Tag Archives: word of mouth

Goodness Gracious, Great Blogs of Fire!

Marguerite Manteau-Rao highlights top results from a McKinsey survey of executives on the topic of Web 2.0 adoption. Some of the results include the necessity for senior leadership to help the bottom up initiatives: “senior executives often become role models and lead through informal channels.” Interestingly, senior leaders also notice that the initial excitement and [...]

LIVE UNITED: A Big Target

There comes a time in an organization’s life cycle when its leaders ask, “How far is our community willing to go?” It is such a time for United Way of America.

In 2008 United Way launched its LIVE UNITED campaign “to advance the common good” around three core issues: Education, Income and Health. After undertaking significant [...]

Social Media: PR, Advertising or None of the Above

A recent round of discussions on several blogs debating whether or not the PR or Advertising department should be the owner of corporate social media. To be frank, neither of these sits right with me.  Social media requires a blend of PR, traditional marketing and old-fashioned relationship-building networking skills.  Enter the Word of Mouth Marketing [...]