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Social Media Campaigns of Awesomeness: January

  Who doesn't like a good social media campaign? Here are are few campaigns that ran this January, that we loved.  VW: Fan the Flame   This past month at the Brussels Auto Show, VW set the fire under its Facebook Fans to bring attention to their MINI Countryman. Outside the show they set up [...]

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Merry SWIXmas – Free Social Search for All!

We're getting into the holiday spirit here at SWIX. Merry Christmas to all those social marketers out there- we’re gifting Mentionbox, our newest free service that helps you discover mentions of your brand in social media. In order to celebrate the release we are also running a "SWIXmas" themed contest. The prize is a Deckster [...]

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12 Tactics for Facebook Page Content-1

Making Facebook Fan Page Content Awesome

This blog post by Jason Keith may be simple, but I like it. This is why, if you could put Facebook Fan Page strategy into one sentence it would be as Jason said " Get the fans, keep the fans, activate fans ". Well said sir, well said. Your Facebook Fan Page is a great [...]

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SWIX featured by Single Grain

SWIX featured by Single Grain

We love a good list at SWIX and we are proud to be featured in this one on Single Grain's Blog: 50 Tools Every Online Publisher Should Use. Behold the list: Here are 50 tools that every publisher should use or at least know about: Design 1. GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ When you want the power and [...]

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Social Marketing is Different than Social Media

"Social media" is such an umbrella term.  When people use it, they're often talking about different things.  There's PR, community building, customer support, brand building, and of course, outright sales & marketing. I find that when people get started with social media, they do it without thinking too hard about which of those goals they're [...]

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I want my Sales Channel, er, Community, to be vibrant and healthy!

  In speaking with many people over the last 2 years about social media for business, one common problem people wrestle with is how to relate their instinct that social media is a worthwhile activity, to their need to show tangible results for the business. Part of the struggle is of course, how do we [...]

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Conduct your business in ways which are inherently measurable.

  Being in the social media measurement game, we're exposed to a lot of people trying to measure just about everything.  For which of course, I'm a big believer. Unfortunately, some things are still hard to measure.  Especially if you leave measurement until the last step in your process.  That is, do a bunch of [...]

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Measuring Social Media – a presentation by SWIX at the Film Fest

Last Friday, SWIX was invited to present at the Festival de Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, at an event called Don't Forget to Share.  It was hosted by Espace Infusion . SWIX presents at the Festival de Nouveau Cinema from SWIXHQ on Vimeo.   Here's the 40 minute presentation, covering topics of social media measurement across [...]

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How to Give ‘Proper Recognition’ AKA ‘Props’ Online

How to Give ‘Proper Recognition’ AKA ‘Props’ Online

Often in the office, instead of giving high fives, taps on the back, or simple "great job",we preform a simple "fist bump" also known as a "props". This simple gesture is offered as a reward from anything from a good joke to a brilliant breakthrough. There are variations of the "fist bump", some include an [...]

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The Risk and Rewards of Social Media

The Risk and Rewards of Social Media

Any company entering the social media space often asks themselves the same questions: How is ALL of this going to benefit us?  What if it all goes wrong?  This matrix from Jeremiah Owyang boils down the main concerns and take aways into an easy to read format. To some organizations it's obvious; if people are [...]

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