t do during the day. The topic was about an up coming CBS show where Presidents/Owners of companies go undercover to see what it is like to work out in the field.
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One of the keys to sharing information is telling a story. A story about who you are; a story about a product or brand; a story about a country or a culture. I write in our own blog that in defining a brand—everyone has a story—people use those stories to identify not only with one another but also in reference to the products and services they choose to use. In our “About Us” section of this blog, I ask “is your story being told“?
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The talk from Twitters critics is that it is cooling off—that it is not a viable source from which to engage and connect. The article that I am going to feature today, comes from Advertising Age and certainly gives a reason to second guess that particular viewpoint. Hey, it may be worth a second look if you have already written Twitter off.
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As Michael Jackson’s memorial service is about to take place today, I thought this post about measuring metrics (for what will be invariably your own 15 minutes of fame—coming in the very near future!) was definately appropos!
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In the world of technology, there is no ultimate formula (as of yet) that will provide guarantees. Not to mention the speed at which this arena changes—which means that in order to really understand technology, you need to be involved and engaged to be able to educate others about how to integrate it.
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I have written many posts that include tips about how to use social media tools. And in my mind, when a respected newspaper such as the Wall Street Journal features such articles, they are sending a strong message to all businesses that haven’t got into the social media marketing mode…..Get in the game!
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Oprah just got on twitter a couple of weeks ago and already has 1 million followers! This post is going to be short from my perspective as I think that the attached article is worth focusing on. I don’t have to tell anyone about the power of Oprah’s brand. In today’s Ad Age Mediaworks - Simon Dumenco, who worked with Oprah on her O Magazine Launch gave his perspective and talks about how she uses Twitter in a positve light. There is also a report that talks about Twitters retention rate thus far which teaches all of us that “just because you are on twitter—will not guarantee you a successful social media campaign.” It is an integrated strategy that wins the day in building the power of a brand. Orprah is one of the best examples of using her brand power and her success speaks for itself.
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I am have just finished watching Larry King and yes Larry is now on twitter. His guests were Ashton Kutcher and P Diddy and they were talking about the benefits of twitter and why they tweet. As you all know I write about social media daily - it’s benefits, the  interesting people leading the way and why YOU must get on board and engage your community, customers, clients, friends etc.
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