Social Media: From Hype to Business As Usual
This is a summary of Thomas Marzano’s (@ThomasMarzano) speech in day 2 of the iStrategy 2010 conference. Marzano is the Global Creative Director for Philips. Right off the bat he posed the question: What is a brand? The standard definition one usually comes across is that a brand name, sign or symbol used to ID […]
Driving Your Brand through Social Media
Notes from a panel discussion at iStrategy 2010 featuring Chris Wei, CEO of Great Eastern Holdings Grp, Haresh Khoobchandani of Microsoft, and James Miner of ESPN. Warning: Tons of useful insights ahead: – – 1. It all starts with a strategy Not a social media strategy – “there is no such thing”; that’s why brands […]