Monthly Archives: November 2010

  • I have the best colleagues in the world!

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 30,2010 in the categories: , ,

    Turning your employees into your most important brand ambassadors should be the goal of any company. So many brands are currently looking for brand fans, but forget to look within their own company.

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  • Living statistics that make you think

    by Dado Van Peteghem on Nov 29,2010 in the categories:

    Check out this Social Media Counts tool by Gary Hayes. Dazzling figures!

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  • O Burger King, how could you not see this easy opportunity?

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 26,2010 in the categories:

    On my last day in the States, I decided to go for the real American food: burgers! My favorite one is the American Whopper. So, before jumping on the plane, I found one and could enjoy the taste of the best burger in the world.

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  • Stop evangelizing about social media & conversation management

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 25,2010 in the categories:

    This is a strange blog post, I admit. But I would ask all of you who are promoting conversation management within your organization to stop doing it. It's time to change. It's time that we stop talking about it, and move forward.

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  • Word-of-mouth marketing has reinvented itself over the past two years

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 24,2010 in the categories:

    Two years ago I first visited the word-of-mouth summit. Back then, I was fully mentally prepared to think up the full story of "The Conversation Manager". The conference was then mainly about the Net Promoter Score and the use of Twitter in social media.

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  • Time for a business strategy that integrates social media - WOMMA Summit day 3

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 24,2010 in the categories:

    The last day of the WOMMA summit is about integrating social media into a business strategy. The question is not: "what is our strategy on Facebook and Twitter?". The correct question is: "how can we develop a business strategy that uses the benefits of social media?".

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  • Conversation management in a police force: an interview with Steven De Smet

    by Dado Van Peteghem on Nov 23,2010 in the categories: ,

    We interviewed Steven De Smet, head of the Ghent police force (Belgium), about the purpose and value of conversation management within his organization. A nice case of how conversation management can be translated into practice. This is what we learned:

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  • How a brilliant idea can be a missed opportunity

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 22,2010 in the categories:

    Last week I attended the #womma summit in Las Vegas. I flew over there with United Airlines. During the flight, I learned that United recently merged with Continental Airlines. At the beginning of the flight, I was positively surprised to see a short video of the CEO of United.

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  • The art of storytelling - Day 2 at WOMMA Summit

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 19,2010 in the categories:

    The second day at the Womma conference was dominated by Storytelling. People like hearing stories. How do stories like Robin Hood survive for centuries? People simply love those types of stories and tell them to others.

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  • Managing your influencers as theme of first day at WOMMA Summit

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 18,2010 in the categories:

    I'm a lucky guy: I'm in Vegas enjoying some really nice weather. Next to that, we have the Word-of-Mouth summit here and I really hope to get some inspiration here.

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  • Go social with interactive game

    by Steven Van Belleghem on Nov 18,2010 in the categories: ,

    M&M is organizing a social media game in Canada. By using Google maps, Facebook, Twitter & Foursquare consumers need to trace 'Red'.

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