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Damage Control in Time of Crisis: Factoring Social Media Into Your Crisis Communications Strategy

Two days following the Boston Marathon explosions, newspaper headlines, TV segments and Twitter continue to be full of stories, …

The Emergence of Hardware and the Social Enterprise at SXSW

SXSW Interactive continues to evolve and increase in attendance, but one thing remains true – the show is a hotbed …

Recap of B2B Social Marketing Panel: Text100 Brings Leading Enterprise Brands Together at SXSW

I wasn’t surprised on Monday when we held our evolved version of our 2012 B2B panel, this year called “B2B …

Defining the Effective Social Business

Every brand should be a social business. I like to think that statement is relatively obvious – the same way …

SXSWi: Recommended Sessions for Communications & Marketing Professionals

SXSW Interactive begins tomorrow, and Text100 will be in the middle of the action in Austin. This is my third …

Speakers from Cisco, Salesforce and Xerox to Talk B2B Social Marketing with Text100 at SXSW

  Just a couple of days to go before SXSW, in which what seems like an infinite amount of people flock …
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Most Memorable Social Media Moments of 2012

It’s hard to believe 2012 is coming to a close – the year of the coveted Facebook IPO, yet another …
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Text100 Heads to Hollywood…Digital Style

People are constantly on the go, and the way they communicate with brands they like (and dislike) is drastically changing. …
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Brand Journalism: Thoughts and Insights from Communication Pros

I was at Cisco’s one-year anniversary celebration of The Network back in June (note: Cisco is a Text100 client). In …
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More Best Practices for Brands on Instagram – Straight from the brand itself

Upon hitting the 80 million user mark on July 26 (source: Instagram blog), it’s no surprise that consumer-facing companies are …
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Personal Social Network Path: With All the Buzz, Is it Right for Your Brand?

Recently a colleague asked for my perspective on Path, and what the application is for brands. In responding to her, …

SXSW Comes to an End – What Brands Dominated the 2012 Show?

Human FedEx Charger to Power up Devices at SXSW And it’s official. Another SXSW has come to an end, with SXSW …
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SXSW Content Track: Long Live the Infographic or Is it Dying a Slow Death?

Om Malik wrote a post this morning, titled “Can someone please stop the infographic madness?” He stated “Not a day goes …
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Kobayashi sets a world record eating 13 grilled cheeses at SXSW

Sure there’s a lot of insightful panels and speeches at SXSW, but I don’t need to tell you there’s a …
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SXSW Preview: Social Media in the Enterprise with IBM, Cisco, Xerox and NVIDIA

In December, AdAge identified the top ten social media campaigns of 2011. How many were consumer-centric entities? Nine. B2B? One. …