Cuong Huynh on July 8th, 2009

Building a new media corporate marketing team? Here are the minimum functions I think must exist for your social media marketing to stand any chance of making a difference. Anything less will be just be a waste of your time, money and human resources.

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Trending topics on Twitter is a double-edged sword. It gives users instant snapshots of what the hot topics are on Twitter. At the same time it opens the floodgate for Twitter spams and misinformation. Here are some tips on how to use Twitter trending topics to your benefits while maintaining your own integrity and ethics.

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Cuong Huynh on June 26th, 2009

Twitter is a great tool as many would attest. It can do so much with so little and provide the intimacy, simplicity and immediacy that not many other platforms can even come close. While many social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace can expect to continue to command large memberships and usage, Twitter needs to get its act together before its Archilles’ heels bring it down. I’m talking about Twitter spams, and to a less extent, Twitter’s lack of a business/commercial model.

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Practical and realistic how-to list to employ Twitter as a social network marketing tool to drive traffic to your sites.

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Cuong Huynh on February 24th, 2009

Actively managing your reputation through SEO and social networking will bring back immediate and measurable benefits. Reputation management should be an ongoing process. Don’t wait until you really have to manage your reputation, but manage it before you need to.

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Fear of Social Media and Blogs? Yes it’s communication itself. It’s the fear of getting or receiving something back unexpectedly – good is OK but what if it’s bad? It’s the fear of the unknown that’s outside of the normal outbound marketing that marketers are so used to. It’s the fear of inbound marketing.

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