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Archives for October 2011
Last Toronto FC game of the season
Last Toronto FC game of the season
Amazing video of Toronto
Amazing video of Toronto by Ryan Emond
Social and digital go hand in hand
Today, most businesses wishing to take advantage of the social-digital revolution are in the “crawling-walking” phase of their transformation; they are focused on building numbers measured by likes, followers, and the amplification of their messages. Tomorrow, many companies will be in the “running-flying” stages of social digital; they will connect effortlessly with multiple stakeholders who make their businesses smarter and better positioned for the future. Tomorrow’s metrics will be new efficiencies, ideas, products, and services as well as better business intelligence.
Source: David Armano in Harvard Business Review
In yesterday’s article from the Harvard Business Review blog, Edelman’s David Armano asks How Social Digital Is Your Company?. “Social Digital” sounds a bit like catchphrasification of the obvious to me. But Armano has it right. Social and digital are separate but go hand in hand.
The thing is, though, one can’t understand what he calls the social-digital revolution without also understanding how the “infrastructure, the plumbing and wiring”, actually works and how marketing and communications can benefit from it. Too often, this part gets glossed over, because people love to talk about the “social” part of the equation. For businesses, this is as much a social revolution as it is a data-driven revolution.
Long-term, it breaks down the traditional marketing barriers and brings change to many jobs, departments and industry (like communications). “Social digital” done right transforms the way companies do business. Exciting times!
Typography Inspiration: 10 Terrific Tumblr Blogs
Typography Inspiration: 10 Terrific Tumblr Blogs
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Post-it notes for Steve Jobs
Post-it notes for Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs: Marketing is about values
Steve Jobs internal introduction of Apple’s 1997 “Think Different” campaign is still a great video to watch for all marketers and communicators.
“To me, marketing is about values,” [Steve Jobs] said. “This is a very complicated world, a very noisy world and we’re not going to get the chance to get people to remember us. No company is. So we have to be very clear about what we want people to know about us.”
Source: AdAge – The 1997 Video That Explains the Marketing Genius of Steve Jobs