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Social Media Strategy or How Cowpaths and Mastadons are What YOU Should Worry About Everything in this post is shared under Creative Commons 3.0 NC/SA. Come to http://www.chrisbrogan.com

From Cowpaths to Mastadons

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Chris Brogan (that's me!) shares a presentation he did at the Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston. It won't make as much sense without me talking over it.

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Social Media Strategyor How Cowpaths and Mastadons are What YOU Should Worry About

Everything in this post is shared under Creative Commons 3.0 NC/SA. Come to http://www.chrisbrogan.com

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I don't necessarily agree with everything I say. - Marshall McLuhan

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Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.

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It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.

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The first one there OWNS the game

The simple frame around which I will hang everything else I talk about today:

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Blog or newspaper?

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Blog or newspaper?

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Blog or marketing?

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The first one there OWNS the game

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The first one there OWNS the game

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The first one there OWNS the game

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Don’t play with all the toys.

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Strategies are based on goals.

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Better search rankingReduce customer service costsEstablish thought leadershipProvide additional informationEducate your customersProspect for new customers

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Home BaseOutpostsPassports

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Have Two-Way Conversations

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Listen

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Participate

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TryNewTools

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The first one there OWNS the game

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Try a pilot project - offsiteOutline a basic strategyDefine pilot success measuresTie first-pass measurements inBuild + educateExecuteCheck ResultsRejigger (very technical term)Try it againPresent findingsPlan REAL project

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Be human.Be passionate.Be honest.Be considerate.Be helpful. First.Bring wine to the picnic.Put down the bullhorn.Pick up the party hat.The first one there...

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http://chrisbrogan.com | +1.978.885.1551 | [email protected]

Thank you. I value your time and attention.

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Photo Credits

http://flickr.com/photos/dsalgado/205106922/ - t rexhttp://flickr.com/photos/flikr/230379411/ - cowshttp://flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2674506999/ - maphttp://flickr.com/photos/cadmanof50s/82738842/ - old radiohttp://flickr.com/photos/misbehave/2810695262/ - gearhttp://flickr.com/photos/23000860@N06/2794586833/ - t rex (huge)http://flickr.com/photos/erikcharlton/234333572/ - great whitehttp://flickr.com/photos/dsalgado/205106858/ 0 t rex (silhouette)http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/2735401175/ - conversation prismhttp://flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/34661788/ - 3http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/67615001/ - tree forthttp://flickr.com/photos/pong/172438102/ - mastodon