Category Archives: How to Go Social
November 28, 2011
Managing Online Communities – a How-To with the Conversation Manager
Our recent MarketingProfs article entitled, “Marketing Destination: Online Community – How to Survive and Thrive” co-authored by Media Logic EVP/ECD Ronald Ladoucer and conversation manager, Melissa Fiorenza, explored what it takes to develop and maintain a vibrant online community.
In this follow-up discussion, the authors discuss why professional management is critical to a vibrant online community and how conversation managers utilize a unique set of marketing skills and tools to keep their client communities active and engaged.
September 22, 2011
Making Light of the Facebook Drama
I know, I know. No one likes the new Facebook updates. But we all said that last time they changed, and the last time, and the last time. And every time, we got used to it. So this time, I propose that we all just relax. And find the humor in it all.
Posted in How to Go Social
Tagged Facebook
September 21, 2011
Charting the Course for a New Generation
With a new owner and president at its helm, KO Sailing – the largest small boat dealer on the Gulf Coast – turns to Media Logic to make a bold statement with a new brand.
Read the full article and watch as Senior Art Director Ivan talks through the KO Sailing transformation.
Posted in Branding, How to Go Social, Social Marketing
Tagged branding, marketing for a social world, real-time marketing, value-add design
September 23, 2010
The New Face of Experiential Marketing (or Getting Really Social)
Not so long ago, marketers created a bright line between experiential and social marketing…
But the line is beginning to fade.
Let’s take a closer look at what experiential marketing looks like in the age of social media.
Posted in How to Go Social, Social Marketing
Tagged branded content, collaboration, customer engagement, customers as remarketers, experiential marketing, maximizing social connections, modern customer loyalty programs, networking, Social Marketing, social media, social networks, user-generated content
September 14, 2010
Social Media: Personal Authenticity = Marketing Authenticity
As someone keenly interested in the paradigm shift from traditional marketing to what we at Media Logic refer to as “modern marketing,” I recently had an insight from which others, in their pursuit of professional transformation, might benefit…
It took an insightful blog post from Alexandra Samuel to shift my perspective. And, in the process, help make me a better modern marketer.
Posted in How to Go Social, Social Marketing
Tagged 21st century marketing, Alexandra Samuel, authentic marketing, authenticity, communities, connections, conversations, In Real Life, interactions, IRL, marketing advice, modern marketers, modern marketing, offline life, online life, personal engagement, real life, reality, social media, technology adoption, values
September 8, 2010
Tardy for the Party: Medical Marketing and Social Media
Is it HIPAA-noia? A fear of lack of control? Whatever the reason, most medical marketers have been late to the social media party. All that, however, seems to changing according to a recent article on Portfolio.com: “This is new territory for medical marketing. Ten years ago, it was innovative if hospitals had websites. Now, medical institutions area tweeting, creating Facebook pages, making videos for YouTube and posting photos on Flickr.”
While we cheer this growing acknowledgement of social media as a marketing tool, we wonder about the effectiveness of most hospitals’ efforts as they “dip their toes into the water.” Are they building engagement? Are they forming communities? Are they advancing their brand and differentiating?
September 2, 2010
Top 4 Factors of an Integrated Approach to Search Engine Optimization and Social Media
More often than not, Media Logic sees companies significantly concentrating on either SEO or social marketing… So how can they effectively integrate both in a strategic approach without expending twice the time and resources? To help provide some direction, I decided to reach out to Media Logic colleague, Danny Dover, an influential SEO expert at SEOmoz, to determine a few key factors in developing an approach that effectively integrates search engine optimization and social media on a small scale.
After putting our heads together, we’ve come up with 4 critical success factors for an integrated approach to search engine optimization (SEO) and social media marketing…
August 16, 2010
Pimp My App…and Yourself?
Earlier this month, Fox announced the first-ever “Pimp My App” contest, challenging app developers to “the coolest, groundbreaking, mind-bending app for the Fox hit show “Fringe” and pocket a cool 10 large along the way”. While user-generated content (UGC) and consumer-generated advertising (CGA) is nothing new, application development is. It’s the first “you do it for us” application developer contest that pays above-and-beyond the exposure the end product may deliver and the only one to be promoted on a broad scale.
August 12, 2010
Gimme Some of That Old Spice Guy Magic
We all remember that famous “I’ll have what she’s having” scene in “When Harry Met Sally.” It spawned copycat marketing and mainstream conversation and humor for years since.
So, it’s no surprise that we were recently told, “We want some of that Old Spice Guy stuff,” no less than four times, in a recent meeting with a company looking for a b2b social media strategy to capture some OSG-type magic.
July 29, 2010
Exploring Our Love-Hate Relationship with Facebook
This just in: Facebook gets an “F” in customer satisfaction. Yes, in a survey released this month, the American Customer Satisfaction Index reports that Facebook has scored a surprisingly low 64 points out of a possible 100. “This puts Facebook in the bottom 5 per cent of all measured private-sector companies, and in the same range as airlines and cable companies, two perennially low-scoring industries with terrible customer satisfaction,” reports the ACSI. The site has even lower satisfaction than IRS e-filers. Ouch.
How can this be? How can the most visited site on the Internet also be among the most despised?