Archive for May, 2010


    Interview on Social Media by With Good Reason Radio

    May 28th, 2010

    Recently I was interviewed by Sarah McConnell, host of the With Good Reason radio program. In the short segment, I discussed the growing popularity of social media in business use and offered my advice on small businesses entering this area. For those of you who missed the program or live outside of the Virginia and [...]


    How Do College Students Approach Social?

    May 26th, 2010

    College students, like other young consumers, are notoriously fickle and may not exactly seem like an ideal candidate for loyalty marketing. But there are at least two things that make college students hard to ignore for many businesses. First, college kids are usually at the cutting edge of technology and fashion trends. After all, two [...]


    Segment Your Brand Community Participants Part 3

    May 19th, 2010

    I created this series to help brand community managers to identify and focus their efforts based on the types of participants in their communities. In this last part of the series, I would like to offer some suggestions on what to do with each of the four segments (insiders, minglers, devotees, and tourists) once you [...]