Patrick O’Keefe knows more about online forums than you do. In fact, he may know more about forums and message boards than anyone out there, as evidenced by his extremely useful book “Managing Online Forums“ The level of detail in this book is startling, with a glossary, and an entire section of templates that you [...]
When the Face of Your Brand Goes Splitsville
Are you putting all your eggs in the basket of a single person? I talk a lot about social media being about people, not logos. And as more and more communities find success by emphasizing their humanity, the sensibility of that approach is taking root. But without fail, every time I speak about humanization and [...]
Social Media Excellence and a Side of Fries
Mary is awesome!! She is always smiling, has a great attitude, has a kind word to say and makes you feel special. I am a big Mary fan. – posted by Dora Yee Kwok on the “I Love Mary @ McDonalds/Chandler” Facebook group Mary Moss may be the most successful headset-wearing brand ambassador in the [...]
Audit Your Intellectual Capital – 7 Ways to Find Your Stories
Guest post by Elizabeth Sosnow (@elizabethsosnow), Managing Director of BlissPR, a New York City based public relations firm. She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy slips on banana peel, [...]
Crowdsourcing Your Dog Food
One of the most overlooked benefits of building or facilitating an online community around your brand is the market research opportunities. Your brand community – even if nascent and emerging – consists of hundreds or thousands of customers that are familiar enough with your company (and care enough about it) to self-identify as a fan/friend/member. [...]
CC Chapman – The Twitter 20 Interview on Telling Stories and Humanizing Brands
CC Chapman is a lot of desirable things. A legendary podcaster that embraced that medium from its very earliest days. A grizzled blogger, with entries dating back to 2001. A co-founder of the buzzlicious non-traditional marketing agency The Advance Guard. A devoted father that doesn’t let the digital tsunami swamp his boat. Between conference speaking [...]
