Category Archives: Social Media

Location-Based Marketing and Big Data: Are Marketers Ready?

The rise of social media and the inclination to share one’s location provides a unique opportunity for marketers to drive brand engagement and consumption. In fact, the next few years might witness exponential growth in location-based marketing (LBM) and allied … Read More…

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Crowdfunding: An Alternate Financing Model?

Crowdfunding (CF) can become an alternate medium of financing for those who have been refused financing from banks or venture capitalists. CF, also referred to as ‘peer-to-peer lending (P2P),’ is a method of raising funds from different people through the … Read More…

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Social Media Electrified! Innovative Applications by the Power Utility Sector to Conserve Energy

The use of social media has grown considerably in the last few years, with a host of organizations in the power utility sector increasingly recognizing the impact of social media on their marketing, communication, and business strategies. According to Pike … Read More…

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Technological Convergence: A Snapshot Perspective

The last decade has seen the advent of technological convergence across different platforms, products, and capabilities – reducing the gap between consumer electronics, telecom, and computing industry. Historically, the emphasis had been on stand-alone products – focused on a single … Read More…

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Social Media and Procurement: A High-Level Perspective

Social media has grown at a breakneck pace over the past few years, and has become firmly entrenched in our daily lives in one form or another – whether it is Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or one of the myriad other … Read More…

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How CMOs Perceive the Future of Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing (SMM) appeals to consumer companies as a means to better anticipate customer preferences, understand attitudes toward their brands, and engage with consumers at a personal level. Interacting with customers via social media allows companies to build brand … Read More…

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The iPad—A Disruptive Technology and Its Impact on Business

Apple’s iPad exploded on April 3, 2010 with sales of 300,000 units in the first day and close to 4.19 million devices in the first three months. By the end of 2010, the iPad had defined the tablet market and captured … Read More…

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The Evolving Digital Marketing Landscape

Digital Marketing (DM) represents an enormous opportunity for marketers to complement (and, in many cases move beyond) traditional ‘offline’ marketing tools to redefine how they interact with their customers. While still a new practice in absolute terms, the DM landscape … Read More…

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The Emergence of Social Media within Pharmaceutical Marketing

Pharmaceutical marketing has always been an extremely challenging enterprise, given that it is highly regulated, difficult to target and expensive, yet still varying in terms of its cost effectiveness. Timing is another consideration, as marketing campaigns for new drugs are … Read More…

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