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Traditional vs. Social Media Marketing Campaigns: Round 1

July 31, 2009 – 9:41 am

Note: This will probably turn into on post in a multi-series. I believe the conversation I was having with this individual will most likely be ongoing. However, he did approve this first post.
I had an intriguing conversation the other day with an acquaintance. We were discussing traditional marketing and branding campaigns in relation to those [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in social media | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

10 URL Shortners on the 10th

May 10, 2009 – 10:50 pm

Last Wednesday, ReadWriteWeb posted that bit.ly was the most used URL shortening service used on Twitter.
What does this mean? Heck, what’s the purpose of a URL shortening service?
The advent of Twitter gave rise to new services to make the platform more usable. For example, Twitter’s 140 character updates leave little room to communicate long messages.
Thus, [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Twitter, URL | Also tagged | Comments (3)

Asking Questions = Good.

May 4, 2009 – 2:30 pm

Uncle Bob: Hey Meg.
Me: What’s up?
Uncle Bob: What’s Twitter?
Companies all over are asking themselves this very question. And that’s a good thing.

With millions of people on the Web every day, there’s no doubt that people are talking about your company; their experiences, their praises, their critiques, their general opinion about your awesomeness, etc.
In sum, the [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Twitter, WOM | Also tagged | Comments (0)