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18 Uses for Social CRM

March 8th, 2010 by Scott Gould
18 Uses for Social CRM

Last week Altimeter published a framework for Social CRM, providing 18 uses for what they call ‘the new rules of relationship management.’

One of the authors of this report, Jeremiah Owyang, writes in his blog post on the report that there are three main problems for companies:
1. “For companies, real time is not fast enough. Companies [...]

Social Media Management: Max Control

March 6th, 2010 by Scott Gould
Social Media Management: Max Control

Over 12 weeks at the end of 2009, Red Rocket, an Exeter based design and marketing agency, asked us to work with them on creating and managing Social Media for a campaign they were running for their client Somerset Road Saftey Partnership.
‘Max Control‘ is a year long campaign to encourage young drivers to drive safer [...]

Behind the Scenes at #140conf and #likeminds

December 12th, 2009 by Scott Gould
Behind the Scenes at #140conf and #likeminds

These are just two behind the scenes shots of us, on the left with Jeff Pulver at #140conf in London at the O2, and on the right, with Daren Forsyth and Maz Nadjm from Sky at Like Minds.
They are just two reminders that business – and the new ideas of Social Business, in particular – [...]

Like Minds 09 – A Study in SM ROI

December 11th, 2009 by Scott Gould

In October 09, we ran the first Like Minds conference in Exeter. 200 attendees were joined by over 500 online viewers, and thousands of online participants, as international speakers and panelists addressed the subject of ‘Measuring Social Media.’
Of course, the whole conference itself was a proof of concept for Social Media enabling and extending offline [...]

There's No Room For Second Place Experience

August 19th, 2009 by Scott Gould

Al Ries, writing at the excellent blog Brand Strategy Insider last week, pointed to the financial differences between first and second place brands, i.e. the originals, and their mimics. He wrote:
You see the same relationships on Interbrand’s list of the 100 most-valuable global brands. No.1 brands are worth far more than No.2 brands.
•    Coca-Cola is [...]

How Your Consumers Feel, Not What They Need

August 18th, 2009 by Scott Gould

Anyone seeing the summer blockbusters at the movie theatres in the UK this year will have most likely seen BMW’s new advert. Whilst it’s not yet available on YouTube for you to watch (the video above echos the sentiments), it follows the same plot as most BMW adverts — selling their car as the emotional [...]

Our First Birthday. It's Better To Give Than Receive

August 12th, 2009 by Scott Gould

We are 1 today. And in the spirit of giving, we’re giving the first three commenters below 45 minutes of experience consultation.
To all our clients, friends, supporters, cheerleaders and critics, thank you. You help us become better.

Touch Women’s Conference 2009

August 7th, 2009 by Scott Gould
Touch Women's Conference 2009

In this case study, we show how we used Social Media to market an event and increase their registrations by 100%, with 33% from Social Media, and increase the turnover by over 200%.

4 Dimensions of Experience

July 17th, 2009 by Scott Gould
4 Dimensions of Experience

There are various methods available for determining and categorising experiences. We can talk about the senses, consider whether our customer is active or passive in the experience, or if it is transactional or situational.
But if we are not careful we overlook the fact that experience is more readily defined in terms of old and new [...]

Check Out Our Twitter Face

July 8th, 2009 by Scott Gould
Check Out Our Twitter Face

Brand spanking new service Twitterface is a creation to harness the sea of content on Twitter and bubble up the best for your audience.
We’ve made our own Twitterface, all about, of course, experience marketing. In experience marketing it’s all about the stage. Getting your cast members, your crew, your lines, your lighting and effects all [...]

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