Facebook on Ulitzer

We asked Ian Lurie "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Ian Lurie is chief internet marketing strategist at Portent Interactive. He is also the author of Conversation Marketing: Internet Marketing Strategies. Ian Lurie Blog Conversation Marketing Twitter portentint "Twitter is a vast-self answering community. It’s also the ultimate search engine." Ian Lurie's Marketing Prediction for 2010 Twitter is going to overtake Yahoo! and Bing for search market share. Yeah, you hear me: Search market share. As Twitter's user base grows, more and more folks go there to ask questions, and get answers. It's a vast, self-answering community. Search the community, find your answers. More and more users are figuring that out... (more)

blueKiwi Launches Free Version of Social Business Platform for External Online Communities

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- blueKiwi, the global conversation company, today announced the availability of a free version of the blueKiwi Social Business Platform. Designed for marketers, community managers and innovation teams, the new, free version delivers all of the social media tools necessary to create vibrant online communities with external audiences. Now companies ... (more)

New Media on Ulitzer - Social Media Marketing Is Hot Hot Hot

New Media on Ulitzer Social media marketing is hot hot hot. While the disjointed components have risen and fallien with the VC tide for some time now, a coherent roadmap is emerging for marketing a brand, product or service via social media. No longer just a fad for college kids or a way to virally promote your fart app, social media is emerging as a powerful and rapidly growing low-cost,... (more)

Using Social Media in Your Business: Strategic or Tactical?

A while ago I read a blog post from a marketing executive who wrote that he had prohibited the use of certain words in his strategy and planning meetings. Among those words there where many popular social networking and media words such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Though that might seem odd at first, it makes a lot of sense. The point is that while social media may serve as an effe... (more)

Flightpath Presents "New York Social Media Roundtable: Social Media and the Travel Industry"

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/10 -- Flightpath, a leading digital agency in New York City's Flatiron District, will delve into social media's role in the travel industry during this month's New York Social Media Roundtable event, "Social Media and the Travel Industry." The Roundtable is scheduled to take place on Travel Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at 6:30PM. "Social Media and the ... (more)