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

Word of Mouth “Supergenius” Preview – How Random House Connects Directly With Their Fans

November 3rd, 2009 · View Comments

We’ve been invited by our friends at GasPedal to present at their upcoming “Supergenius” conference (aka “How to be Great at Word of Mouth Marketing”), where we’ll be giving a talk titled “How Random House is Connecting Teen Readers Directly with Authors”. Click on the video below for a preview of what to expect, courtesy [...]

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Tags: Case Studies · Marketing · Self-Promotion

Powerless Portals: How The News Is Leveraging Social Networks

April 28th, 2009 · View Comments

The Nielsen Company issued an important news release late last week identifying a dramatic change in the behavior and general interests of internet users, indicating that usage has drifted away from portal browsing and towards social networking and video content sites. Since 2003, interests of the average online user have shifted significantly. Categories that consisted [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Research · Social Media

The Book Trailer – Authors Going Viral!

February 26th, 2008 · View Comments

If you are an unknown, first-time author with a limited marketing budget, how can you generate awareness for your book and make it stand out? My good friend (and first-time published author) Jean Marie Pierson was facing that very dilemma with her new book, “No Good Girls”. Well, it turns out that she originally wrote [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Social Media