communication

How To Do Better Targeting on Twitter

“Good relationships aren’t transactional.” – Dan Ariely, Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations Twitter communication is transactional. The […]

10 Ideas to Simplify Your PR

You may not know Max Martin, but you probably have heard many of the songs that he has produced: Kelly […]

6 Quotes on Effective Communication From Gary Vaynerchuk

With the ubiquity of social media and the Internet today, connecting with others is easy. But for brands, connecting with […]

Why Owned Data + Social Intelligence Are Poised To Transform 1:1 Marketing

It’s astounding to see the revolutionary progress of social media as a business practice in the past three years. It […]

Three Challenges Facing Marketers

Marketing is changing rapidly – but is your skillset evolving with it? As technology accelerates change, successful marketers need to become […]

10 Essential Tactics to Captivate Your Audience

It's hard to captivate an audience in today's 24/7 news cycle. These ten tactics will ensure success in grabbing their attention and driving them to action.

Personal Branding: Self-Marketing for Marketers

A strong personal brand increases your own opportunities, as well as helping your organization's visibility and online presence. Have you started work on yours yet?

Xbox One Reveal

In late February, we looked at the social media reactions to Sony’s PlayStation 4 announcement and found a few interesting […]

Improving Internal Communication

As communicators, we know the importance of honestly and transparently sharing ideas, opinions and information. In our high-technology world this […]

Content That Creates Clickthroughs – Free Webinar with MarketingSherpa

Struggling to keep your email list engaged? Make them crave your emails by taking a content marketing approach. Our Content Creates […]

What Is a Communication Strategy?

A communication strategy does not a marketing strategy make. A communication strategy is complementary and subservient to the marketing one. It takes its cues from the marketing strategy, which, in turn, takes its direction from the business strategy.

Vocus Book Club: Think Like Zuck

“Think Like Zuck” is a new read by author Ekaterina Walter that shares the business secrets of Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg. After devouring it, I felt truly inspired to infuse meaning into my marketing strategies as a community manager and inspire change. Here's an excerpt that I found especially compelling and that I hope you will appreciate.

Three Takeaways from Susan Young’s “Badass Social Media”

Susan Young is the author of the newly published The Badass Book of Social Media and Business Communication, which offers proven tips, techniques and insights about how social media works in business and marketing. Having followed Susan - named one of 75 Badass Women on Twitter - for many years, we jumped at the chance of a phone interview with her.

PR News Roundup 5/4/12: 5 PR Blog posts You May Have Missed

It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week! […]

Are real-time collaboration tools beginning to displace older ways of communicating?

“Making a phone call, sending a fax, sending an email. These ways of communicating with companies are broken,” says Vivek […]

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