by William Comcowich | Sep 28, 2016 | Influencer Marketing
The Federal Trade Commission has released guidelines for disclosing sponsored social media posts. Yet many social media influencers and brands have not gotten the message. Paid advertisements masquerading as innocent photos continue to abound. Informed readers likely...
by William Comcowich | Sep 27, 2016 | Public Relations
Marketing and public relations increasingly overlap due to the new dominance of digital communication and the new higher degree of transparency between businesses and their audiences. By working together, public relations and marketing teams better deliver the...
by William Comcowich | Sep 27, 2016 | Social Media Measurement
Gauging the value of social media marketing remains a continuing challenge for many organizations. Accurate measurement is essential to decide how much to invest in social media and to determine which campaigns perform best. However, both companies and nonprofit...
by William Comcowich | Sep 27, 2016 | Data Analytics
Companies must embrace bold change and abandon incrementalism to fully benefit from data analytics, asserts a new Gartner white paper. Incremental change may feel safe, as managers believe it avoids mistaken commitments to the wrong strategy. However, successfully...
by William Comcowich | Sep 26, 2016 | SEO
You may have heard of Google’s Panda algorithm update, its Penguin update and its Hummingbird update. Now it’s time to learn about its Possum update. That’s the name search engine optimization experts gave to Google latest revision to its all-important search engine...