Why Marketing Hurts Your Growth and What to Do About It
Have you noticed the tried-and-true forms of marketing are rapidly losing their luster? People aren’t responding. Prospects are harder to find. Customers are tuning out.
As a marketer or business owner, what in the world can you do to grow to your business? I’ve struggled with these very issues.
I’ve got good news and bad news for you. The good news: You really can rapidly grow a loyal following. The bad news: You may need to rethink the way you market your business. If you’re ready for change, keep reading.
In this article I’ll reveal a new (yet proven) method of achieving rapid growth in the social age. It’s the very model I employed to grow Social Media Examiner into one of the world’s top business blogs. 
How Social Media Monitoring Can Grow Your Business
In this video I interview Amber Naslund, co-author of the new book The Now Revolution and VP of social strategy at Radian6.
Amber shares why social media monitoring is so important and what you need to monitor to get the most value out of your social media activities.
You’ll find out why social media is the new phone and what this means to your business. Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.
The Best Ways to Make Your Brand Social
In this video I interview David Armano, Senior Vice President at Edelman Digital where he has worked with clients such as BlackBerry, eBay and MGM.
David explains why you need to become a social business before you can become a social brand. You’ll also find out where to start your social business planning and what to expect in the future.
Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.
The 3 Pillars of Social Media Readiness
All businesses are being forced to go social. Are you facing internal conflict behind the firewall?
This is not a post about social media marketing. I’m not here to give you hints on how to increase your friends, fans and followers.
Nor will I say that it’s time for your business to “join the conversation” and I promise not to overuse the word transparency either.
I believe that most brands (large and small) get it.
Friends, fans and followers are important, yes. And brands increase their social equity by engaging in two-way dialogue with their constituency, yes. And transparency is key to these external engagements, yes.
But there’s an underlying challenge that’s not being addressed as it should be.
The Art of Social Media Conversations (an Interview with Jason Falls)
In this video I interview Jason Falls, founder of Social Media Explorer. Jason is an expert in helping large corporations build social media strategies.
In this interview, Jason shares the biggest mistake businesses make when using social media. He also shows the similarities between social media and public relations, how to engage customers and his excellent insights into the future of social media.
After you watch the video, be sure to read the takeaways listed below and let us know what resonated with you most.
