Archive for the ‘social media’ Category



We're in a Business of Reaching Out

July 29th, 2009 | community, marketing, social media | Howard Kang | 3 Comments

Here are the facts that marketers have been dealing with in the past few years: Interruption no longer works (the 6% who remembered your ad before are less likely to even see your ad now) Buyers have more power and choice than ever before and focused on their needs The barrier of entry for entry [...]



Twitter Doesn't Cut It

July 9th, 2009 | community, marketing, social media, Twitter | Howard Kang | 1 Comment

There’s been a huge growth in Twitter over the past couple of months and with that there’s been an influx of social media marketers, gurus, and consultants touting Twitter as a panacea for customer service issues, an easy way to boost traffic, and a simple pathway into possessing a strong web-presence. While I agree that [...]



Interaction Isn't Predictable – Research, Adjust, and Build

March 11th, 2009 | highered, marketing, social media | Howard Kang | 10 Comments

I’m just going to be completely blunt and tell you that I think the social media portion of my web strategy has been a failure so far. Yes, I’m only a month in and awareness has increased and volunteer numbers have gone up, but I want more. It isn’t that social media is “not working” [...]



Is Social Media Yours, Mine, or Ours?

February 24th, 2009 | community, marketing, social media, video | Howard Kang | 5 Comments

My thoughts on this question. Please comment up and let me know what you think! Links Mentioned: Kami Huyse – @kamichat – http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com Chris Brogan – @chrisbrogan – http://chrisbrogan.com Gary Vaynerchuk – @garyvee – http://garyvaynerchuk.com (http://tv.winelibrary.com) *A Kodak family favorite: Todd Sanders – @tsand – http://utodd.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA69dFMAfPY) (*Note: I just used family stuff to help [...]