FORUM PRO 2010
Adding value to your business through social media marketing
Online reputation - Virtual presence - Digital identity...
...are becoming critical in the modern business world. The drivers of this new field of management/marketing are consumer empowerment and user generated content, along with the exponential growth of social media. This includes social networking (ex. Facebook and LinkedIn), blogging, podcasts, forums, online press releases, etc.
Today, customers have an increasing influence and voice on companies’ brands, products, services, etc. They use the internet to enhance social interaction through written, video, and audible communication, and companies appear passive in their control of the content generated. As a consequence, understanding how to leverage social media effectively is one of the greatest marketing challenges to address. Social media marketing seems then to be the new marketing channel that all modern companies are looking to in order to realise concrete value from social media from their customers and fans.
