Socialmediaworx

Cross-posted from Viget Engage Two important reports were released today with enlightening perspectives on social networking and online communities. Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester Research released their Best and Worst of Social Networking, 2008, and Deloitte release the 2008 Tribalization of Business Survey, where the WSJ reports on the study's findings of why most online communities fail. The Forrester report has some of the more interesting results, with a great report ...

A lot, quite frankly. Ian Tait put together this great video about the innovative marketing tactics Radiohead continues to break new ground with. Basically it’s all about how I don’t like Radiohead, but how, through being interesting and innovative, they’ve made me like the ‘idea’ of Radiohead. Imagine if normal brands could do that. Make you care about products you don’t even like that much. I reckon there’s stuff we ...

As companies learn how to find their voice and participate with their customers in conversations, some Fortune 500s are beginning to make organizational changes and allow social media evangelists take the helm in playing an ever larger role in positioning the company. AdWeek has a great piece about Ford's recent hiring of Scott Monty to head up their social media initiatives. In addition to recognizing the critical need to ...

Scott Goodson of StrawberryFrog has a post over at Reveries about the social media strategy they cooked up for the Toyota Scion. Understanding that the Scion owners - not unlike the MINI community - are an intensely passionate group of car owners, was critical to developing a strategy that connected with them in a relevant way. Scion owners are all about customizing their ride, so Scott and his team ...