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A continual frustration many business owners and brand managers have when investigating social media is that most of the case studies continue to come from the tech industry. While it would be easy to flip their ears for not being the forward-thinking innovators who take those learnings to their own category, translating a tech company or software platform’s marketing approach into the real world of business can be complicated and frustrating. Not only is the world of the web all Greek to them, but many Tech successes have come from organic growth fueled by all-night traffic-seeking binges from 20-something start-up junkies on speed rather than strategic marketing plans.

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Social Media For Small Business: Martell Home Builders

October 20, 2008

As promised last week, we’re going to start taking a deeper look into some small business case studies of social media to illustrate how sound strategy, an understanding of the social web and not a whole lot of investment can make measurable differences for regular, old brick and mortar places down the block. This week, [...]

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Social Media For Small Business

October 13, 2008

Tomorrow I have the pleasure of presenting as part of the Master’s of Business Online one day boot camp in Indianapolis. The title of my presentation is technically, “Social Media Strategies: Marketing in a Web 2.0 world,” and will address a popular question from business owners and executives: I know what social media is. How [...]

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