For three years or so savvy companies and organizations have been experimenting with how to become a social brand. They've experimented with social media campaigns and activities, mostly in the marketing and PR arena. Some have been dragged into social CRM by their customers As we approach the end of 2010 and head into the New Year, these savvy companies are realizing … [Read more...]
2011 PR Trends: Email and Social Engagement
ClickThroughs #2 trend is that email and social will get more integrated. "As email open rates continue to decline some marketers are left watching this powerful resource diminish, wondering how they can reignite this audience." Email firms like Constant Contact have certainly seen this trend and are jumping on it hard. They have added many social components to their … [Read more...]
2011 PR Trends – Unlock and Socialize Existing Content
Another 2011 trend predicted by ClickThrough has PR implications: Many companies have excellent existing content in PDFs, brochures, PowerPoints and offline video that can be converted to digital assets, put online and filtered into the social web. One way to do this is to publish your content on social platforms like Scribd, Slideshare, Docstoc and Issuu - they all have … [Read more...]
2011 Trends: Make Your Corporate Site A Social Media Hub
EyeforTravel published their 2011 Trends and their number one pick is the increasing need to integrate social content and activity on your corporate website. As budget freezes start to thaw, it’s time for them (companies) to consider how to integrate social media functionality, for example, incorporating the power of Facebook comment boxes on site to provide a feedback … [Read more...]
Is it That Easy?
Last week I wrote that for a company to successfully integrate social media with their PR activities they have to listen, learn and respond. @HughesPR asked if it is that simple Listening is not hard these days. There are now over 200 tools that can help you gather the conversations. The next step is not so simple. Finding the right content and figuring out … [Read more...]
