I attended a really great event in NYC yesterday put on by the Direct Marketing Association and Participatory Marketing Network (shout out to Curley, the DMA’s receptionist of 26 years). Called Social Media Spotlight, it really exceeded expectations. Steve Rubel of Edelman Digital got things started. Steve is the Obama of the social media space. Unlike most speakers about social media, if Steve trots out a statistic, it’s a good one. “More digital information was created last year than in all of history combined.” Steve, thanks to his PR training, talks in tee-shirts. About the growth of Tweeting vs. blogging he said “A lot more snacking, a lot less meals.” He’s memorable and inspiring.
Rob Krin, a digital dude from Castrol, showed great élan and marketing smarts by suggesting a strategy to “Be everywhere his customers are.” Is that a strategy? Oh yeah. A media strategy – but a strategy nonetheless. Castrol has an on-staff photographer who takes awesome action shots at car races and posts them to Flickr. That’s what car heads want, that’s what Castrol gives them.
Involver
But one of the biggest surprises of the day was @rahimthedream. I’m not going to undignify my send-up by talking about his age—but Rahim Fazal, CEO of Involver, is da monies. I walked into the meeting not getting Facebook Fan Pages, thinking they were a time kill where people went to build their friend lists (which is still partially true), but I left eating some serious crow. Involver is the “app store” for Facebook marketing tools. Think of Facebook as television and there is only one ad agency. That’s Involver. It’s pronounced Rah-Heem. Peace!
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- Social Media For Good.
- I Smell a Twitter Revolution.
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- Creating a Social Media Monster?
- Alice in a Wondrous Land.
Tags: app store, Castrol, direct marketing association, DMA. PMN, edelman, involver, participatory marketing network, rahim fazal, rob brin, social media spotlight, Steve Rubel, whats the idea, whatstheidea
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