Burson Marsteller recently released the “Asia Pacific Corporate Social Media Study 2011, How Asian Companies are Engaging Stakeholders Online” and here’s the shorter presentation. There’s some interesting information here, including South Korea is the most active, with Malaysia, China and Thailand next. Micro-blogs and social networks are the most popular channels to engage. However Asian […]
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I’ve had a few recent reminders about this, working with some other professional services companies. All of them have been really talented in their respective fields but were lacking in their ability to communicate on the work we were doing together. Weeks would go by and I’d hear nothing, so I’d follow-up and say hey,
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I’ve been a bit slack on the blogging front of late, but managed to get in a holiday to Holland, which was much needed. One of the things I was thinking about when away is writing great case studies; because so many companies issue case studies that just don’t do them justice. I’m also sure
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Damien Cummings is the Online & Social Media Director for the Consumer and SMB Division at Dell, based in Singapore. No stranger to the social media world, Damien is regularly seen speaking at conferences all over the region and is very highly regarded by the industry for his deep knowledge in this space. As there
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I was forwarded this Infographic and it speaks for itself. Based on UK research prepared by Base One in the Buyersphere Report from May 2011, it describes how B2B buyers are getting hungrier for information, and how the content “fillings” are changing. If you click through to the link (click on the graphic) and then double
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I’ve been meaning to make a few notes about IDG Connect’s recent survey on global content trends, specifically in relation to Asia Pacific. One thing I have noticed is that many global and local companies in this region are struggling to justify increased content spend, and when available, rely on global content. The good news – compared
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A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed John Kerr, director for Edelman Digital in APAC. In the interview, we briefly touched on Edelman’s definition of Social Business and the belief in this strategy as the way forward. It seems this concept of social business is ramping up, as you can see in this Fast Company story
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We rarely share other blogs on this site, but this was a short and simple reminder of what is most important in defining a communication strategy. When you are defining any message for going to market, to what ever audience – what, why, how, when and who – are the questions to answer. It really is
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One question I am asked regularly is – what is the difference between a vision and a mission statement? Now by putting this opinion out there, many may disagree and say it’s the other way around, but this is what I believe is the difference, and what I follow when working with customers to define
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An argument has been doing the rounds in social media-land, and I haven’t been sure where I stand. The argument is what type of agency delivering a marketing discipline is the best partner for social media – and where do PR agencies fit into the debate, if at all? As an ex PR person, I
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