Do you connect with Pages or People?
Think of a post from a Facebook Page and think about why you interacted with it. I was given this task in preparation for a social media workshop. Looking through my profile I realised I don’t interact with pages a lot. I like a bunch of them, admin a couple. I interact with people, both…
Why Facebook Knows Us Better Than We Know Ourselves
I saw the movie Her not too long ago and it left an impression. The whole idea of Joaquin Phoenix falling in love with his computer’s operating system, which turns out to be “someone” who understands him better than anyone else, makes me wonder if we are headed towards a similar future? While the movie…
Do You Need Video Marketing?
Can you believe YouTube is 10 years old already? It’s true. YouTube was officially launched on February 14th, 2005 by three former PayPal employees. As verified by Wikipedia, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim “activated the Internet domain name “YouTube.com” and started to create a video-sharing website on which users could upload, share, and view videos.”…
Why People do not Choose What Content They Consume
The Illusion of Choice People believe that it is purely their choice, when they determine what to do, where to go, what kind of information to consume. Is it? Not really. It started thousands of years ago and continues to this day, – most of people’s actions are under the influence of their reference groups.…
What B2B Marketers Need to Know (Winter 2015)
Winter 2015: The State of Social Media As the days get shorter and the weather colder, marketers snuggle into their down comforters and head online to engage with peers, create customer engagement, and tell stories about their brand. The end of the year and beginning of a new one means that social media and marketing…
Facebook’s Year…. Again
Curatti Social Media Recap #1 We’ve finally arrived at the final day of 2014, rapidly approaching the New Year celebrations. 2014 has been yet another banner year for social media, digital marketing, and the era of curation as the companies surrounding the trend make waves. In a 10 article series, we have been counting down…
The Day Privacy Died
Curatti Social Media Recap #4 We’re in the final quarter of 2014, which means there are less than 90 days until the New Year and the celebration of a new year on its way. 2014 has been yet another banner year for social media, digital marketing, and the era of curation as the companies surrounding…
7 Unconventional Thoughts about Social Selling
Selling has always been a social activity. It’s nigh on impossible to sell anything without interacting with your audience at some point. In the past it used to be word of mouth recommendations, a nudge from a friend to go buy that new product. However in today’s world of Facebook, Twitter and Social Media in…
Why Behavioral Targeting is Smart Marketing
Do you frequently ask yourself: How can my business cut through the online clutter and connect with customers? A well-established principle in psychology, the cocktail party effect, helps us to answer this question. Imagine you are at a noisy gathering. Drinks are being served and music is playing in the background. Loud circles of conversations…
Communities are the Future – Are you In?
By Bryan Kramer As humans, we’re used to joining communities in the physical world. We coach our kid’s sports teams. We go to conferences and have co-workers. We belong to book clubs and non-profit groups seeking to learn something new or make our world a better place. Even our own families are small communities. Most…
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