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Measuring the ROI of social media? There’s a laugh, and a joke.

Strategy Driven

I got an (unsolicited) email offering a webinar to teach me about how to measure, and the importance of measuring, the ROI of social media. Social media, business social media, is running wild – with or without you. They spoke over CEOs, media, newspapers, government, lobbyists, and politicians. TOTAL JOKE.

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To Size Up Your Market in India, Look Twice

Harvard Business Review

Our goal was to rejuvenate a dying 40-year-old brand so it would appeal to a new generation of Indian children, many being raised on a diet of American cartoon shows and films. We also acquired India's largest media products distribution company to deliver magazines, books, and DVDs to thousands of vendors across the country.

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The Kony 2012 "Controversy"

Harvard Business Review

Instead of a film, they ended up creating a massive movement to save children from abduction into Kony's rebel army. Spending too much money on film and media. It's a film and media organization for Christ's sake. Founded by three college students in 2003, Invisible Children is a human rights organization.

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Salespeople have questions, Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Jeffrey, I am a marketing and sales rep for a company that sells emergency cleanup services. The objections seem to fall into two major categories: 1) fear of visually being on the web (in fact, their social media is probably non existent as well) and 2) I can do this myself. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. Consider Fuji Photo Film.

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What Does Your Brand Sound Like?

Harvard Business Review

To gain advantage on this leveled playing field, there’s one powerful branding tool that has been generally overlooked — or perhaps undervalued — by most marketers: sound. It was introduced with a film that drew the connection between the company’s heritage and its new position. SNCF’s Audio Logo, 2012.

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Why Your Employees Should Be Playing With Lego Robots

Harvard Business Review

Ericsson used Lego Mindstorm robots in a demonstration at the 2012 Mobile World Congress to bring to life its vision of how connected machines might change the way we live. This is more than just a smart marketing campaign. Papert later co-founded the Epistemology and Learning Group within the MIT Media Lab.