This is a blog by Tina Jagla:
Me being on the internet started in Germany, in the summer of 2000 – I was 17 – when I was riding my bike the 7 kilometres to my friend’s place almost every day to explore this new and exciting wonder that was the internet. Swimming pools? Pah! We [...]
In addition to being a valuable part of a standalone marketing communications strategy, Social Media Marketing is also widely used in concert with search engine optimisation. One of the reasons social media marketing has been so widely adopted by those in the SEO industry is because of the dramatic impact that social media has on search engine listings.
What is the digital switchover?
The digital switchover is the process of turning off the UK’s use of ineffective analogue marketing tactics and replacing it with a digital marketing strategy.
Why is it happening?
The digital switchover is a sensible policy. It will mean that every company and brand will be able to receive digital marketing services through [...]
When you get to a certain age you get all introspective and start to question the value of what you’ve done and are doing. But don’t worry, you’re not in for a heap of self-indulgent navel-gazing.
I just had a serious think about time-wasting (in a professional context) and how much I’ve done. So here’s a [...]
As the mainstream economy needs new models of growth and innovation, so marketeers should adopt digital in a measured way.
The vast majority of corporate websites, for example, have zero ‘personality’. Why should I engage with you rather than your equally knowledgeable competitor? Telling me about your passions would have more effect than changing the corporate typeface.
Juice Digital has created an online network of media, marketing and public relations professionals intent on staying up-to-date in Digital PR and creating best practice.
I remember being miffed when all these new so-called experts appeared. Oi! I was here first. Who are these bloody Tony Parsons and Julie Birchill – what do they know? Where were they when Nick Kent and Charles Shaar Murray were changing the face of music journalism?
I see a similar reaction from some of the early-adopters in digital marketing. A mild resentment towards the new kids on the block (not the band, that is). And a snootiness to old ‘new media’. A fashionable sneer at Facebook here, a condescending shake of the head at the Skittles experiment there. Now that’s only natural human behaviour but, if unrecognised, it can lead to tunnel vision.
The term ‘expert’ in social media is anomalous. Unless you have founded something like Facebook, confine yourself to being a master. However, Digital PR professionals increasingly need to become digitally literate. Ideas and content are still king but you need digital skillsets to maximise their effectiveness.
There’s no point to your online presence if no-one can engage with you. And there’s no point getting customer feedback if you don’t respond, quickly. Don’t be afraid of negative comments – they’re an opportunity to react, respond and turn a negative into a positive.