Cuong Huynh on November 5th, 2008

Here’s something older but especially relevant in this time of continued growth in social media marketing. Most online marketers know it’s from a post by Josh Bernoff called “The POST Method: A systematic approach to social strategy” at Forrester Research, Inc. I include it here for my own benefits, and maybe for those who reads my [...]

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Here’s a sampling of what big and small businesses are doing to promote democracy and their businesses at the same time. Here are some of the election day’s marketing activities and specials making the news today. Babeland, a store defined by spokeswoman Pamela Doan as “a sex-positive, women-friendly retailer for sex toys and accessories,” is [...]

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Cuong Huynh on November 3rd, 2008

It’s always scarier, and more difficult, for large companies to embrace social media than for smaller companies to do so. It’s been discussed widely around the web and blogosphere, and is a general consensus at least for now. As time progresses, however, it’s refreshing to learn about larger companies actually making the effort. As Lee [...]

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Cuong Huynh on October 20th, 2008

One of the more well-know events, the 3M Carjacks of the Post-It Note Jaguar, is an interesting case study of mine because it is so simple and so big. Of course in hindsight it’s easy to critique, but if one looks at this as an observer and marketer, what is the real learning opportunity here? [...]

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