Facebook Killed FriendFeed, Google Buzzed it Back From The Grave

The “Buzz” about Google Buzz is in full swing. Google Buzz is Google’s attempt at social networking and they are definitely making a statement, who it’s directed at is anyone’s guess, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft? Google is no stranger at trying to gain social networking market share, the past tells the story, Dodgeball, Jaiku, Orkut all failed horribly. [...]

Interview With Jamie Guse of American Dairy Queen Corporation

Dairy Queen, an iconic American brand that will be celebrating its 70th birthday this year, is no stranger to social media. Dairy Queen like most major corporations utilizes social media to connect with its global customer base. The man responsible for maintaining all of Dairy Queens digital assets, including social media, is Jamie Guse. Jamie [...]

Social Media Toolkit

The barrier for getting started with social media is low, it’s dependent on your involvement level, objectives and goals. The facilitators of the message, our tools, are the key components that make it all work. They are the tools in our digital toolkit that every strategist, marketer and PR professional should already be learning and [...]

Social Media Marketing: Empower the Crowd!

Internet marketing primarily consists of a few categories in various stages of consumer engagement. Search engine marketing, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, banner/text ad marketing, email marketing and please use whatever buzz word you want for the sixth category, new media marketing/Web 2.0 marketing/, okay I’ll say it, social media marketing, and there’s probably another stage or two [...]

Social Media Case Study: Dairy Queen

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It’s no surprise that in this digital age corporations are actively engaging their customer base through social media. I can list hundreds of companies who successfully quote on quote “get it“. I thought I would focus on one, Dairy Queen.

Dairy Queen, for those of you who are not familiar with the brand, is an ice cream [...]

My State of Social Media

It seems that for many, this thing or shall I say buzzword we call social media has become strictly a numbers game. He who has the most followers wins. We are seeing this time and time again,  on Twitter, Facebook and so forth. It’s at a point where it’s out of control, I feel. The [...]

Marketing On The Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients

Marketing successfully on the social web, can be compared to cooking your favorite dish. If the ingredients are just not right, or are missing, you are left with a sub-par product. It’s imperative that you get the dish correct. Lack of a little salt and pepper can make or break a dish. The same can [...]