Social Media: The Digital Echo for Your Brand
Ask anyone who has a profile on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social media site what social media means to them and you’re likely to get answers that all add up to something like “Social media connects me to other people online.” For individuals and businesses, the answer is almost that simple.
Social media is an echo
Think of a crowd at a football game doing the wave. Would you do the wave in a grocery checkout line and expect the impatient shoppers behind you to throw their hands up? Unless everyone were getting free groceries, probably not. But in the right place, at the right time, your message has the power to resonate and replicate because it’s relevant.
That’s one of the benefits of social media for business: Social media platforms turn an event or campaign into a quick message that grows into conversations among target audience members and then beyond for even more exposure and recognition. read more...
2010 Marketing Challenges
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Conveying Community in Communications
Healthy San Francisco´s healthcare newsletter promotes belonging. When Healthy San Francisco, a city-operated universal healthcare program, debuted in mid-2007, there were 1,850 people enrolled by mid-September. Two years later, more than 47,000 San Francisco residents have signed up for the program that provides basic and ongoing medical care, regardless of immigration status, employment status or pre-existing medical conditions. read more...