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How To Avoid Social Media Mistakes

Eric Jacobson

In his new book, Social Marketology , Ric Dragon , CEO of DragonSearch , recommends business leaders and marketing team leaders follow these eight tips to avoid making social media mistakes: Avoid mixing the technologies used for the organization's social media with individuals' personal accounts. When appropriate, use humor.

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Think Rhythm: Put Thinking Time to Work

Coaching Tip

But is the ability to juggle “Facebooking” a friend while scanning an email, texting on your cell phone, and tweeting about your latest technology tip really such a good idea?”. A common mistake is for companies to think about the market segments that they are in instead of understanding the person who really uses their products and services.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. I think it was the graphic design of the book that first caught my eye. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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The One GRAND Leadership Illusion That Sinks Organizations & Performance

The Empowered Buisness

We need more knowledge or technology to beat our competition. In the 1930’s, Alford Korzybski, in his book “Science and Sanity,” made a profound statement about human nature. It’s within your control to look for market segments or industries still in a growth mode. Our company did not grow because of the economy.

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Don't Live Your Life, Lead It

Harvard Business Review

Moreover, "live life" has been inexorably increasing in popularity over the last century, as my Ngram comparison of usage in English-language books shows. Those that lead lives use technology as a new lens for self-examination. You can live life using technology to shop, to entertain, to become a virtual friend or follower.

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Can You Tweak Products Like Steve Jobs?

Harvard Business Review

The result was a 15% increase in new revenue, and a leadership position in a new market segment. Filters , on the other hand, are like deeply knowledgeable acquiring editors, skilled at finding the next best-seller in a stack of book proposals. A few reframers quickly came forward with an alternative, eco-friendly offering.

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Top Line Growth? There's an App for That

Harvard Business Review

While the idea of reaching out to consumers via smartphone apps is clearly not new, companies have been stubbornly hesitant to embrace app technologies. Many companies forget to align customer service with the brand proposition for the targeted market segment. Technology.

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