Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

Welcome to Social Media Playground, a place to discuss all things related to word of mouth (WOM) and social media marketing. Brought to you by Affinitive, a word of mouth and social media marketing, technology and strategic solutions firm located in New York City and San Francisco.

Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

Look Who’s Talking (The Art of Joining the Conversation)

October 20th, 2008 ·

A recent backlash to the phrase ‘join the conversation’ has erupted from the social media crowd (see here, here, and here). Regarding the last article, I agree a community is a highly effective way to show consumers you care.  But the technique of “joining the conversation” isn’t a bad one, and considering our company, Affinitive, […]

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Tags: Marketing · Research · Social Media

Cleaning Up a Social Media “Mess”

October 17th, 2008 ·

This post was inspired by some events that transpired over the past week.  In a nutshell, the teenage daughter of a well-respected and all around nice guy in the WOM industry recently went missing. When word got out, it spread like wildfire and spurred a flurry of good samaritanism among others in the industry who […]

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Tags: Marketing · PR · Social Media