Beware of Hype: Social CRM in five steps

Beware Of Hype - constantchangeahead.comI do start here a series of posts related with very famous Hypes. Why did they not meet everybody’s expectations and how could they be transformed into success.  I  recently faced a professional advice request from a friend: “I want to do Social CRM, can you help me?” Yes, just continue reading this five simple steps.

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The Sandwich method: Real Time Marketing in 3 simple steps

Tom Cruise in Minority ReportEven not being aware of it, Real Time marketing has been the Holy Grail of every CMO since the paleolithic. Being able to communicate the right message, at the right moment, in the right place (or channel) to the right consumer, and deciding so in real-time, based on past and recent behaviors and a number of attributes, is the ideal way of maximize the effectiveness of our marketing investments. There are some technologies and strategies that make this fully possible today. Hungry for a Sandwich?

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El reto de sistematizar la humanización de las marcas

Es curioso cómo las tendencias nos arrollan a los profesionales del marketing. Pareciera que tenemos la necesidad de ir siempre un paso por delante de nuestros clientes creando e hinchando, cual burbujas, conceptos sobre los cuales asegurar nuestra propia supervivencia profesional.

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The future of social media, depicted a century ago.

Social Media IconsIn February 2014, Facebook will celebrate their 10th anniversary. In 2004 some Harvard students created one of today’s most impressive internet company. Could anybody imagine at that time how it would change people’s lives? In the constant change environment we live, 10 years is a lot of time. Can we predict the future of social media? Maybe the answer is there since 1922.
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