If your head is still in the sand about new media now would be a good time to change positionAs many of you know I am also the official blogger for Bulldog Reporter, an industry newsletter that has over 50 000 PR practitioners as subscribers. Last week I was in San Francisco speaking at the TurnPROn Online PR Summit. Jim Sinkinson, CEO of Bulldog … [Read more...]
Consumers influenced far more by consumer-generated content than by information from brands
68% influence friends and family post-purchase, magnifying the overall impact.Market research firm Compete recently published “Embracing Consumer Buzz Creates Measurement Challenges for Marketers.” The report has some interesting stats: Not only are consumers influenced far more by consumer-generated content (71%) than by information coming directly from brand … [Read more...]
The connection between brand value and consumer generated content.
Why a content strategy is more important than everConsumer-generated content has completely redefined what it means to steward a brand in the 21st century. Like it or not, interactive media have made it possible for a brand's assets to be used in ways not easily controlled by the guardians and gatekeepers that traditionally have control over such things. The mere existence of a … [Read more...]
Teh connection between brand value and consumer generated content.
Why a content strategy is more important than everConsumer-generated content has completely redefined what it means to steward a brand in the 21st century. Like it or not, interactive media have made it possible for a brand's assets to be used in ways not easily controlled by the guardians and gatekeepers that traditionally have control over such things. The mere existence of a … [Read more...]
Word of Mouse Is The Best Online Public Relations Strategy
Consumer Generated Media exerting a growing influenceMarkets are conversations. Cluetrain predicted this back in 1999 and a recent U.S. study confirms that it has indeed come to pass.Two-thirds of all consumer goods sales are now directly influenced by word-of-mouth, and the Web is becoming more and more central to these discussions.When The Wall Street Journal … [Read more...]
