The Growth Of Brands As Social Objects

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Ed. note: This is part of a series of excerpts from The Social Customer, the new guide to social customer acquisition, monetization, and retention by Adam Metz. For the first entry, go here. This installment continues Chapter 1: The Brand As A Social Object and the Business Case for Social CRM. Adam… More»

The Social Customer: Chuck Berry

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Ed. note: This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from The Social Customer, the new guide to social customer acquisition, monetization, and retention by Adam Metz. For the first entry, go here. In this installment, Adam starts a discussion about lifestyle marketing, brand awareness, and the two main shapes… More»

The Social Customer: Born of Punk Rock

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Ed. note: This is the first in a series of excerpts from The Social Customer, the new guide to modern marketing by Adam Metz. Here, Adam discusses the influences that shaped his view of business. It’s possible that many of the readers of this book will understand how I grew up,… More»

How to Recruit Fans, Off-line

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In my last post , I mentioned how I especially liked the techniques of embracing press negativity while bringing in new and/or “offline” (inactives ) users and customers. For some reason that struck a chord with many readers and I received numerous questions and requests for more ideas on… More»

Travel/Hospitality Social Web Strategy (The First 90 Days) - July 23

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Every few weeks, we put on an amazing webinar. Frequently we even ask METZ Clients to join in, because our clients are amazingly smart (and truly awesome) people. Most of the travel and hospitality industry is reading the writing on the wall that your travel or hospitality brand needs to correctly… More»

How Southwest Can (Maybe) Catch Up With Virgin America

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Maybe it’s not a goal that they’re pursuing, but I’m noticing that Southwest needs to do a few things to earn my NY-SF business. 1. Wi-fi, all the way If you can’t be working working all the way to your destination, then you might as well have been flying US Airways. 2.… More»

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