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struggling with social media? Go native!

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If you’re struggling with a social media strategy, you’re not alone! There are a number of reasons why social media is so hard to master. 1—Your brand needs to be welcomed by people and you need to welcome them onto your management team. Many social media initiatives by major manufacturers are met by skepticism and […]

Brand engagement, turning people into ambassadors for your brand, getting them to be social media Johnny Appleseed-s all SEEM like the holy grail in a social media world. Certainly, a marketer should position a brand in that magical way that creates a special “walk on hot coals” kind of love between customer and brand. Right? […]

Holes! paraphrased from the CEO of Black and Decker telling investors that no one wants 1/4″ drillbits but plenty of people want 1/4″ holes. Marketing organizations need research to create a culture of learning…and that means you need continuous listening for the unexpected.  This becomes really clear when you read Pete Blackshaw’s latest column in […]

Social Media … Research Via the Art of Hearing the Unexpected

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As leaders gather at the ARF to discuss research transformation, something big is happening…a new vision for research that creates a learning organization. To learn, we must listen…we must be able to hear the unexpected. That’s where social media, search, managed communities come in. People use THEIR words, rather than answer questions in your words. […]

OK. It’s a fact…storytelling works. Here’s the proof. At the ARF Industry Leader Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, a number of presenters (including yours truly) used stories…specifically creation stories (for example, I described the meeting and the moment when the research transformation initiative was born on July 15th at the ARF). At our SF […]

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