Communities & community building Archives - Page 2 of 8

Building online brands: the influence sphere of brand communities

Some companies use social media as a new way to broadcast advertisements. Wrong, of course. Social media marketing is not about one-way distribution of promotional content.

Social media marketing is about listening, talking, participating and sharing. Not just talking. People do not accept broadcast techniques in the social space. Well, in fact, they increasingly do not accept them anywhere anymore.

That does not mean that everyone who uses social media will literally talk to you. There is only a relatively small group of people that really actively participates.

Social media and CRM: the feedback, community and brand perspective

Do I need to say that social media is a phenomenon that impacts the life of many of us? Social technologies are still developing and social media marketing models are still evolving. This is certainly the case from a multi-channel marketing and CRM perspective

The convergence of social media and CRM, also called social CRM (and it’s not just about the tools), has opened new opportunities for building customer relationships and changing how customer service is practiced.

The CRM and social media convergence is a complex concept that has brought into question how customer service will be handled in the future as well as how CRM will be structured. Bringing social technologies and community-building programs together has the potential to be a profitable and effective marketing strategy.