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The Engagement Principles
http://engagementprinciples.com
Focused on the emerging concept of engagement marketing, The Engagement Principles blog profiles successful business blogs and highlights developments in this emerging field.
Recent Posts
Social Media: “Unlocking the Awesome Potential of Behavioral Disorders”
A decade ago, I bought several packs of notecards from corporate satire specialists Despair.com (see bottom of post) and mailed them to my clients. They loved them (proof a little self-deprecating humor won’t hurt you), and now the wily busines...
Social Media Hype, Meet Social Media Backlash
With Twitter doubling in size and Facebook ramping up new users as it were free, the hype surrounding social networks has reached, well, Internet proportions. Social media “gurus” have begun popping up like weeds in spring, and yes, a ce...
Facebook Kicks Sand in MySpace’s Face, Steals Desirable Girlfriend (err, Demographic)
Right now, the social media world is the online equivalent of an all-night rave: The noise level is deafening, the posturing is mind numbing, and every 18 seconds, a bad decision is made. Remember when MySpace was going to rule the world? (And Second...
Automotive Industry Increases Online Spending 55% - Radio & Magazine Decline 40%
The automotive industry - caught in the grips of a recession and poor management - is turning to “cheaper” social media en masse. I took at close look at Ford’s new “Fiesta Movement” social media campaign in a prior pos...
Ford Motor Hands Fiesta to 100 Connected Consumers, Asks Them to Twitter Away
Companies sometimes take big risks because they’ve got little to lose. That explains why - in the grip of a powerful recession - spending on social media marketing is accelerating (automotive online advertising up 55%, print and radio down 40%)...
Why is Online Advertising Failing So Badly - Especially on Social Media Sites?
In the era of engagement, how is online advertising faring? And why are clickthrough rates on social media sites so abysmal? And is the ad-driven business model - the economic engine that was supposed to power the “everything is free” In...

