http://marcana.com Marketing Guides Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:59:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://marcana.com/2011/05/19/are-you-a-human-commercial/ http://marcana.com/2011/05/19/are-you-a-human-commercial/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 23:02:42 +0000 Mark Brimm http://marcana.com/?p=2023 It seems odd to need to point it out, but authenticity isn't easily attributed. It's generally earned. So why do people out there still push their cause or products as if they're making a hard-sell tv commercial?]]> http://marcana.com/2011/05/19/are-you-a-human-commercial/feed/ 7 http://marcana.com/2011/01/13/real-social-media-connections/ http://marcana.com/2011/01/13/real-social-media-connections/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:30:31 +0000 William Reichard http://marcana.com/?p=1915 One of the most common questions those who are new to social media have is: How do I develop my network? The good news is that it’s easier than you think because you’re already part of many social circles. Expanding is as easy as starting with the intention of growing. One of the core principles is [...]]]> http://marcana.com/2011/01/13/real-social-media-connections/feed/ 5 http://marcana.com/2010/11/03/is-it-time-for-you-to-grow-up-socially/ http://marcana.com/2010/11/03/is-it-time-for-you-to-grow-up-socially/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:30:38 +0000 William Reichard http://marcana.com/?p=1536 Why is U2 a good role model for the social media world? Will Reichard explores scaling in social media.]]> http://marcana.com/2010/11/03/is-it-time-for-you-to-grow-up-socially/feed/ 20 http://marcana.com/2010/11/01/social-media-as-lifestream/ http://marcana.com/2010/11/01/social-media-as-lifestream/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:54:43 +0000 Mark Brimm http://marcana.com/?p=1557 I recently came back from a vacation in the Sierras that left me more in need of a vacation than when I left. As one Twitter pal said, I needed a "vacation from my vacation" at that point. That got me thinking about how we use social media in a similar way. At first, just surfing around, then huffing and puffing at some point down the road. The same seems to hold true for content producers within a company who employ social media to get their message out: unintended overkill.]]> http://marcana.com/2010/11/01/social-media-as-lifestream/feed/ 4 http://marcana.com/2010/09/24/selfish-wont-cut-it-in-social-media/ http://marcana.com/2010/09/24/selfish-wont-cut-it-in-social-media/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:00:52 +0000 Justin McCullough http://marcana.com/?p=1306 In June, I wrote an article about How to Sell with Social Media. In it, I mentioned that you should serve others, acknowledge when people are talking to you and help solve little problems. Are you doing that already? I mean, are you already helping people in the real world? Are [...]]]> http://marcana.com/2010/09/24/selfish-wont-cut-it-in-social-media/feed/ 4 http://marcana.com/2010/09/08/do-you-really-believe-in-what-you-do/ http://marcana.com/2010/09/08/do-you-really-believe-in-what-you-do/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:17:20 +0000 Mark Brimm http://marcana.com/?p=1215 A piece about passion vs. core values, and why a single passion alone may not do full justice to a life of an entrepreneur in the social media age.]]> http://marcana.com/2010/09/08/do-you-really-believe-in-what-you-do/feed/ 4 http://marcana.com/2010/08/30/engagement-vs-fooling-around-in-social-media/ http://marcana.com/2010/08/30/engagement-vs-fooling-around-in-social-media/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:36 +0000 Mark Brimm http://marcana.com/?p=1120 Social media superheroes are great for getting attention to your cause. Are you employing them as much as you should? And more importantly, are you measuring the results towards improving your strategies? ]]> http://marcana.com/2010/08/30/engagement-vs-fooling-around-in-social-media/feed/ 17 http://marcana.com/2010/08/25/attention-is-expensive-part-iii/ http://marcana.com/2010/08/25/attention-is-expensive-part-iii/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:36:55 +0000 JC Hewitt http://marcana.com/?p=1110 In the previous two posts in this series, I discussed the importance of online advertising and explained the importance of developing and harvesting intent. The two components of advertising that I want to focus on are impact and breadth. Impact is broadly defined as how much of an effect the advertisement has on consumer behavior. Breadth [...]]]> http://marcana.com/2010/08/25/attention-is-expensive-part-iii/feed/ 1 http://marcana.com/2010/08/11/attention-is-expensive-part-i/ http://marcana.com/2010/08/11/attention-is-expensive-part-i/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:04:26 +0000 JC Hewitt http://marcana.com/?p=1049 Blogging for your business is foundational to any online marketing effort. But it’s not enough to drive the kind of broad-based, continual attention that’s necessary to drive business in a predictable fashion. The web enables all businesses to run their own media channels. It’s possible for a single blog post to spread farther than a New York [...]]]> http://marcana.com/2010/08/11/attention-is-expensive-part-i/feed/ 5 http://marcana.com/2010/08/04/branding-refuses-to-die/ http://marcana.com/2010/08/04/branding-refuses-to-die/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:47 +0000 JC Hewitt http://marcana.com/?p=1019 There was once a fad belief among internet enthusiasts that new media would destroy branding. The argument centered on the belief that advertisers would find it more challenging to saturate the market with a more distributed media environment, and therefore struggle to implant narratives into the general consciousness. That has failed to occur, and probably never will. [...]]]> http://marcana.com/2010/08/04/branding-refuses-to-die/feed/ 4