Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

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Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

The Revolution Will Be Socialized.

January 5th, 2010 · Comments

As the new year hits full swing, we’re all in search of our list of hopeful (and overly ambitious?) resolutions for what the new year will bring. Eat healthier. Exercise more. Work hard. Play harder. My list seems to contain some variation of this every year.  So what will the new year bring to Social [...]

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Tags: Social Media

New Comprehensive Word-of-Mouth Marketing Industry Report Released

July 30th, 2009 · Comments

On the heels of the first-of-its-kind WOM industry study in 2007, The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), in conjunction with PQ Media, just released their Word-of-Mouth Marketing Forecast 2009-2013: Spending, Trends & Analysis study. It’s chock full of great data and insight, and includes the following eye-opening prediction:
Total spending on WoM marketing is expected [...]

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Tags: Case Studies · Industry News · Marketing · Research · Social Media

“Beyond Advertising” Study – A Strategic Path to the Digital Customer

April 6th, 2009 · Comments

Marketing channels, such as Word of Mouth Marketing and Online Marketing, are expected to grow to an astounding 27% of overall marketing expenditures by 2012, up from 7% in 2002, according to a new research study recently released by IBM Institute for Business Value titled “Beyond Advertising: Choosing a Strategic Path to the Digital Consumer”.
The [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Research

My ROI – Measuring the Returns of Social Network Marketing

February 23rd, 2009 · Comments

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Online Community Unconference East 2009 at Baruch College here in New York City.  It was my first unconference and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I met a lot of interesting people and participated in some lively discussions about online communities.  One particular session left me with a lot [...]

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Word of Mouth and Social Media Marketing… “Tipping Point”, or “Jumping the Shark”?

November 18th, 2008 · Comments

(note: This post isn’t meant to be a critique of the recent WOMMA Summit but rather my general observations about the evolution of the WOM industry as a whole.)
I recently returned from WOMMA’s Word of Mouth Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. It was a fun (yet sleepless!) few days and it’s always great running into/reconnecting [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Marketing · Social Media

We’ve Reached 100!

August 22nd, 2007 · Comments

It’s been a busy summer here in Affinitive-land (seriously, where did the summer go?), but I wanted to take a moment to proudly announce that we have just been engaged to develop our 100th consumer-centric marketing program! It’s a huge milestone and truly validates that word of mouth and social media marketing should be an [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Self-Promotion