Tag Archives: Twitter

Apples to Oranges: Brands Finding Safety in Boring Social

Coincidentally, @adage retweeted this shortly after I’d been having a related conversation with a coworker today: https://twitter.com/#!/aeffik/status/136472966933385216 I totally agree with the statement, but I don’t think it’s happening. The conversation my colleague and I had stemmed from a mental … Continue reading

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Beware In Handing Over Social Media Keys

Click here to read my Marketing Daily “My Turn” commentary about Chrysler’s social F-bomb drop and a cold sweat social moment I experience while behind the Dunkin’ tweet wheel. Brands can’t bat a thousand in social media engagement… Cross-posted on … Continue reading

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Sheen’s First Micro Endorsement? Duh.

I just read this Portfolio story revealing Ad.ly as the Adonis DNA behind Charlie Sheen’s record breaking twitter account. From a gawking standpoint, it’ll sure be interesting when some brand becomes the first to link itself to the Sheen micro … Continue reading

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Fortune Cookie Tweeting

Brands are better served differentiating themselves in social media by ensuring their social media copy is less fortune cookie copy; more sharp, conversational copywriting. A quick scroll of the Coca-Cola tweet stream, reveals they are sparing with broadcast tweets (the … Continue reading

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Good Afternoon!!! Did You Have a Good Morning?!?

Interesting piece by Matthew Creamer in Ad Age regarding brand relevance within social media (Facebook, in particular), but I contend that banal is not social media engagement strategy that will work for most brands as an ongoing effort. There’s nothing … Continue reading

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